2 files changed, 2 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/options.rb b/Library/Homebrew/options.rb
index 6978b553b..e43dc3a5a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/options.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/options.rb
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ class Option
       [name, "-#{name}"]
     when /^-[a-zA-Z]$/
       [name[1..1], name]
-    when /^--(.+)$/
-      [$1, name]
     else
       [name, "--#{name}"]
     end
@@ -55,6 +53,8 @@ class Options
       case e
       when /^-[^-]+$/
         e[1..-1].split(//).each { |o| options << Option.new(o) }
+      when /^--(.+)$/
+        options << Option.new($1)
       else
         options << Option.new(e)
       end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_options.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_options.rb
index 25049ded5..917ad590c 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_options.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_options.rb
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@ class OptionTests < Homebrew::TestCase
     refute_eql @option, bar
   end
 
-  def test_strips_leading_dashes
-    option = Option.new("--foo")
-    assert_equal "foo", option.name
-    assert_equal "--foo", option.flag
-  end
-
   def test_description
     assert_empty @option.description
     assert_equal "foo", Option.new("foo", "foo").description