diff --git a/lib/database_cleaner.rb b/lib/database_cleaner.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/database_cleaner.rb
+++ b/lib/database_cleaner.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)))
 require 'database_cleaner/configuration'
 
-def DatabaseCleaner(*args)
-  DatabaseCleaner.create_strategy(*args)
-end
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/configuration_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/configuration_spec.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/configuration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/configuration_spec.rb
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ describe DatabaseCleaner do
     DatabaseCleaner.orm = nil
   end
 
-  describe ".create_strategy ( DatabaseCleaner() )" do
+  describe ".create_strategy" do
     it "should initialize and return the appropirate strategy" do
       DatabaseCleaner::ActiveRecord::Transaction.should_receive(:new).with('options' => 'hash')
-      result = DatabaseCleaner(:transaction, {'options' => 'hash'})
+      result = DatabaseCleaner.create_strategy(:transaction, {'options' => 'hash'})
 
       result.should == @strategy
     end
DatabaseCleaner() method was cool, but really isn't needed...