diff --git a/lib/homebrew-fork/Library/Homebrew/utils/popen.rb b/lib/homebrew-fork/Library/Homebrew/utils/popen.rb
index 1463df530c434..ad4b6f78b28bd 100644
--- a/lib/homebrew-fork/Library/Homebrew/utils/popen.rb
+++ b/lib/homebrew-fork/Library/Homebrew/utils/popen.rb
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@ def self.popen_read(*args, &block)
     popen(args, "rb", &block)
   end
 
-  def self.popen_write(*args, &block)
-    popen(args, "wb", &block)
-  end
-
   def self.popen(args, mode)
     IO.popen("-", mode) do |pipe|
       if pipe