diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 418cc5e2af..5c1144e1b9 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1012,8 +1012,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/rsem-makefile.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/ruby-concurrent-ignore-broken-test.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/ruby-concurrent-test-arm.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/ruby-rubygems-2612-ruby24.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/ruby-rubygems-2613-ruby24.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/ruby-2.2.7-rubygems-2613-ruby22.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/ruby-2.3.4-rubygems-2613-ruby23.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/ruby-rack-ignore-failing-test.patch      \
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/ruby-rubygems-2612-ruby24.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/ruby-rubygems-2612-ruby24.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ee32c0c6e..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/ruby-rubygems-2612-ruby24.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,437 +0,0 @@
-diff --git lib/rubygems.rb lib/rubygems.rb
-index 5cd1a4c47a..bc5bf9b4c2 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems.rb
-@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
- require 'thread'
- 
- module Gem
--  VERSION = "2.6.11"
-+  VERSION = "2.6.12"
- end
- 
- # Must be first since it unloads the prelude from 1.9.2
-@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ def self.needs
- 
-   def self.finish_resolve(request_set=Gem::RequestSet.new)
-     request_set.import Gem::Specification.unresolved_deps.values
-+    request_set.import Gem.loaded_specs.values.map {|s| Gem::Dependency.new(s.name, s.version) }
- 
-     request_set.resolve_current.each do |s|
-       s.full_spec.activate
-diff --git lib/rubygems/commands/open_command.rb lib/rubygems/commands/open_command.rb
-index a89b7421e3..059635e835 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/commands/open_command.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/commands/open_command.rb
-@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def open_editor path
-   end
- 
-   def spec_for name
--    spec = Gem::Specification.find_all_by_name(name, @version).last
-+    spec = Gem::Specification.find_all_by_name(name, @version).first
- 
-     return spec if spec
- 
-diff --git lib/rubygems/commands/query_command.rb lib/rubygems/commands/query_command.rb
-index f25d120b88..70f8127292 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/commands/query_command.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/commands/query_command.rb
-@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def execute
-       name = Array(options[:name])
-     else
-       args = options[:args].to_a
--      name = options[:exact] ? args : args.map{|arg| /#{arg}/i }
-+      name = options[:exact] ? args.map{|arg| /\A#{Regexp.escape(arg)}\Z/ } : args.map{|arg| /#{arg}/i }
-     end
- 
-     prerelease = options[:prerelease]
-diff --git lib/rubygems/commands/sources_command.rb lib/rubygems/commands/sources_command.rb
-index 9832afd214..7e46963a4c 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/commands/sources_command.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/commands/sources_command.rb
-@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def add_source source_uri # :nodoc:
-     source = Gem::Source.new source_uri
- 
-     begin
--      if Gem.sources.include? source_uri then
-+      if Gem.sources.include? source then
-         say "source #{source_uri} already present in the cache"
-       else
-         source.load_specs :released
-diff --git lib/rubygems/dependency_list.rb lib/rubygems/dependency_list.rb
-index 35fe7c4c1a..d8314eaf60 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/dependency_list.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/dependency_list.rb
-@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def find_name(full_name)
-   end
- 
-   def inspect # :nodoc:
--    "#<%s:0x%x %p>" % [self.class, object_id, map { |s| s.full_name }]
-+    "%s %p>" % [super[0..-2], map { |s| s.full_name }]
-   end
- 
-   ##
-diff --git lib/rubygems/installer.rb lib/rubygems/installer.rb
-index f4d3e728de..967543c2d1 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/installer.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/installer.rb
-@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ def check_executable_overwrite filename # :nodoc:
- 
-       ruby_executable = true
-       existing = io.read.slice(%r{
--          ^(
-+          ^\s*(
-             gem \s |
-             load \s Gem\.bin_path\( |
-             load \s Gem\.activate_bin_path\(
-@@ -701,6 +701,8 @@ def verify_gem_home(unpack = false) # :nodoc:
-   # Return the text for an application file.
