diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_versions.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_versions.rb
index 563961b7f8..3bb7e3e55c 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_versions.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_versions.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class FormulaVersions
     @entry_name = formula.path.relative_path_from(repository).to_s
   end
 
-  def rev_list(branch="HEAD")
+  def rev_list(branch)
     repository.cd do
       Utils.popen_read("git", "rev-list", "--abbrev-commit", "--remove-empty", branch, "--", entry_name) do |io|
         yield io.readline.chomp until io.eof?