diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index f3ec1c1fa..6e9db172d 100755
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -24,18 +24,46 @@ const internals = {
     number: require('./types/number'),
     object: require('./types/object'),
     string: require('./types/string'),
-    symbol: require('./types/symbol')
+    symbol: require('./types/symbol'),
+
+    binds: [
+        'any',
+        'alt',
+        'alternatives',
+        'array',
+        'bool',
+        'boolean',
+        'binary',
+        'date',
+        'func',
+        'lazy',
+        'number',
+        'object',
+        'string',
+        'symbol',
+
+        'assert',
+        'attempt',
+        'bind',
+        'compile',
+        'defaults',
+        'extend',
+        'validate'
+    ]
 };
 
 
+internals.anyMethods = Object.keys(Any.prototype)
+    .filter((key) => key[0] !== '_' && key !== 'isImmutable')
+    .concat(internals.binds);
+
+
 internals.root = function () {
 
     const any = new Any();
-
     const root = any.clone();
-    Any.prototype._root = root;
     root._root = root;
-    root._binds = new Set(['any', 'alternatives', 'alt', 'array', 'bool', 'boolean', 'binary', 'date', 'func', 'number', 'object', 'string', 'symbol', 'validate', 'describe', 'compile', 'assert', 'attempt', 'lazy', 'defaults', 'extend', 'allow', 'valid', 'only', 'equal', 'invalid', 'disallow', 'not', 'required', 'exist', 'optional', 'forbidden', 'strip', 'when', 'empty', 'default', 'failover']);
+    root._binds = new Set(internals.anyMethods);
 
     root.any = function (...args) {
 
@@ -86,11 +114,9 @@ internals.root = function () {
     root.bind = function () {
 
         const joi = Object.create(this);
-
-        joi._binds.forEach((bind) => {
-
+        for (const bind of joi._binds) {
             joi[bind] = joi[bind].bind(joi);
-        });
+        }
 
         return joi;
     };