diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/os/linux/hardware.rb b/Library/Homebrew/os/linux/hardware.rb
index 9dc454956d..433092c45b 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/os/linux/hardware.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/os/linux/hardware.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module LinuxCPUs
   def family
     :dunno
   end
-  alias_method :intel_family, :cpu_family
+  alias_method :intel_family, :family
 
   def cores
     `grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo`.to_i