diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/brew.h.rb b/Library/Homebrew/brew.h.rb
index 4f9601f26e..ae376707d8 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/brew.h.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/brew.h.rb
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ private
     when 0
       # noop
     when 1
-      puts *files
+      puts files
     else
       puts "#{root}/ (#{files.length} #{other}files)"
     end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
index 4d426a9bf0..24846d6b19 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ end
 def ohai title, *sput
   title = title.to_s[0, `/usr/bin/tput cols`.strip.to_i-4] unless ARGV.verbose?
   puts "#{Tty.blue}==>#{Tty.white} #{title}#{Tty.reset}"
-  puts *sput unless sput.empty?
+  puts sput unless sput.empty?
 end
 
 def opoo warning
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ end
 def onoe error
   lines = error.to_s.split'\n'
   puts "#{Tty.red}Error#{Tty.reset}: #{lines.shift}"
-  puts *lines unless lines.empty?
+  puts lines unless lines.empty?
 end
 
 def pretty_duration s
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def puts_columns items, cols = 4
 
     IO.popen("/usr/bin/pr -#{cols} -t -w#{console_width}", "w"){|io| io.puts(items) }
   else
-    puts *items
+    puts items
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/bin/brew b/bin/brew
index be1e2a1a8e..07f6166ce2 100755
--- a/bin/brew
+++ b/bin/brew
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ begin
     if ARGV.named.empty?
       puts HOMEBREW_CACHE
     else
-      puts *ARGV.formulae.collect {|f| f.cached_download}
+      puts ARGV.formulae.collect {|f| f.cached_download}
     end
   when '--prefix'
     if ARGV.named.empty?
       puts HOMEBREW_PREFIX
     else
-      puts *ARGV.formulae.collect {|f| f.prefix}
+      puts ARGV.formulae.collect {|f| f.prefix}
     end
   when '--repository'
     puts HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ begin
     if ARGV.named.empty?
       puts HOMEBREW_CELLAR
     else
-      puts *ARGV.formulae.collect {|f| HOMEBREW_CELLAR+f.name}
+      puts ARGV.formulae.collect {|f| HOMEBREW_CELLAR+f.name}
     end
   when '--config'
     dump_config
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ begin
     if ARGV.include? "--installed"
       uses = uses.select { |f| f = HOMEBREW_CELLAR+f; f.directory? and not f.subdirs.empty? }
     end
-    puts *uses.sort
+    puts uses.sort
 
   when 'deps'
     if ARGV.include?('--all')
@@ -296,10 +296,10 @@ begin
         puts "#{f.name}:#{f.deps.join(' ')}"
       end
     elsif ARGV.include?("-1") or ARGV.include?("--1")
-      puts *ARGV.formulae.map{ |f| f.deps or [] }.flatten.uniq.sort
+      puts ARGV.formulae.map {|f| f.deps or []}.flatten.uniq.sort
     else
       require 'formula_installer'
-      puts *ARGV.formulae.map{ |f| FormulaInstaller.expand_deps(f).map{|f| f.name} }.flatten.uniq.sort
+      puts ARGV.formulae.map {|f| FormulaInstaller.expand_deps(f).map {|f| f.name} }.flatten.uniq.sort
     end
 
   when 'cat'