diff --git a/bin/brew b/bin/brew
index 718f7abc64..b49b961e12 100755
--- a/bin/brew
+++ b/bin/brew
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set +o posix
 
-chdir() {
+quiet_cd() {
   cd "$@" >/dev/null
 }
 
-BREW_FILE_DIRECTORY="$(chdir "${0%/*}" && pwd -P)"
+BREW_FILE_DIRECTORY="$(quiet_cd "${0%/*}" && pwd -P)"
 HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE="$BREW_FILE_DIRECTORY/${0##*/}"
 
 HOMEBREW_PREFIX="${HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE%/*/*}"
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ if [[ -L "$HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE" ]]
 then
   BREW_SYMLINK="$(readlink "$HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE")"
   BREW_SYMLINK_DIRECTORY="$(dirname "$BREW_SYMLINK")"
-  BREW_FILE_DIRECTORY="$(chdir "$BREW_FILE_DIRECTORY" &&
-                         chdir "$BREW_SYMLINK_DIRECTORY" && pwd -P)"
+  BREW_FILE_DIRECTORY="$(quiet_cd "$BREW_FILE_DIRECTORY" &&
+                         quiet_cd "$BREW_SYMLINK_DIRECTORY" && pwd -P)"
   HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY="${BREW_FILE_DIRECTORY%/*}"
 fi