diff --git a/srcpkgs/ruby/template b/srcpkgs/ruby/template
index 630364956d..02f6a2f0cb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ruby/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ruby/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ _ruby_abiver=2.2.0
 
 pkgname=ruby
 version=2.2.4
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-shared --disable-rpath
  DOXYGEN=/usr/bin/doxygen DOT=/usr/bin/dot PKG_CONFIG=/usr/bin/pkg-config"
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ post_install() {
 	# Replace reference to the install(1) wrapper
 	sed -e "s,${XBPS_WRAPPERDIR},/usr/bin,g" -i \
 		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/ruby/${_ruby_abiver}/*/rbconfig.rb
+	# Remove references to hardening -specs.
+	sed -e "s|\(-specs=.*hardened-ld\)||g" -e "s|\(-specs=.*hardened-cc1\)||g" -i \
+		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/ruby/${_ruby_abiver}/*/rbconfig.rb
 }
 
 ruby-devel-doc_package() {