diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/deps.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/deps.rb
index f5dd675c80..df486f9880 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/deps.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/deps.rb
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ module Homebrew extend self
         puts "#{f.name}:#{f.deps*' '}"
       end
     else
-      func = if ARGV.one? then :deps else :recursive_deps end
-      puts ARGV.formulae.map(&func).intersection.sort
+      puts ARGV.formulae.map{ |f| ARGV.one? ? f.deps : f.recursive_deps }.intersection.sort
     end
   end
 end