diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/config.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/config.rb
index 0613f6fec2..0e91845c68 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/config.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/config.rb
@@ -117,10 +117,6 @@ module Homebrew
     f.puts "X11: #{describe_x11}"
   end
 
-  def write_build_config(f)
-    Homebrew.dump_build_config(f)
-  end
-
   def dump_verbose_config(f)
     f.puts "HOMEBREW_VERSION: #{HOMEBREW_VERSION}"
     f.puts "ORIGIN: #{origin}"
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index 3b126a3b83..7becacc7bf 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ class Formula
         Kernel.system "/usr/bin/tail", "-n", "5", logfn unless ARGV.verbose?
         f.puts
         require 'cmd/config'
-        Homebrew.write_build_config(f)
+        Homebrew.dump_build_config(f)
         raise BuildError.new(self, cmd, args)
       end
     end