diff --git a/programming/language/ruby/ruby/pspec.xml b/programming/language/ruby/ruby/pspec.xml
index 8440d0a5a1..68443946e8 100644
--- a/programming/language/ruby/ruby/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/ruby/ruby/pspec.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     <Package>
         <Name>ruby</Name>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
-            <Dependency>db</Dependency>
             <Dependency>gmp</Dependency>
             <Dependency>tcl</Dependency>
             <Dependency>gdbm</Dependency>
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@
             <Dependency>tcltk</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libffi</Dependency>
             <Dependency>openssl</Dependency>
-            <Dependency>readline</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libyaml</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>