diff --git a/Formula/cmu-sphinxbase.rb b/Formula/cmu-sphinxbase.rb
index 1615864039..fc944b4df5 100644
--- a/Formula/cmu-sphinxbase.rb
+++ b/Formula/cmu-sphinxbase.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class CmuSphinxbase < Formula
   sha1 'c0c4d52e143d07cd593bd6bcaeb92b9a8a5a8c8e'
 
   depends_on 'pkg-config' => :build
-  depends_on HomebrewedPython.new
+  depends_on HomebrewedPython
 
   def install
     system "./configure", "--disable-debug",