diff --git a/lib/jekyll/collection.rb b/lib/jekyll/collection.rb
index f768b836..b09a7ed9 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/collection.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/collection.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ module Jekyll
         if Utils.has_yaml_header? full_path
           doc = Jekyll::Document.new(full_path, { site: site, collection: self })
           doc.read
-          docs << doc if publisher.publish?(doc)
+          docs << doc if site.publisher.publish?(doc)
         else
           relative_dir = Jekyll.sanitized_path(relative_directory, File.dirname(file_path)).chomp("/.")
           files << StaticFile.new(site, site.source, relative_dir, File.basename(full_path), self)
@@ -183,17 +183,5 @@ module Jekyll
         {}
       end
     end
-
-
-    private
-
-    # A Publisher object used to determine which documents should be
-    # added to the docs list
-    #
-    # Returns a Publisher object.
-    def publisher
-      @publisher ||= Publisher.new(site)
-    end
-
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/site.rb b/lib/jekyll/site.rb
index 7b8a4a00..2754a6e5 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/site.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/site.rb
@@ -497,6 +497,10 @@ module Jekyll
       override['full_rebuild'] || config['full_rebuild']
     end
 
+    def publisher
+      @publisher ||= Publisher.new(self)
+    end
+
     private
 
     def has_relative_page?
@@ -517,9 +521,5 @@ module Jekyll
       name.gsub!(/(^|\b\s)\s+($|\s?\b)/, '\\1\\2')
       name.gsub(/\s+/, '_')
     end
-
-    def publisher
-      @publisher ||= Publisher.new(self)
-    end
   end
 end