diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/compat/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/compat/formula.rb
index 853a387069..57ab84a760 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/compat/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/compat/formula.rb
@@ -78,4 +78,9 @@ class Formula
   def startup_plist
     odeprecated "Formula#startup_plist", "Formula#plist"
   end
+
+  def rake(*args)
+    # odeprecated "FileUtils#rake", "system \"rake\""
+    system "rake", *args
+  end
 end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/fileutils.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/fileutils.rb
index ed5bfe6c33..34ef3869fe 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/fileutils.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/fileutils.rb
@@ -101,11 +101,6 @@ module FileUtils
     system Formulary.factory("scons").opt_bin/"scons", *args
   end
 
-  # Run the `rake` from the `ruby` Homebrew is using rather than whatever is in the `PATH`.
-  def rake(*args)
-    system RUBY_BIN/"rake", *args
-  end
-
   # Run `make` 3.81 or newer.
   # Uses the system make on Leopard and newer, and the
   # path to the actually-installed make on Tiger or older.