diff --git a/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh b/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh
index 350a1e11917b69..8f74a6d8a45902 100755
--- a/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh
+++ b/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ test_expect_success CMDLINE_LIMIT \
 # see https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/5159 for full details
 test_lazy_prereq UNBROKEN_HTTP2 '
 	test "$HTTP_PROTO" = HTTP/2 &&
+	{ brew info -q curl || :; } &&
 	test -z "$(brew info -q curl 2>/dev/null |
 		sed -n "1s/.* 8\\.10\\.0 .*/BROKEN HTTP2/p")"
 '