diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
index 29791f03f6..600dd39e44 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class AbstractDownloadStrategy
     end
   end
 
+  attr_reader :cached_location
   attr_reader :meta, :name, :version, :shutup
   private :meta, :name, :version, :shutup
 
@@ -68,10 +69,6 @@ class AbstractDownloadStrategy
   end
   private :chdir
 
-  # @!attribute [r] cached_location
-  # The path to the cached file or directory associated with the resource.
-  def cached_location; end
-
   # @!attribute [r]
   # return most recent modified time for all files in the current working directory after stage.
   def source_modified_time
@@ -108,7 +105,7 @@ class VCSDownloadStrategy < AbstractDownloadStrategy
     super
     @ref_type, @ref = extract_ref(meta)
     @revision = meta[:revision]
-    @clone = HOMEBREW_CACHE/cache_filename
+    @cached_location = HOMEBREW_CACHE/"#{name}--#{cache_tag}"
   end
 
   def fetch
@@ -146,10 +143,6 @@ class VCSDownloadStrategy < AbstractDownloadStrategy
     commit != @last_commit
   end
 
-  def cached_location
-    @clone
-  end
-
   def head?
     version.respond_to?(:head?) && version.head?
   end
@@ -166,10 +159,6 @@ class VCSDownloadStrategy < AbstractDownloadStrategy
     raise NotImplementedError
   end
 
-  def cache_filename
-    "#{name}--#{cache_tag}"
-  end
-
   def repo_valid?
     raise NotImplementedError
   end
@@ -187,6 +176,11 @@ class VCSDownloadStrategy < AbstractDownloadStrategy
 end
 
 class AbstractFileDownloadStrategy < AbstractDownloadStrategy
+  def initialize(url, name, version, **meta)
+    super
+    @cached_location = HOMEBREW_CACHE/"#{name}-#{version}#{ext}"
+  end
+
   def stage
     super
     chdir
@@ -209,12 +203,11 @@ class AbstractFileDownloadStrategy < AbstractDownloadStrategy
 end
 
 class CurlDownloadStrategy < AbstractFileDownloadStrategy
-  attr_reader :mirrors, :tarball_path, :temporary_path
+  attr_reader :mirrors, :temporary_path
 
   def initialize(url, name, version, **meta)
     super
     @mirrors = meta.fetch(:mirrors, [])
-    @tarball_path = HOMEBREW_CACHE/"#{name}-#{version}#{ext}"
     @temporary_path = Pathname.new("#{cached_location}.incomplete")
   end
 
@@ -238,10 +231,6 @@ class CurlDownloadStrategy < AbstractFileDownloadStrategy
     retry
   end
 
-  def cached_location
-    tarball_path
-  end
-
   def clear_cache
     super
     rm_rf(temporary_path)
@@ -366,8 +355,6 @@ end
 
 # This strategy extracts local binary packages.
 class LocalBottleDownloadStrategy < AbstractFileDownloadStrategy
-  attr_reader :cached_location
-
   def initialize(path)
     @cached_location = path
   end
@@ -520,11 +507,11 @@ end
 #     url "scp://example.com/src/abc.1.0.tar.gz"
 #     ...
 class ScpDownloadStrategy < AbstractFileDownloadStrategy
-  attr_reader :tarball_path, :temporary_path
+  attr_reader :temporary_path
 
   def initialize(url, name, version, **meta)
     super
-    @tarball_path = HOMEBREW_CACHE/"#{name}-#{version}#{ext}"
+    @cached_location = HOMEBREW_CACHE/"#{name}-#{version}#{ext}"
     @temporary_path = Pathname.new("#{cached_location}.incomplete")
     parse_url_pattern
   end
@@ -554,10 +541,6 @@ class ScpDownloadStrategy < AbstractFileDownloadStrategy
     end
   end
 
-  def cached_location
-    tarball_path
-  end
-
   def clear_cache
     super
     rm_rf(temporary_path)
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/download_strategies_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/download_strategies_spec.rb
index a3a24b8d8b..317eda99b7 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/download_strategies_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/download_strategies_spec.rb
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ describe CurlDownloadStrategy do
     expect(subject.send(:_curl_args)).to eq(["--user", "download:123456"])
   end
 
-  describe "#tarball_path" do
-    subject { described_class.new(url, name, version, **specs).tarball_path }
+  describe "#cached_location" do
+    subject { described_class.new(url, name, version, **specs).cached_location }
 
     context "when URL ends with file" do
       it { is_expected.to eq(HOMEBREW_CACHE/"foo-.tar.gz") }