- 
-   def app_script_text(bin_file_name)
-+    # note that the `load` lines cannot be indented, as old RG versions match
-+    # against the beginning of the line
-     return <<-TEXT
- #{shebang bin_file_name}
- #
-@@ -723,7 +725,12 @@ def app_script_text(bin_file_name)
-   end
- end
- 
-+if Gem.respond_to?(:activate_bin_path)
- load Gem.activate_bin_path('#{spec.name}', '#{bin_file_name}', version)
-+else
-+gem #{spec.name.dump}, version
-+load Gem.bin_path(#{spec.name.dump}, #{bin_file_name.dump}, version)
-+end
- TEXT
-   end
- 
-diff --git lib/rubygems/platform.rb lib/rubygems/platform.rb
-index d22d91ae54..2dd9ed5782 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/platform.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/platform.rb
-@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def initialize(arch)
-   end
- 
-   def inspect
--    "#<%s:0x%x @cpu=%p, @os=%p, @version=%p>" % [self.class, object_id, *to_a]
-+    "%s @cpu=%p, @os=%p, @version=%p>" % [super[0..-2], *to_a]
-   end
- 
-   def to_a
-diff --git lib/rubygems/security.rb lib/rubygems/security.rb
-index 119d6d56f7..6963ca156f 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/security.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/security.rb
-@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ def self.create_cert_self_signed subject, key, age = ONE_YEAR,
- 
-   ##
-   # Creates a new key pair of the specified +length+ and +algorithm+.  The
--  # default is a 2048 bit RSA key.
-+  # default is a 3072 bit RSA key.
- 
-   def self.create_key length = KEY_LENGTH, algorithm = KEY_ALGORITHM
-     algorithm.new length
-diff --git lib/rubygems/server.rb lib/rubygems/server.rb
-index 81df0e608e..df4eb566d3 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/server.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/server.rb
-@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ def root(req, res)
-       "only_one_executable" => true,
-       "full_name" => "rubygems-#{Gem::VERSION}",
-       "has_deps" => false,
--      "homepage" => "http://docs.rubygems.org/",
-+      "homepage" => "http://guides.rubygems.org/",
-       "name" => 'rubygems',
-       "ri_installed" => true,
-       "summary" => "RubyGems itself",
-diff --git lib/rubygems/specification.rb lib/rubygems/specification.rb
-index a2f289d162..500f0af768 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
-@@ -2105,7 +2105,7 @@ def inspect # :nodoc:
-     if $DEBUG
-       super
-     else
--      "#<#{self.class}:0x#{__id__.to_s(16)} #{full_name}>"
-+      "#{super[0..-2]} #{full_name}>"
-     end
-   end
- 
-diff --git lib/rubygems/test_case.rb lib/rubygems/test_case.rb
-index 86b68e1efb..4e48f1eb4c 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/test_case.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/test_case.rb
-@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ def git_gem name = 'a', version = 1
- 
-       system @git, 'add', gemspec
-       system @git, 'commit', '-a', '-m', 'a non-empty commit message', '--quiet'
--      head = Gem::Util.popen('git', 'rev-parse', 'master').strip
-+      head = Gem::Util.popen(@git, 'rev-parse', 'master').strip
-     end
- 
-     return name, git_spec.version, directory, head
-@@ -1498,6 +1498,8 @@ def self.key_path key_name
- begin
-   gem 'rdoc'
-   require 'rdoc'
-+
-+  require 'rubygems/rdoc'
- rescue LoadError, Gem::LoadError
- end
- 
-@@ -1514,3 +1516,4 @@ def self.key_path key_name
- pid = $$
- END {tmpdirs.each {|dir| Dir.rmdir(dir)} if $$ == pid}
- Gem.clear_paths
-+Gem.loaded_specs.clear
-diff --git test/rubygems/test_gem.rb test/rubygems/test_gem.rb
-index a605f9cdfe..62b36dfd41 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/test/rubygems/test_gem.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/test/rubygems/test_gem.rb
