diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/bootstrap/status.py b/lib/spack/spack/bootstrap/status.py
index 39caa9eac26..516690c207d 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/bootstrap/status.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/bootstrap/status.py
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ def _core_requirements() -> List[RequiredResponseType]:
     _core_system_exes = {
         "make": _missing("make", "required to build software from sources"),
         "patch": _missing("patch", "required to patch source code before building"),
-        "bash": _missing("bash", "required for Spack compiler wrapper"),
         "tar": _missing("tar", "required to manage code archives"),
         "gzip": _missing("gzip", "required to compress/decompress code archives"),
         "unzip": _missing("unzip", "required to compress/decompress code archives"),