diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index f860a6c0eb..44fb96e69a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class Formula
   #   skip_clean [bin+"foo", lib+"bar"]
   # redefining skip_clean? in formulas is now deprecated
   def skip_clean? path
-    return true if @skip_clean_all
+    return true if self.class.skip_clean_all?
     to_check = path.relative_path_from(prefix).to_s
     self.class.skip_clean_paths.include? to_check
   end
@@ -532,6 +532,10 @@ EOF
       end
     end
 
+    def skip_clean_all?
+      @skip_clean_all
+    end
+
     def skip_clean_paths
       @skip_clean_paths or []
     end