diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index 21df196dfb..c5a7ac71a1 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ class Formula
 
   def url;      active_spec.url;     end
   def version;  active_spec.version; end
-  def specs;    active_spec.specs;   end
   def mirrors;  active_spec.mirrors; end
 
   # if the dir is there, but it's empty we consider it not installed