diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/tab.rb b/Library/Homebrew/tab.rb
index 868944cbc8..36ec552273 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/tab.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/tab.rb
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ class Tab < OpenStruct
     path = keg.join(FILENAME)
 
     if path.exist?
-      self.from_file(path)
+      from_file(path)
     else
-      self.dummy_tab
+      dummy_tab
     end
   end