-@@ -75,6 +75,29 @@ def test_self_finish_resolve_wtf
-     end
-   end
- 
-+  def test_self_finish_resolve_respects_loaded_specs
-+    save_loaded_features do
-+      a1 = new_spec "a", "1", "b" => "> 0"
-+      b1 = new_spec "b", "1", "c" => ">= 1"
-+      b2 = new_spec "b", "2", "c" => ">= 2"
-+      c1 = new_spec "c", "1"
-+      c2 = new_spec "c", "2"
-+
-+      install_specs c1, c2, b1, b2, a1
-+
-+      a1.activate
-+      c1.activate
-+
-+      assert_equal %w(a-1 c-1), loaded_spec_names
-+      assert_equal ["b (> 0)"], unresolved_names
-+
-+      Gem.finish_resolve
-+
-+      assert_equal %w(a-1 b-1 c-1), loaded_spec_names
-+      assert_equal [], unresolved_names
-+    end
-+  end
-+
-   def test_self_install
-     spec_fetcher do |f|
-       f.gem  'a', 1
-@@ -492,7 +515,7 @@ def test_self_find_files_with_gemfile
-     skip if RUBY_VERSION <= "1.8.7"
- 
-     cwd = File.expand_path("test/rubygems", @@project_dir)
--    $LOAD_PATH.unshift cwd
-+    actual_load_path = $LOAD_PATH.unshift(cwd).dup
- 
-     discover_path = File.join 'lib', 'sff', 'discover.rb'
- 
-@@ -518,12 +541,12 @@ def test_self_find_files_with_gemfile
-     expected = [
-       File.expand_path('test/rubygems/sff/discover.rb', @@project_dir),
-       File.join(foo1.full_gem_path, discover_path)
--    ]
-+    ].sort
- 
--    assert_equal expected, Gem.find_files('sff/discover')
--    assert_equal expected, Gem.find_files('sff/**.rb'), '[ruby-core:31730]'
-+    assert_equal expected, Gem.find_files('sff/discover').sort
-+    assert_equal expected, Gem.find_files('sff/**.rb').sort, '[ruby-core:31730]'
-   ensure
--    assert_equal cwd, $LOAD_PATH.shift unless RUBY_VERSION <= "1.8.7"
-+    assert_equal cwd, actual_load_path.shift unless RUBY_VERSION <= "1.8.7"
-   end
- 
-   def test_self_find_latest_files
-diff --git test/rubygems/test_gem_commands_open_command.rb test/rubygems/test_gem_commands_open_command.rb
-index 3ec38972e6..a96fa6ea23 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/test/rubygems/test_gem_commands_open_command.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/test/rubygems/test_gem_commands_open_command.rb
-@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ def test_execute
-     @cmd.options[:args] = %w[foo]
-     @cmd.options[:editor] = "#{Gem.ruby} -e0 --"
- 
--    spec = gem 'foo'
-+    gem 'foo', '1.0.0'
-+    spec = gem 'foo', '1.0.1'
-     mock = MiniTest::Mock.new
-     mock.expect(:call, true, [spec.full_gem_path])
- 
-diff --git test/rubygems/test_gem_commands_query_command.rb test/rubygems/test_gem_commands_query_command.rb
-index 223f205b2d..d8d682b136 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/test/rubygems/test_gem_commands_query_command.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/test/rubygems/test_gem_commands_query_command.rb
-@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ def test_execute_local_details
-     assert_equal expected, @ui.output
-   end
- 
--  def test_execute_exact
-+  def test_execute_exact_remote
-     spec_fetcher do |fetcher|
-       fetcher.spec 'coolgem-omg', 3
-       fetcher.spec 'coolgem', '4.2.1'
-@@ -665,6 +665,60 @@ def test_execute_exact
-     assert_equal expected, @ui.output
-   end
- 
-+  def test_execute_exact_local
-+    spec_fetcher do |fetcher|
-+      fetcher.spec 'coolgem-omg', 3
-+      fetcher.spec 'coolgem', '4.2.1'
-+      fetcher.spec 'wow_coolgem', 1
-+    end
-+
-+    @cmd.handle_options %w[--exact coolgem]
-+
-+    use_ui @ui do
-+      @cmd.execute
-+    end
-+
-+    expected = <<-EOF
-+
-+*** LOCAL GEMS ***
-+
-+coolgem (4.2.1)
-+    EOF
-+
-+    assert_equal expected, @ui.output
-+  end
-+
-+  def test_execute_exact_multiple
-+    spec_fetcher do |fetcher|
-+      fetcher.spec 'coolgem-omg', 3
-+      fetcher.spec 'coolgem', '4.2.1'
-+      fetcher.spec 'wow_coolgem', 1
