diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
index d8fa33f7b3..fe34008a17 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
@@ -665,10 +665,6 @@ class SubversionDownloadStrategy < VCSDownloadStrategy
     @url = @url.sub("svn+http://", "")
   end
 
-  def cache_filename
-    Resource.safe_download_name("#{name}--#{cache_tag}")
-  end
-
   def fetch
     clear_cache unless @url.chomp("/") == repo_url || quiet_system("svn", "switch", @url, cached_location)
     super
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/resource.rb b/Library/Homebrew/resource.rb
index 12519bb98d..3dda50f8df 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/resource.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/resource.rb
@@ -66,18 +66,8 @@ class Resource
     name.tr("/", "-")
   end
 
-  def self.safe_download_name(str)
-    # "@" is a special character for Subversion. Keep it out of the cache dir name.
-    str.gsub("@", "-AT-")
-  end
-
   def download_name
-    raw_name = if name
-      "#{owner.name}--#{escaped_name}"
-    else
-      owner.name
-    end
-    Resource.safe_download_name(raw_name)
+    name.nil? ? owner.name : "#{owner.name}--#{escaped_name}"
   end
 
   def cached_download