diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/dsl.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/dsl.rb
index 1105ac1a22..4045c6dcff 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/dsl.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/dsl.rb
@@ -203,10 +203,6 @@ module Hbc
       @sha256 ||= arg
     end
 
-    def license(*)
-      odeprecated "Hbc::DSL#license"
-    end
-
     # depends_on uses a load method so that multiple stanzas can be merged
     def depends_on(*args)
       @depends_on ||= DSL::DependsOn.new
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/compat/hbc.rb b/Library/Homebrew/compat/hbc.rb
index 3ff8fccb7c..608d46e376 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/compat/hbc.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/compat/hbc.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ require "compat/hbc/cli/update"
 require "compat/hbc/cache"
 require "compat/hbc/caskroom"
 require "compat/hbc/cli"
+require "compat/hbc/dsl"
 
 module Hbc
   class << self
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/compat/hbc/dsl.rb b/Library/Homebrew/compat/hbc/dsl.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b550501ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/compat/hbc/dsl.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module Hbc
+  class DSL
+    def license(*)
+      odeprecated "Hbc::DSL#license"
+    end
+  end
+end