diff --git a/Library/.rubocop_todo.yml b/Library/.rubocop_todo.yml
index 7f86119abd..6a38e100f3 100644
--- a/Library/.rubocop_todo.yml
+++ b/Library/.rubocop_todo.yml
@@ -81,16 +81,6 @@ Metrics/ModuleLength:
 Metrics/ParameterLists:
   Max: 6
 
-# Offense count: 8
-Style/AccessorMethodName:
-  Exclude:
-    - 'Homebrew/download_strategy.rb'
-    - 'Homebrew/extend/ENV/std.rb'
-    - 'Homebrew/formula.rb'
-    - 'Homebrew/formula_lock.rb'
-    - 'Homebrew/formulary.rb'
-    - 'Homebrew/migrator.rb'
-
 # Offense count: 1
 Style/CaseEquality:
   Exclude:
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bump-formula-pr.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bump-formula-pr.rb
index 38c7559fbd..ce10da52ad 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bump-formula-pr.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bump-formula-pr.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require "formula"
 module Homebrew
   def inreplace_pairs(path, replacement_pairs)
     if ARGV.dry_run?
-      contents = path.open("r") { |f| Formulary.set_encoding(f).read }
+      contents = path.open("r") { |f| Formulary.ensure_utf8_encoding(f).read }
       contents.extend(StringInreplaceExtension)
       replacement_pairs.each do |old, new|
         unless ARGV.flag?("--quiet")
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ module Homebrew
           s.gsub!(old, new)
         end
       end
-      path.open("r") { |f| Formulary.set_encoding(f).read }
+      path.open("r") { |f| Formulary.ensure_utf8_encoding(f).read }
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
index 687e143960..1775e4e38d 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ class SubversionDownloadStrategy < VCSDownloadStrategy
     Utils.popen_read("svn", "info", cached_location.to_s).strip[/^URL: (.+)$/, 1]
   end
 
-  def get_externals
+  def externals
     Utils.popen_read("svn", "propget", "svn:externals", @url).chomp.each_line do |line|
       name, url = line.split(/\s+/)
       yield name, url
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ class SubversionDownloadStrategy < VCSDownloadStrategy
       main_revision = @ref[:trunk]
       fetch_repo cached_location, @url, main_revision, true
 
-      get_externals do |external_name, external_url|
+      externals do |external_name, external_url|
         fetch_repo cached_location+external_name, external_url, @ref[external_name], true
       end
     else
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb
index ecd50ce065..c217ed8a51 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ module HomebrewArgvExtension
         if f.any_version_installed?
           tab = Tab.for_formula(f)
           resolved_spec = spec(nil) || tab.spec
-          f.set_active_spec(resolved_spec) if f.send(resolved_spec)
+          f.active_spec = resolved_spec if f.send(resolved_spec)
           f.build = tab
           if f.head? && tab.tabfile
             k = Keg.new(tab.tabfile.parent)
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/std.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/std.rb
index b56aa56f39..27dc95d297 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/std.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/std.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ module Stdenv
     end
 
     # Os is the default Apple uses for all its stuff so let's trust them
-    set_cflags "-Os #{SAFE_CFLAGS_FLAGS}"
+    define_cflags "-Os #{SAFE_CFLAGS_FLAGS}"
 
     append "LDFLAGS", "-Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names"
 
@@ -136,12 +136,12 @@ module Stdenv
   end
 
   def minimal_optimization
-    set_cflags "-Os #{SAFE_CFLAGS_FLAGS}"
+    define_cflags "-Os #{SAFE_CFLAGS_FLAGS}"
   end
   alias generic_minimal_optimization minimal_optimization
 
   def no_optimization
-    set_cflags SAFE_CFLAGS_FLAGS
+    define_cflags SAFE_CFLAGS_FLAGS
   end
   alias generic_no_optimization no_optimization
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ module Stdenv
   end
 
   # Convenience method to set all C compiler flags in one shot.
-  def set_cflags(val)
+  def define_cflags(val)
     CC_FLAG_VARS.each { |key| self[key] = val }
   end
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index 78dbc69404..4d3c143dce 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -179,12 +179,12 @@ class Formula
       Tap.fetch($1, $2)
     end
 
-    @full_name = get_full_name(name)
-    @full_alias_name = get_full_name(@alias_name)
+    @full_name = full_name_with_optional_tap(name)
+    @full_alias_name = full_name_with_optional_tap(@alias_name)
 
-    set_spec :stable
-    set_spec :devel
-    set_spec :head
+    spec_eval :stable
+    spec_eval :devel
+    spec_eval :head
 
     @active_spec = determine_active_spec(spec)
     @active_spec_sym = if head?
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class Formula
   end
 
