diff --git a/Formula/envoy.rb b/Formula/envoy.rb
index a97a408302a0..165940fdc313 100644
--- a/Formula/envoy.rb
+++ b/Formula/envoy.rb
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ class Envoy < Formula
   license "Apache-2.0"
 
   # Apple M1/arm64 is pending envoyproxy/envoy#16482
+  # Linux is unsupported due to complexity, frequent maintenance and long build times.
   bottle do
     sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, big_sur:      "5d242c76931465e1bebc4ac62742bcdd68a42334679cc69f8c058e1f7b4147a1"
     sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, catalina:     "48e53aac4dc4b8c7603141b711730427a5ca94ce4d3e3ce572c1c01cd96ad9f2"
-    sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, x86_64_linux: "deab2f6221196615ee138102d6496f849b85a11880fcf5b783ec30e07ed78419"
   end
 
   depends_on "automake" => :build
@@ -23,24 +23,6 @@ class Envoy < Formula
   depends_on "ninja" => :build
   depends_on macos: :catalina
 
-  on_linux do
-    # GCC added as a test dependency to work around Homebrew issue. Otherwise `brew test` fails.
-    # CompilerSelectionError: envoy cannot be built with any available compilers.
-    depends_on "gcc@9" => [:build, :test]
-    depends_on "python@3.9" => :build
-  end
-
-  # https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/tree/main/bazel#supported-compiler-versions
-  fails_with gcc: "5"
-  fails_with gcc: "6"
-  # GCC 10 build fails at external/com_google_absl/absl/container/internal/inlined_vector.h:469:5:
-  # error: '<anonymous>.absl::inlined_vector_internal::Storage<char, 128, std::allocator<char> >::data_'
-  # is used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=uninitialized]
-  fails_with gcc: "10"
-  # GCC 11 build fails at external/boringssl/src/crypto/curve25519/curve25519.c:503:57:
-  # error: argument 2 of type 'const uint8_t[32]' with mismatched bound [-Werror=array-parameter=]
-  fails_with gcc: "11"
-
   # Work around xcode 12 incompatibility until envoyproxy/envoy#17393
   patch do
     url "https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/3b49166dc0841b045799e2c37bdf1ca9de98d5b1.patch?full_index=1"
@@ -48,11 +30,7 @@ class Envoy < Formula
   end
 
   def install
-    env_path = if OS.mac?
-      "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"
-    else
-      "#{Formula["python@3.9"].opt_libexec}/bin:#{env_path}"
-    end
+    env_path = "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"
     args = %W[
       --compilation_mode=opt
       --curses=no