diff --git a/lib/homebrew-fork/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb b/lib/homebrew-fork/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb
index 9bf5163d0c..461162924f 100644
--- a/lib/homebrew-fork/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb
+++ b/lib/homebrew-fork/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ class Pathname
     false
   end
 
-  def version
-    require 'version'
-    Version.parse(self)
-  end
-
   # FIXME eliminate the places where we rely on this method
   alias_method :to_str, :to_s unless method_defined?(:to_str)