diff --git a/profiles/desktop/make.defaults b/profiles/desktop/make.defaults
index 95952475..c26b3ce3 100644
--- a/profiles/desktop/make.defaults
+++ b/profiles/desktop/make.defaults
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ PORTAGE_IONICE_COMMAND="ionice -c 3 -p \${PID}"
 PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="warn error log"
 PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save"
 
-RUBY_TARGETS="-*"
-
 # cpu
 USE="${USE} custom-cflags mpi smp"
 
diff --git a/profiles/desktop/package.mask b/profiles/desktop/package.mask
index b13f529a..73be578e 100644
--- a/profiles/desktop/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/desktop/package.mask
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 >=media-fonts/liberation-fonts-2.00.0
-=net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.4.10 # requires ruby, why?
 =app-text/poppler-0.42.0 # avoid portage warnings (older required by libreoffice-bin)
 >=kde-apps/khelpcenter-5 # too many new qt-packages to install
 =dev-libs/icu-57.1 # not all packages ready for using new icu