diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/compat/fails_with_llvm.rb b/Library/Homebrew/compat/fails_with_llvm.rb
index d7cc3e7cca..2222a33e64 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/compat/fails_with_llvm.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/compat/fails_with_llvm.rb
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ class Formula
     puts "Use the fails_with DSL instead"
   end
 
-  def fails_with_llvm?
-    fails_with? :llvm
-  end
-
   def self.fails_with_llvm msg=nil, data={}
     data = msg if Hash === msg
     fails_with(:llvm) { build(data.delete(:build).to_i) }