1diff --git i/beets/ui/commands.py w/beets/ui/commands.py
2index ad4f7821..5077191d 100755
3--- i/beets/ui/commands.py
4+++ w/beets/ui/commands.py
5@@ -2381,22 +2381,6 @@ default_commands.append(config_cmd)
6 def print_completion(*args):
7 for line in completion_script(default_commands + plugins.commands()):
8 print_(line, end="")
9- if not any(os.path.isfile(syspath(p)) for p in BASH_COMPLETION_PATHS):
10- log.warning(
11- "Warning: Unable to find the bash-completion package. "
12- "Command line completion might not work."
13- )
14-
15-
16-BASH_COMPLETION_PATHS = [
17- b"/etc/bash_completion",
18- b"/usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion",
19- b"/usr/local/share/bash-completion/bash_completion",
20- # SmartOS
21- b"/opt/local/share/bash-completion/bash_completion",
22- # Homebrew (before bash-completion2)
23- b"/usr/local/etc/bash_completion",
24-]
25
26
27 def completion_script(commands):
28diff --git i/test/test_ui.py w/test/test_ui.py
29index cae86148..faf266a8 100644
30--- i/test/test_ui.py
31+++ w/test/test_ui.py
32@@ -1434,12 +1434,7 @@ class CompletionTest(_common.TestCase, TestHelper):
33 )
34
35 # Load bash_completion library.
36- for path in commands.BASH_COMPLETION_PATHS:
37- if os.path.exists(syspath(path)):
38- bash_completion = path
39- break
40- else:
41- self.skipTest("bash-completion script not found")
42+ self.skipTest("bash-completion script not found")
43 try:
44 with open(util.syspath(bash_completion), "rb") as f:
45 tester.stdin.writelines(f)