diff --git a/ruby/flatten-array/flatten_array.rb b/ruby/flatten-array/flatten_array.rb
index 6af3960..200c6a8 100644
--- a/ruby/flatten-array/flatten_array.rb
+++ b/ruby/flatten-array/flatten_array.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 class FlattenArray
-  def self.flatten(array)
-    recursive_flatten(array)
-  end
-
-  def self.recursive_flatten(array, result = [])
+  def self.flatten(array, result = [])
     array.each do |a|
       if a.is_a? Array
-        recursive_flatten(a, result)
+        flatten(a, result)
       else
         result << a unless a.nil?
       end