diff --git i/beets/ui/commands.py w/beets/ui/commands.py
index ad4f7821..5077191d 100755
--- i/beets/ui/commands.py
+++ w/beets/ui/commands.py
@@ -2381,22 +2381,6 @@ default_commands.append(config_cmd)
 def print_completion(*args):
     for line in completion_script(default_commands + plugins.commands()):
         print_(line, end="")
-    if not any(os.path.isfile(syspath(p)) for p in BASH_COMPLETION_PATHS):
-        log.warning(
-            "Warning: Unable to find the bash-completion package. "
-            "Command line completion might not work."
-        )
-
-
-BASH_COMPLETION_PATHS = [
-    b"/etc/bash_completion",
-    b"/usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion",
-    b"/usr/local/share/bash-completion/bash_completion",
-    # SmartOS
-    b"/opt/local/share/bash-completion/bash_completion",
-    # Homebrew (before bash-completion2)
-    b"/usr/local/etc/bash_completion",
-]
 
 
 def completion_script(commands):
diff --git i/test/test_ui.py w/test/test_ui.py
index cae86148..faf266a8 100644
--- i/test/test_ui.py
+++ w/test/test_ui.py
@@ -1434,12 +1434,7 @@ class CompletionTest(_common.TestCase, TestHelper):
         )
 
         # Load bash_completion library.
-        for path in commands.BASH_COMPLETION_PATHS:
-            if os.path.exists(syspath(path)):
-                bash_completion = path
-                break
-        else:
-            self.skipTest("bash-completion script not found")
+        self.skipTest("bash-completion script not found")
         try:
             with open(util.syspath(bash_completion), "rb") as f:
                 tester.stdin.writelines(f)