diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/descriptions.rb b/Library/Homebrew/descriptions.rb
index 0d36782cfa..9c53414616 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/descriptions.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/descriptions.rb
@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ class Descriptions
       @cache.select { |name, desc| (name =~ regex) || (desc =~ regex) }
     end
 
-    results = Hash[results] if RUBY_VERSION <= "1.8.7"
-
     new(results)
   end