diff --git a/Formula/drush.rb b/Formula/drush.rb
index 97fcb238215..bc7345c7acc 100644
--- a/Formula/drush.rb
+++ b/Formula/drush.rb
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ class DrushMake <Formula
   url 'http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drush_make-6.x-2.0-beta9.tar.gz'
   homepage 'http://drupal.org/project/drush_make'
   md5 '971cde5da1fcf8ae63e42c074cbb5476'
-
-  def patches
-    DATA
-  end
 end
 
 class Drush <Formula
@@ -23,18 +19,3 @@ class Drush <Formula
     DrushMake.new.brew { (prefix+'commands/drush_make').install Dir['*'] }
   end
 end
-
-__END__
-diff --git a/drush_make.download.inc b/drush_make.download.inc
-index 99ff080..4a98166 100644
---- a/drush_make.download.inc
-+++ b/drush_make.download.inc
-@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class DrushMakeDownload_Get extends DrushMakeDownload {
-       // Detect whether the user uses --strip-path or --strip-components
-       $strip_option = drush_get_option('strip-option', FALSE);
-       if (!$strip_option) {
--        drush_shell_exec("man tar | grep strip-component");
-+        drush_shell_exec("man -t tar | grep strip-component");
-         $info = drush_shell_exec_output();
-         if ($info) {
-           $strip_option = 'component';