diff --git a/Library/Contributions/brew_bash_completion.sh b/Library/Contributions/brew_bash_completion.sh
index 9aa58fed12..1ee3911c7f 100644
--- a/Library/Contributions/brew_bash_completion.sh
+++ b/Library/Contributions/brew_bash_completion.sh
@@ -435,18 +435,6 @@ _brew_uses ()
     __brew_complete_formulae
 }
 
-_brew_versions ()
-{
-    local cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
-    case "$cur" in
-    --*)
-        __brewcomp "--compact"
-        return
-        ;;
-    esac
-    __brew_complete_formulae
-}
-
 _brew ()
 {
     local i=1 cmd
@@ -550,7 +538,7 @@ _brew ()
     update)                     _brew_update ;;
     upgrade)                    _brew_upgrade ;;
     uses)                       _brew_uses ;;
-    versions)                   _brew_versions ;;
+    versions)                   __brew_complete_formulae ;;
     *)                          ;;
     esac
 }
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/versions.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/versions.rb
index b634e24a87..af59ccb3a0 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/versions.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/versions.rb
@@ -13,16 +13,12 @@ module Homebrew extend self
         https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-versions
     EOS
     ARGV.formulae.all? do |f|
-      if ARGV.include? '--compact'
-        puts f.versions * " "
-      else
-        relative_path = f.pretty_relative_path
-        f.versions do |version, sha|
-          print Tty.white.to_s
-          print "#{version.to_s.ljust(8)} "
-          print Tty.reset.to_s
-          puts "git checkout #{sha} #{relative_path}"
-        end
+      relative_path = f.pretty_relative_path
+      f.versions do |version, sha|
+        print Tty.white.to_s
+        print "#{version.to_s.ljust(8)} "
+        print Tty.reset.to_s
+        puts "git checkout #{sha} #{relative_path}"
       end
     end
   end