-+
-+      fetcher.spec 'othergem-omg', 3
-+      fetcher.spec 'othergem', '1.2.3'
-+      fetcher.spec 'wow_othergem', 1
-+    end
-+
-+    @cmd.handle_options %w[--exact coolgem othergem]
-+
-+    use_ui @ui do
-+      @cmd.execute
-+    end
-+
-+    expected = <<-EOF
-+
-+*** LOCAL GEMS ***
-+
-+coolgem (4.2.1)
-+
-+*** LOCAL GEMS ***
-+
-+othergem (1.2.3)
-+    EOF
-+
-+    assert_equal expected, @ui.output
-+  end
-+
-   private
- 
-   def add_gems_to_fetcher
-diff --git test/rubygems/test_gem_commands_sources_command.rb test/rubygems/test_gem_commands_sources_command.rb
-index 014b4b4c12..d5b6d99419 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/test/rubygems/test_gem_commands_sources_command.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/test/rubygems/test_gem_commands_sources_command.rb
-@@ -108,6 +108,58 @@ def test_execute_add_redundant_source
-     assert_equal '', @ui.error
-   end
- 
-+  def test_execute_add_redundant_source_trailing_slash
-+    # Remove pre-existing gem source (w/ slash)
-+    repo_with_slash = "http://gems.example.com/"
-+    @cmd.handle_options %W[--remove #{repo_with_slash}]
-+    use_ui @ui do
-+      @cmd.execute
-+    end
-+    source = Gem::Source.new repo_with_slash
-+    assert_equal false, Gem.sources.include?(source)
-+
-+    expected = <<-EOF
-+#{repo_with_slash} removed from sources
-+    EOF
-+
-+    assert_equal expected, @ui.output
-+    assert_equal '', @ui.error
-+
-+    # Re-add pre-existing gem source (w/o slash)
-+    repo_without_slash = "http://gems.example.com"
-+    @cmd.handle_options %W[--add #{repo_without_slash}]
-+    use_ui @ui do
-+      @cmd.execute
-+    end
-+    source = Gem::Source.new repo_without_slash
-+    assert_equal true, Gem.sources.include?(source)
-+
-+    expected = <<-EOF
-+http://gems.example.com/ removed from sources
-+http://gems.example.com added to sources
-+    EOF
-+
-+    assert_equal expected, @ui.output
-+    assert_equal '', @ui.error
-+
-+    # Re-add original gem source (w/ slash)
-+    @cmd.handle_options %W[--add #{repo_with_slash}]
-+    use_ui @ui do
-+      @cmd.execute
-+    end
-+    source = Gem::Source.new repo_with_slash
-+    assert_equal true, Gem.sources.include?(source)
-+
-+    expected = <<-EOF
-+http://gems.example.com/ removed from sources
-+http://gems.example.com added to sources
-+source http://gems.example.com/ already present in the cache
-+    EOF
-+
-+    assert_equal expected, @ui.output
-+    assert_equal '', @ui.error 
-+  end
-+
-   def test_execute_add_http_rubygems_org
-     http_rubygems_org = 'http://rubygems.org'
- 
-diff --git test/rubygems/test_gem_installer.rb test/rubygems/test_gem_installer.rb
-index 6ceb2c6dfc..882981d344 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/test/rubygems/test_gem_installer.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/test/rubygems/test_gem_installer.rb
-@@ -62,7 +62,12 @@ def test_app_script_text
-   end
- end
- 
-+if Gem.respond_to?(:activate_bin_path)
- load Gem.activate_bin_path('a', 'executable', version)
-+else
-+gem "a", version
-+load Gem.bin_path("a", "executable", version)
-+end
-     EOF
- 
-     wrapper = @installer.app_script_text 'executable'
-diff --git test/rubygems/test_require.rb test/rubygems/test_require.rb
-index dd606e44d4..936f78fb2a 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/test/rubygems/test_require.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/test/rubygems/test_require.rb
-@@ -301,6 +301,17 @@ def test_default_gem_only
-     assert_equal %w(default-2.0.0.0), loaded_spec_names
-   end
- 
-+  def test_realworld_default_gem
-+    skip "no default gems on ruby < 2.0" unless RUBY_VERSION >= "2"
-+    cmd = <<-RUBY
-+      $stderr = $stdout
-+      require "json"
-+      puts Gem.loaded_specs["json"].default_gem?
