diff --git a/projects/ruby-lang.org/defaults.rb.patch b/projects/ruby-lang.org/defaults.rb.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f95d7d8..00000000
--- a/projects/ruby-lang.org/defaults.rb.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/lib/ruby/3.2.0/rubygems/defaults.rb b/lib/ruby/3.2.0/rubygems/defaults.rb
-index 8daff0b..59ecd32 100644
---- a/lib/ruby/3.2.0/rubygems/defaults.rb
-+++ b/lib/ruby/3.2.0/rubygems/defaults.rb
-@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ module Gem
-   # specified in the environment
- 
-   def self.default_dir
--    @default_dir ||= File.join(RbConfig::CONFIG["rubylibprefix"], "gems", RbConfig::CONFIG["ruby_version"])
-+    @default_dir ||= File.expand_path(File.join(__FILE__, "../../../../../../gems", RbConfig::CONFIG["ruby_version"]))
-   end
- 
-   ##
diff --git a/projects/ruby-lang.org/package.yml b/projects/ruby-lang.org/package.yml
index 3ab3bc85..0a9fd9a8 100644
--- a/projects/ruby-lang.org/package.yml
+++ b/projects/ruby-lang.org/package.yml
@@ -16,20 +16,22 @@ build:
     gnu.org/gettext: ^0.21
     tea.xyz/gx/cc: c99
     tea.xyz/gx/make: '*'
-    gnu.org/patch: '*'
   script: |
     ./configure --prefix="{{prefix}}" --enable-load-relative --disable-rubygems
     make --jobs {{hw.concurrency}} install
 
-    cd "{{prefix}}/lib/ruby/{{version.major}}.{{version.minor}}.0"
+    cd "{{prefix}}/lib/ruby/{{version.major}}.{{version.minor}}.0/rubygems"
 
     # use the GEM_PATH we want
-    patch -p4 < "$SRCROOT"/props/defaults.rb.patch
+    sed -i.bak -e 's;@default_dir ||=.*;@default_dir ||= File.expand_path(File.join(__FILE__, "../../../../../../gems", RbConfig::CONFIG["ruby_version"]));' defaults.rb
+    rm defaults.rb.bak
 
     cd "{{prefix}}/bin"
 
     # we provide these as `rubygems.org`
-    rm bundle bundler gem rake rbs rdbg typeprof
+    for GEM in bundle bundler gem rake rbs rdbg typeprof; do
+      test -f $GEM && rm $GEM
+    done
 
     for shim in $shims; do
       sed -i.bak -e 's_#!{{prefix}}/bin/ruby_#!/usr/bin/env ruby_' $shim