diff --git a/lib/rscons/builders/object.rb b/lib/rscons/builders/object.rb
index f91d6d6..cc4ff3f 100644
--- a/lib/rscons/builders/object.rb
+++ b/lib/rscons/builders/object.rb
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ module Rscons
         return false unless env.execute("#{com_prefix} #{target}", command)
         deps = sources
         if File.exists?(vars['_DEPFILE'])
-          deps += env.parse_makefile_deps(vars['_DEPFILE'], target)
+          deps += Environment.parse_makefile_deps(vars['_DEPFILE'], target)
           FileUtils.rm_f(vars['_DEPFILE'])
         end
         cache.register_build(target, command, deps.uniq)
diff --git a/lib/rscons/environment.rb b/lib/rscons/environment.rb
index 0428c16..3944ac3 100644
--- a/lib/rscons/environment.rb
+++ b/lib/rscons/environment.rb
@@ -204,30 +204,6 @@ module Rscons
       end
     end
 
-    # Parse dependencies for a given target from a Makefile.
-    # This method is used internally by RScons builders.
-    # @param mf_fname [String] File name of the Makefile to read.
-    # @param target [String] Name of the target to gather dependencies for.
-    def parse_makefile_deps(mf_fname, target)
-      deps = []
-      buildup = ''
-      File.read(mf_fname).each_line do |line|
-        if line =~ /^(.*)\\\s*$/
-          buildup += ' ' + $1
-        else
-          buildup += ' ' + line
-          if buildup =~ /^(.*): (.*)$/
-            mf_target, mf_deps = $1.strip, $2
-            if mf_target == target
-              deps += mf_deps.split(' ').map(&:strip)
-            end
-          end
-          buildup = ''
-        end
-      end
-      deps
-    end
-
     # Build a list of source files into files containing one of the suffixes
     # given by suffixes.
     # This method is used internally by RScons builders.
@@ -276,5 +252,29 @@ module Rscons
       end
       builder.run(target, sources, cache, self, vars)
     end
+
+    # Parse dependencies for a given target from a Makefile.
+    # This method is used internally by RScons builders.
+    # @param mf_fname [String] File name of the Makefile to read.
+    # @param target [String] Name of the target to gather dependencies for.
+    def self.parse_makefile_deps(mf_fname, target)
+      deps = []
+      buildup = ''
+      File.read(mf_fname).each_line do |line|
+        if line =~ /^(.*)\\\s*$/
+          buildup += ' ' + $1
+        else
+          buildup += ' ' + line
+          if buildup =~ /^(.*): (.*)$/
+            mf_target, mf_deps = $1.strip, $2
+            if mf_target == target
+              deps += mf_deps.split(' ').map(&:strip)
+            end
+          end
+          buildup = ''
+        end
+      end
+      deps
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/rscons/environment_spec.rb b/spec/rscons/environment_spec.rb
index a362a8c..8ef3661 100644
--- a/spec/rscons/environment_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rscons/environment_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module Rscons
   describe Environment do
-    describe '.clone' do
+    describe "#clone" do
       it 'should create unique copies of each construction variable' do
         env = Environment.new
         env["CPPPATH"] << "path1"
@@ -11,13 +11,12 @@ module Rscons
       end
     end
 
-    describe '.parse_makefile_deps' do
+    describe ".parse_makefile_deps" do
       it 'handles dependencies on one line' do
         File.should_receive(:read).with('makefile').and_return(<<EOS)
 module.o: source.cc
 EOS
-        env = Environment.new
-        env.parse_makefile_deps('makefile', 'module.o').should == ['source.cc']
+        Environment.parse_makefile_deps('makefile', 'module.o').should == ['source.cc']
       end
 
       it 'handles dependencies split across many lines' do
@@ -26,8 +25,7 @@ module.o: module.c \\
   module.h \\
   other.h
 EOS
-        env = Environment.new
-        env.parse_makefile_deps('makefile', 'module.o').should == [
+        Environment.parse_makefile_deps('makefile', 'module.o').should == [
           'module.c', 'module.h', 'other.h']
       end
     end