-+    RUBY
-+    output = Gem::Util.popen(Gem.ruby, "-e", cmd).strip
-+    assert_equal "true", output
-+  end
-+
-   def test_default_gem_and_normal_gem
-     default_gem_spec = new_default_spec("default", "2.0.0.0",
-                                         nil, "default/gem.rb")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/ruby-rubygems-2613-ruby24.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/ruby-rubygems-2613-ruby24.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c253cc912d..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/ruby-rubygems-2613-ruby24.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,355 +0,0 @@
-diff --git lib/rubygems.rb lib/rubygems.rb
-index bc5bf9b4c2..55aa85b8b2 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems.rb
-@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
- require 'thread'
- 
- module Gem
--  VERSION = "2.6.12"
-+  VERSION = "2.6.13"
- end
- 
- # Must be first since it unloads the prelude from 1.9.2
-diff --git lib/rubygems/commands/query_command.rb lib/rubygems/commands/query_command.rb
-index 70f8127292..44144203e0 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/commands/query_command.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/commands/query_command.rb
-@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ def output_versions output, versions
-         end
-       end
- 
--      output << make_entry(matching_tuples, platforms)
-+      output << clean_text(make_entry(matching_tuples, platforms))
-     end
-   end
- 
-@@ -353,7 +353,8 @@ def spec_platforms entry, platforms
-   end
- 
-   def spec_summary entry, spec
--    entry << "\n\n" << format_text(spec.summary, 68, 4)
-+    summary = truncate_text(spec.summary, "the summary for #{spec.full_name}")
-+    entry << "\n\n" << format_text(summary, 68, 4)
-   end
- 
- end
-diff --git lib/rubygems/installer.rb lib/rubygems/installer.rb
-index 967543c2d1..6fd3399dd4 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/installer.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/installer.rb
-@@ -697,6 +697,11 @@ def verify_gem_home(unpack = false) # :nodoc:
-       unpack or File.writable?(gem_home)
-   end
- 
-+  def verify_spec_name
-+    return if spec.name =~ Gem::Specification::VALID_NAME_PATTERN
-+    raise Gem::InstallError, "#{spec} has an invalid name"
-+  end
-+
-   ##
-   # Return the text for an application file.
