diff --git a/library/generic/methods.factor b/library/generic/methods.factor
index 7c25018193..b62f799d25 100644
--- a/library/generic/methods.factor
+++ b/library/generic/methods.factor
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ TUPLE: check-method class generic ;
     [ "methods" word-prop ?hash* nip ] word-subset-with ;
 
 M: method-spec where
-    dup first2 method method-loc [ ] [ second where* ] ?if ;
+    dup first2 method method-loc [ ] [ second where ] ?if ;
 
 M: method-spec subdefs drop f ;