diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
index 6ac2253310..07e700cdc1 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
@@ -596,8 +596,6 @@ class DownloadStrategyDetector
     end
   end
 
-  private
-
   def self.detect_from_url(url)
     case url
       # We use a special URL pattern for cvs