diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index e47d4dd..47cc2d0 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@ Group:         Development/Libraries
 URL:           http://libguestfs.org/
 Source0:       http://libguestfs.org/download/1.21-development/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
-%if 0%{?fedora} >= 17
-Patch1:        ruby-1.9-vendor-not-site.patch
-BuildRequires: autoconf, automake, libtool, gettext-devel
-%endif
-
 # Basic build requirements:
 BuildRequires: perl(Pod::Simple)
 BuildRequires: perl(Pod::Man)
@@ -683,11 +678,6 @@ if [ "$(getenforce | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]')" != "disabled" ]; then
     chcon --reference=/tmp tmp
 fi
 
-%if 0%{?fedora} >= 17
-%patch1 -p1
-autoreconf -i
-%endif
-
 mkdir -p daemon/m4
 
 # Replace developer-centric README that ships with libguestfs, with
@@ -737,8 +727,8 @@ EOF
   --enable-install-daemon \
   %{extra}
 
-# 'INSTALLDIRS' ensures that perl libs are installed in the vendor dir
-# not the site dir.
+# 'INSTALLDIRS' ensures that Perl and Ruby libs are installed in the
+# vendor dir not the site dir.
 make V=1 INSTALLDIRS=vendor %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 
diff --git a/ruby-1.9-vendor-not-site.patch b/ruby-1.9-vendor-not-site.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d2d61ee..0000000
--- a/ruby-1.9-vendor-not-site.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-diff -ur libguestfs-1.21.1.old/ruby/Makefile.am libguestfs-1.21.1/ruby/Makefile.am
---- libguestfs-1.21.1.old/ruby/Makefile.am	2012-12-15 19:42:02.000000000 +0000
-+++ libguestfs-1.21.1/ruby/Makefile.am	2012-12-17 14:03:27.396861323 +0000
-@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@
- 	$(RAKE) build
- 	$(RAKE) rdoc
- 
--RUBY_SITELIB := $(shell $(RUBY) -rrbconfig -e "puts RbConfig::CONFIG['sitelibdir']")
--RUBY_SITEARCH := $(shell $(RUBY) -rrbconfig -e "puts RbConfig::CONFIG['sitearchdir']")
-+RUBY_VENDORLIB := $(shell $(RUBY) -rrbconfig -e "puts RbConfig::CONFIG['vendorlibdir']")
-+RUBY_VENDORARCH := $(shell $(RUBY) -rrbconfig -e "puts RbConfig::CONFIG['vendorarchdir']")
- 
- install:
--	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(RUBY_SITELIB)
--	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(RUBY_SITEARCH)
--	$(INSTALL) -p -m 0644 $(srcdir)/lib/guestfs.rb $(DESTDIR)$(RUBY_SITELIB)
--	$(INSTALL) -p -m 0755 $(builddir)/ext/guestfs/_guestfs.so $(DESTDIR)$(RUBY_SITEARCH)
-+	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(RUBY_VENDORLIB)
-+	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(RUBY_VENDORARCH)
-+	$(INSTALL) -p -m 0644 $(srcdir)/lib/guestfs.rb $(DESTDIR)$(RUBY_VENDORLIB)
-+	$(INSTALL) -p -m 0755 $(builddir)/ext/guestfs/_guestfs.so $(DESTDIR)$(RUBY_VENDORARCH)
- 
- TESTS = run-bindtests run-ruby-tests
-