diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/homebrew_vars.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/homebrew_vars.rb
deleted file mode 100755
index 057633b776..0000000000
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/homebrew_vars.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env ruby
-
-ENV.keys.each do |key| 
-  if key =~ /^HOMEBREW.*/
-    # Remove any HOMEBREW.* vars containing white-space which causes a problem for "env -i" command via string.
-    #
-    # (Any user supplied HOMEBREW.* vars with valid white-space need to be hard-coded in 'bin/brew')
-    #
-    puts "#{key}=#{ENV[key]}" unless ENV[key].split(' ').length > 1
-  end
-end