diff --git a/Formula/subversion.rb b/Formula/subversion.rb
index 77421ebbfc..3024ff3717 100644
--- a/Formula/subversion.rb
+++ b/Formula/subversion.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ class Subversion < Formula
   deprecated_option "perl" => "with-perl"
   deprecated_option "ruby" => "with-ruby"
 
-  option :universal
   option "with-java", "Build Java bindings"
   option "with-perl", "Build Perl bindings"
   option "with-ruby", "Build Ruby bindings"
@@ -71,14 +70,6 @@ class Subversion < Formula
     serf_prefix = libexec/"serf"
 
     resource("serf").stage do
-      # SConstruct merges in gssapi linkflags using scons's MergeFlags,
-      # but that discards duplicate values - including the duplicate
-      # values we want, like multiple -arch values for a universal build.
-      # Passing 0 as the `unique` kwarg turns this behaviour off.
-      inreplace "SConstruct", "unique=1", "unique=0"
-
-      ENV.universal_binary if build.universal?
-
       # scons ignores our compiler and flags unless explicitly passed
       args = %W[
         PREFIX=#{serf_prefix} GSSAPI=/usr CC=#{ENV.cc}
@@ -95,18 +86,8 @@ class Subversion < Formula
       # Java support doesn't build correctly in parallel:
       # https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/20415
       ENV.deparallelize
-
-      unless build.universal?
-        opoo "A non-Universal Java build was requested."
-        puts <<-EOS.undent
-        To use Java bindings with various Java IDEs, you might need a universal build:
-          `brew install subversion --universal --java`
-        EOS
-      end
     end
 
-    ENV.universal_binary if build.universal?
-
     # Use existing system zlib
     # Use dep-provided other libraries
     # Don't mess with Apache modules (since we're not sudo)
@@ -135,13 +116,6 @@ class Subversion < Formula
       args << "RUBY=/usr/bin/ruby"
     end
 
-    # If Python is built universally, then extensions built with that Python
-    # are too. This default behaviour is not desired when building an extension
-    # for a single architecture.
-    if build.with?("python") && (which "python").universal? && !build.universal?
-      ENV["ARCHFLAGS"] = "-arch #{MacOS.preferred_arch}"
-    end
-
     # The system Python is built with llvm-gcc, so we override this
     # variable to prevent failures due to incompatible CFLAGS
     ENV["ac_cv_python_compile"] = ENV.cc
@@ -168,9 +142,7 @@ class Subversion < Formula
       # In theory SWIG can be built in parallel, in practice...
       ENV.deparallelize
       # Remove hard-coded ppc target, add appropriate ones
-      if build.universal?
-        arches = Hardware::CPU.universal_archs.as_arch_flags
-      elsif MacOS.version <= :leopard
+      if MacOS.version <= :leopard
         arches = "-arch #{Hardware::CPU.arch_32_bit}"
       else
         arches = "-arch #{Hardware::CPU.arch_64_bit}"