diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/brew.h.rb b/Library/Homebrew/brew.h.rb
index 72472228d6..6ca3fc1571 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/brew.h.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/brew.h.rb
@@ -434,14 +434,9 @@ class Cleaner
     
     [f.bin, f.sbin, f.lib].each {|d| clean_dir d}
     
-    # you can read all of this stuff online nowadays, save the space
-    # info pages are pants, everyone agrees apart from Richard Stallman
-    # feel free to ask for build options though! http://bit.ly/Homebrew
-    unlink = Proc.new{ |path| path.unlink unless f.skip_clean? path rescue nil }
-    %w[doc docs info].each do |fn|
-      unlink.call(f.share+fn)
-      unlink.call(f.prefix+fn)
-    end
+    # info pages suck
+    info = f.share+'info'
+    info.rmtree if info.directory? and not f.skip_clean? info
   end
 
 private