diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
index 24128f6b29..ff75d82629 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ class CurlDownloadStrategy < AbstractDownloadStrategy
 
   def curl(*args)
     args << '--connect-timeout' << '5' unless mirrors.empty?
+    args << "--user" << meta.fetch(:user) if meta.key?(:user)
     super
   end
 
@@ -415,13 +416,6 @@ class S3DownloadStrategy < CurlDownloadStrategy
   end
 end
 
-class AttResearchDownloadStrategy < CurlDownloadStrategy
-  def curl(*args)
-    args << "--user" << "I accept www.opensource.org/licenses/eclipse:."
-    super
-  end
-end
-
 class SubversionDownloadStrategy < VCSDownloadStrategy
   def initialize(name, resource)
     super