- 
-@@ -823,6 +828,8 @@ def pre_install_checks
- 
-     ensure_loadable_spec
- 
-+    verify_spec_name
-+
-     if options[:install_as_default]
-       Gem.ensure_default_gem_subdirectories gem_home
-     else
-diff --git lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb
-index e6a13d4b8c..8f0cf0b402 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb
-@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def api_endpoint(uri)
-     else
-       target = res.target.to_s.strip
- 
--      if /\.#{Regexp.quote(host)}\z/ =~ target
-+      if URI("http://" + target).host.end_with?(".#{host}")
-         return URI.parse "#{uri.scheme}://#{target}#{uri.path}"
-       end
- 
-diff --git lib/rubygems/specification.rb lib/rubygems/specification.rb
-index 500f0af768..88e320c05a 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
-@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ class Gem::Specification < Gem::BasicSpecification
- 
-   private_constant :LOAD_CACHE if defined? private_constant
- 
-+  VALID_NAME_PATTERN = /\A[a-zA-Z0-9\.\-\_]+\z/ # :nodoc:
-+
-   # :startdoc:
- 
-   ##
-@@ -2671,9 +2673,15 @@ def validate packaging = true
-       end
-     end
- 
--    unless String === name then
-+    if !name.is_a?(String) then
-       raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
--            "invalid value for attribute name: \"#{name.inspect}\""
-+            "invalid value for attribute name: \"#{name.inspect}\" must be a string"
-+    elsif name !~ /[a-zA-Z]/ then
-+      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
-+            "invalid value for attribute name: #{name.dump} must include at least one letter"
-+    elsif name !~ VALID_NAME_PATTERN then
-+      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
-+            "invalid value for attribute name: #{name.dump} can only include letters, numbers, dashes, and underscores"
-     end
- 
-     if raw_require_paths.empty? then
-diff --git lib/rubygems/text.rb lib/rubygems/text.rb
-index 732f1b99f2..b944b62c27 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/text.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/lib/rubygems/text.rb
-@@ -6,13 +6,26 @@
- 
- module Gem::Text
- 
-+  ##
-+  # Remove any non-printable characters and make the text suitable for
-+  # printing.
-+  def clean_text(text)
-+    text.gsub(/[\000-\b\v-\f\016-\037\177]/, ".".freeze)
-+  end
-+
-+  def truncate_text(text, description, max_length = 100_000)
-+    raise ArgumentError, "max_length must be positive" unless max_length > 0
-+    return text if text.size <= max_length
-+    "Truncating #{description} to #{max_length.to_s.reverse.gsub(/...(?=.)/,'\&,').reverse} characters:\n" + text[0, max_length]
-+  end
-+
-   ##
-   # Wraps +text+ to +wrap+ characters and optionally indents by +indent+
-   # characters
- 
-   def format_text(text, wrap, indent=0)
-     result = []
--    work = text.dup
-+    work = clean_text(text)
- 
-     while work.length > wrap do
-       if work =~ /^(.{0,#{wrap}})[ \n]/ then
-diff --git test/rubygems/test_gem_commands_query_command.rb test/rubygems/test_gem_commands_query_command.rb
-index d8d682b136..469223c6c0 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/test/rubygems/test_gem_commands_query_command.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/test/rubygems/test_gem_commands_query_command.rb
-@@ -116,6 +116,86 @@ def test_execute_details
-     This is a lot of text. This is a lot of text. This is a lot of text.
-     This is a lot of text.
- 
-+pl (1)
-+    Platform: i386-linux
-+    Author: A User
-+    Homepage: http://example.com
-+
-+    this is a summary
-+    EOF
-+
-+    assert_equal expected, @ui.output
-+    assert_equal '', @ui.error
-+  end
-+
-+  def test_execute_details_cleans_text
-+    spec_fetcher do |fetcher|
-+      fetcher.spec 'a', 2 do |s|
-+        s.summary = 'This is a lot of text. ' * 4
-+        s.authors = ["Abraham Lincoln \x01", "\x02 Hirohito"]
-+        s.homepage = "http://a.example.com/\x03"
-+      end
-+
-+      fetcher.legacy_platform
-+    end
-+
-+    @cmd.handle_options %w[-r -d]
-+
-+    use_ui @ui do
-+      @cmd.execute
-+    end
-+
-+    expected = <<-EOF
-+
-+*** REMOTE GEMS ***
-+
-+a (2)
-+    Authors: Abraham Lincoln ., . Hirohito
-+    Homepage: http://a.example.com/.
-+
-+    This is a lot of text. This is a lot of text. This is a lot of text.
-+    This is a lot of text.
