diff --git a/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.mask b/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.mask
index 69d86cdb..04df28b2 100644
--- a/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.mask
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 =x11-wm/fvwm-2.6.3
->=dev-lang/ruby-1.9.0
->=dev-ruby/rubygems-1.8.15
 >=media-fonts/liberation-fonts-2.00.0
 =www-client/firefox-16.0.1
 >=dev-games/cegui-0.7.0 # 0.6* required by Qemu, spice
diff --git a/profiles/hardened/linux/amd64/backbone/no-multilib/package.mask b/profiles/hardened/linux/amd64/backbone/no-multilib/package.mask
index 2f26d0ef..20e40fc5 100644
--- a/profiles/hardened/linux/amd64/backbone/no-multilib/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/hardened/linux/amd64/backbone/no-multilib/package.mask
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
->=dev-lang/ruby-1.9
->=dev-ruby/rubygems-1.8.15
 =media-gfx/imagemagick-6.8.6.8
 =sys-kernel/dracut-022
 =sys-fs/aufs3-3_p20130422