diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb
index 78734677aa..0b1c278064 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ class Pathname
   def subdirs
     children.select{ |child| child.directory? }
   end
+
+  def resolved_path_exists?
+    (dirname+readlink).exist?
+  end
 end
 
 # sets $n and $d so you can observe creation of stuff
@@ -209,9 +213,6 @@ module ObserverPathnameExtension
     puts "rmdir #{to_s}" if ARGV.verbose?
     $d+=1
   end
-  def resolved_path_exists?
-    (dirname+readlink).exist?
-  end
   def mkpath
     super
     puts "mkpath #{to_s}" if ARGV.verbose?