-+
-+pl (1)
-+    Platform: i386-linux
-+    Author: A User
-+    Homepage: http://example.com
-+
-+    this is a summary
-+    EOF
-+
-+    assert_equal expected, @ui.output
-+    assert_equal '', @ui.error
-+  end
-+
-+  def test_execute_details_truncates_summary
-+    spec_fetcher do |fetcher|
-+      fetcher.spec 'a', 2 do |s|
-+        s.summary = 'This is a lot of text. ' * 10_000
-+        s.authors = ["Abraham Lincoln \x01", "\x02 Hirohito"]
-+        s.homepage = "http://a.example.com/\x03"
-+      end
-+
-+      fetcher.legacy_platform
-+    end
-+
-+    @cmd.handle_options %w[-r -d]
-+
-+    use_ui @ui do
-+      @cmd.execute
-+    end
-+
-+    expected = <<-EOF
-+
-+*** REMOTE GEMS ***
-+
-+a (2)
-+    Authors: Abraham Lincoln ., . Hirohito
-+    Homepage: http://a.example.com/.
-+
-+    Truncating the summary for a-2 to 100,000 characters:
-+#{"    This is a lot of text. This is a lot of text. This is a lot of text.\n" * 1449}    This is a lot of te
-+
- pl (1)
-     Platform: i386-linux
-     Author: A User
-diff --git test/rubygems/test_gem_installer.rb test/rubygems/test_gem_installer.rb
-index 882981d344..dd049214fb 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/test/rubygems/test_gem_installer.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/test/rubygems/test_gem_installer.rb
-@@ -1448,6 +1448,26 @@ def test_pre_install_checks_wrong_rubygems_version
-     end
-   end
- 
-+  def test_pre_install_checks_malicious_name
-+    spec = util_spec '../malicious', '1'
-+    def spec.full_name # so the spec is buildable
-+      "malicious-1"
-+    end
-+    def spec.validate; end
-+
-+    util_build_gem spec
-+
-+    gem = File.join(@gemhome, 'cache', spec.file_name)
-+
-+    use_ui @ui do
-+      @installer = Gem::Installer.at gem
-+      e = assert_raises Gem::InstallError do
-+        @installer.pre_install_checks
-+      end
-+      assert_equal '#<Gem::Specification name=../malicious version=1> has an invalid name', e.message
-+    end
-+  end
-+
-   def test_shebang
-     util_make_exec @spec, "#!/usr/bin/ruby"
- 
-diff --git test/rubygems/test_gem_remote_fetcher.rb test/rubygems/test_gem_remote_fetcher.rb
-index cb994462cd..fbb7d89019 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/test/rubygems/test_gem_remote_fetcher.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/test/rubygems/test_gem_remote_fetcher.rb
-@@ -241,6 +241,21 @@ def test_api_endpoint_ignores_trans_domain_values_that_end_with_original
-     dns.verify
-   end
- 
-+  def test_api_endpoint_ignores_trans_domain_values_that_end_with_original_in_path
-+    uri = URI.parse "http://example.com/foo"
-+    target = MiniTest::Mock.new
-+    target.expect :target, "evil.com/a.example.com"
-+
-+    dns = MiniTest::Mock.new
-+    dns.expect :getresource, target, [String, Object]
-+
-+    fetch = Gem::RemoteFetcher.new nil, dns
-+    assert_equal URI.parse("http://example.com/foo"), fetch.api_endpoint(uri)
-+
-+    target.verify
-+    dns.verify
-+  end
-+
-   def test_api_endpoint_timeout_warning
-     uri = URI.parse "http://gems.example.com/foo"
- 
-diff --git test/rubygems/test_gem_specification.rb test/rubygems/test_gem_specification.rb
-index d43289d745..0fcc11e78f 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/test/rubygems/test_gem_specification.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/test/rubygems/test_gem_specification.rb
-@@ -2985,7 +2985,37 @@ def test_validate_name
-       @a1.validate
-     end
- 
--    assert_equal 'invalid value for attribute name: ":json"', e.message
-+    assert_equal 'invalid value for attribute name: ":json" must be a string', e.message
-+
-+    @a1.name = []
-+    e = assert_raises Gem::InvalidSpecificationException do
-+      @a1.validate
-+    end
