diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb b/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb
index 1b2b246919..7aecbe494f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ end
 
 class FormulaSpecificationError < StandardError; end
 
-class FormulaMethodDeprecatedError < StandardError; end
+class MethodDeprecatedError < StandardError; end
 
 class FormulaUnavailableError < RuntimeError
   attr_reader :name
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_versions.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_versions.rb
index 81e15d314f..d9a082399f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_versions.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_versions.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class FormulaVersions
   IGNORED_EXCEPTIONS = [
     ArgumentError, NameError, SyntaxError, TypeError,
     FormulaSpecificationError, FormulaValidationError,
-    ErrorDuringExecution, LoadError, FormulaMethodDeprecatedError
+    ErrorDuringExecution, LoadError, MethodDeprecatedError
   ].freeze
 
   attr_reader :name, :path, :repository, :entry_name
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_utils.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_utils.rb
index cd5a379ab4..3eeb7ce9dd 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_utils.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_utils.rb
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ class UtilTests < Homebrew::TestCase
 
   def test_odeprecated
     ARGV.stubs(:homebrew_developer?).returns false
-    e = assert_raises(FormulaMethodDeprecatedError) do
+    e = assert_raises(MethodDeprecatedError) do
       odeprecated("method", "replacement",
         caller: ["#{HOMEBREW_LIBRARY}/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/"],
         die: true)
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
index fbe603b912..79e5287e86 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def odeprecated(method, replacement = nil, options = {})
 
   if ARGV.homebrew_developer? || options[:die] ||
      Homebrew.raise_deprecation_exceptions?
-    raise FormulaMethodDeprecatedError, message
+    raise MethodDeprecatedError, message
   else
     opoo "#{message}\n"
   end