   # @private
-  def set_active_spec(spec_sym)
+  def active_spec=(spec_sym)
     spec = send(spec_sym)
     raise FormulaSpecificationError, "#{spec_sym} spec is not available for #{full_name}" unless spec
     @active_spec = spec
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class Formula
 
   # Allow full name logic to be re-used between names, aliases,
   # and installed aliases.
-  def get_full_name(name)
+  def full_name_with_optional_tap(name)
     if name.nil? || @tap.nil? || @tap.core_tap?
       name
     else
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class Formula
     end
   end
 
-  def set_spec(name)
+  def spec_eval(name)
     spec = self.class.send(name)
     return unless spec.url
     spec.owner = self
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class Formula
   end
 
   def full_installed_alias_name
-    get_full_name(installed_alias_name)
+    full_name_with_optional_tap(installed_alias_name)
   end
 
   # The path that was specified to find this formula.
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_lock.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_lock.rb
index 4bd12df18e..bf747fea22 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_lock.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_lock.rb
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ class FormulaLock
   end
 
   def lock
-    HOMEBREW_LOCK_DIR.mkpath
-    @lockfile = get_or_create_lockfile
+    @path.parent.mkpath
+    create_lockfile
     return if @lockfile.flock(File::LOCK_EX | File::LOCK_NB)
     raise OperationInProgressError, @name
   end
@@ -29,12 +29,9 @@ class FormulaLock
 
   private
 
-  def get_or_create_lockfile
-    if @lockfile.nil? || @lockfile.closed?
-      @lockfile = @path.open(File::RDWR | File::CREAT)
-      @lockfile.fcntl(Fcntl::F_SETFD, Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC)
-    end
-
-    @lockfile
+  def create_lockfile
+    return unless @lockfile.nil? || @lockfile.closed?
+    @lockfile = @path.open(File::RDWR | File::CREAT)
+    @lockfile.fcntl(Fcntl::F_SETFD, Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC)
   end
 end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb
index e3c893fd64..5ce09f6ba5 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb
@@ -37,18 +37,18 @@ class Formulary
   end
 
   def self.load_formula_from_path(name, path)
-    contents = path.open("r") { |f| set_encoding(f).read }
+    contents = path.open("r") { |f| ensure_utf8_encoding(f).read }
     namespace = "FormulaNamespace#{Digest::MD5.hexdigest(path.to_s)}"
     klass = load_formula(name, path, contents, namespace)
     FORMULAE[path] = klass
   end
 
   if IO.method_defined?(:set_encoding)
-    def self.set_encoding(io)
+    def self.ensure_utf8_encoding(io)
       io.set_encoding(Encoding::UTF_8)
     end
   else
-    def self.set_encoding(io)
+    def self.ensure_utf8_encoding(io)
       io
     end
   end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/migrator.rb b/Library/Homebrew/migrator.rb
index addd97c8a9..4f8cba1ce0 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/migrator.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/migrator.rb
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class Migrator
 
     @new_cellar = HOMEBREW_CELLAR/formula.name
 
-    if @old_linked_keg = get_linked_old_linked_keg
+    if @old_linked_keg = linked_old_linked_keg
       @old_linked_keg_record = old_linked_keg.linked_keg_record if old_linked_keg.linked?
       @old_opt_record = old_linked_keg.opt_record if old_linked_keg.optlinked?
       @new_linked_keg_record = HOMEBREW_CELLAR/"#{newname}/#{File.basename(old_linked_keg)}"
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class Migrator
     end
   end
 
-  def get_linked_old_linked_keg
+  def linked_old_linked_keg
     kegs = old_cellar.subdirs.map { |d| Keg.new(d) }
     kegs.detect(&:linked?) || kegs.detect(&:optlinked?)
   end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_formula.rb
index 9207f8ead7..37d3f0f596 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_formula.rb
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ class FormulaTests < Homebrew::TestCase
     assert_version_equal "HEAD", f.head.version
   end
 
-  def test_formula_set_active_spec
+  def test_formula_active_spec=
     f = formula do
       url "foo"
       version "1.0"
@@ -481,11 +481,11 @@ class FormulaTests < Homebrew::TestCase
     assert_equal :stable, f.active_spec_sym
     assert_equal f.stable, f.send(:active_spec)
     assert_equal "1.0_1", f.pkg_version.to_s
-    f.set_active_spec(:devel)
+    f.active_spec = :devel
     assert_equal :devel, f.active_spec_sym
     assert_equal f.devel, f.send(:active_spec)
     assert_equal "1.0beta_1", f.pkg_version.to_s
-    assert_raises(FormulaSpecificationError) { f.set_active_spec(:head) }
+    assert_raises(FormulaSpecificationError) { f.active_spec = :head }
   end
 
   def test_path