-+    assert_equal "invalid value for attribute name: \"[]\" must be a string", e.message
-+
-+    @a1.name = ""
-+    e = assert_raises Gem::InvalidSpecificationException do
-+      @a1.validate
-+    end
-+    assert_equal "invalid value for attribute name: \"\" must include at least one letter", e.message
-+
-+    @a1.name = "12345"
-+    e = assert_raises Gem::InvalidSpecificationException do
-+      @a1.validate
-+    end
-+    assert_equal "invalid value for attribute name: \"12345\" must include at least one letter", e.message
-+
-+    @a1.name = "../malicious"
-+    e = assert_raises Gem::InvalidSpecificationException do
-+      @a1.validate
-+    end
-+    assert_equal "invalid value for attribute name: \"../malicious\" can only include letters, numbers, dashes, and underscores", e.message
-+
-+    @a1.name = "\ba\t"
-+    e = assert_raises Gem::InvalidSpecificationException do
-+      @a1.validate
-+    end
-+    assert_equal "invalid value for attribute name: \"\\ba\\t\" can only include letters, numbers, dashes, and underscores", e.message
-   end
- 
-   def test_validate_non_nil
-diff --git test/rubygems/test_gem_text.rb test/rubygems/test_gem_text.rb
-index a6e22e04da..04f3f605e8 100644
---- ruby-2.4.1/test/rubygems/test_gem_text.rb
-+++ ruby-2.4.1/test/rubygems/test_gem_text.rb
-@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ def test_format_text_trailing # for two spaces after .
-     assert_equal expected, format_text(text, 78)
-   end
- 
-+  def test_format_removes_nonprintable_characters
-+    assert_equal "text with weird .. stuff .", format_text("text with weird \x1b\x02 stuff \x7f", 40)
-+  end
-+
-   def test_min3
-     assert_equal 1, min3(1, 1, 1)
-     assert_equal 1, min3(1, 1, 2)
-@@ -74,4 +78,11 @@ def test_levenshtein_distance_replace
-     assert_equal 7, levenshtein_distance("xxxxxxx", "ZenTest")
-     assert_equal 7, levenshtein_distance("zentest", "xxxxxxx")
-   end
-+
-+  def test_truncate_text
-+    assert_equal "abc", truncate_text("abc", "desc")
-+    assert_equal "Truncating desc to 2 characters:\nab", truncate_text("abc", "desc", 2)
-+    s = "ab" * 500_001
-+    assert_equal "Truncating desc to 1,000,000 characters:\n#{s[0, 1_000_000]}", truncate_text(s, "desc", 1_000_000)
-+  end
- end
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ruby.scm b/gnu/packages/ruby.scm
index 846860f440..d6ed15d681 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ruby.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ruby.scm
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 (define-public ruby
   (package
     (name "ruby")
-    (replacement ruby-2.4.1)
+    (replacement ruby-2.4.2)
     (version "2.4.0")
     (source
      (origin
@@ -103,11 +103,11 @@ a focus on simplicity and productivity.")
     (home-page "https://ruby-lang.org")
     (license license:ruby)))
 
-(define-public ruby-2.4.1
+(define-public ruby-2.4.2
   (package
     (inherit ruby)
     (name "ruby")
-    (version "2.4.1")
+    (version "2.4.2")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
@@ -116,15 +116,12 @@ a focus on simplicity and productivity.")
                            "/ruby-" version ".tar.xz"))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0m763zf2v0jhrha3cx21g4dif6vc9gm714invs8h3sg35ncskj2g"))
+         "0dgp4ypk3smrsbh2c249n5pl6nqhpd2igq9484dbsh81sf08k2kl"))
        (modules '((guix build utils)))
        (snippet `(begin
                    ;; Remove bundled libffi
                    (delete-file-recursively "ext/fiddle/libffi-3.2.1")
-                   #t))
-       (patches
-        (search-patches "ruby-rubygems-2612-ruby24.patch"
-                        "ruby-rubygems-2613-ruby24.patch"))))))
+                   #t))))))
 
 (define-public ruby-2.3
   (package