diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb
index f04c6a8100..2a2790c120 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ class Pathname
   def install_metafiles from=Pathname.pwd
     Pathname(from).children.each do |p|
       next if p.directory?
-      next unless Metafiles.copy?(p)
+      next unless Metafiles.copy?(p.basename.to_s)
       # Some software symlinks these files (see help2man.rb)
       filename = p.resolved_path
       # Some software links metafiles together, so by the time we iterate to one of them
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/metafiles.rb b/Library/Homebrew/metafiles.rb
index a6a2652922..c0a920912e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/metafiles.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/metafiles.rb
@@ -10,16 +10,10 @@ class Metafiles
     !copy?(file)
   end
 
-  def self.copy?(path)
-    path = path.to_s.downcase
-    ext  = File.extname(path)
-
-    if EXTENSIONS.include?(ext)
-      basename = File.basename(path, ext)
-    else
-      basename = File.basename(path)
-    end
-
-    return BASENAMES.include?(basename)
+  def self.copy?(file)
+    file = file.downcase
+    ext  = File.extname(file)
+    file = File.basename(file, ext) if EXTENSIONS.include?(ext)
+    BASENAMES.include?(file)
   end
 end