2 files changed, 9 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/fileutils.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/fileutils.rb
index 8792c23b5..a7a1ae41c 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/fileutils.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/fileutils.rb
@@ -81,4 +81,13 @@ module FileUtils extend self
     end
   end
 
+  RUBY_BIN = '/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin'
+
+  def rake *args
+    system "#{RUBY_BIN}/rake", *args
+  end
+
+  def ruby *args
+    system "#{RUBY_BIN}/ruby", *args
+  end
 end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index 29b9f9daa..33e3ea93e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -289,18 +289,6 @@ class Formula
     ]
   end
 
-  def ruby_bin
-    '/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin'
-  end
-
-  def rake *args
-    system "#{ruby_bin}/rake", *args
-  end
-
-  def ruby *args
-    system "#{ruby_bin}/ruby", *args
-  end
-
   def self.class_s name
     #remove invalid characters and then camelcase it
     name.capitalize.gsub(/[-_.\s]([a-zA-Z0-9])/) { $1.upcase } \