diff --git a/packages/ruby/build.sh b/packages/ruby/build.sh
index c95729314..442e0163c 100644
--- a/packages/ruby/build.sh
+++ b/packages/ruby/build.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://www.ruby-lang.org/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Dynamic programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="BSD 2-Clause"
-_MAJOR_VERSION=2.5
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=${_MAJOR_VERSION}.3
-TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=1
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=1cc9d0359a8ea35fc6111ec830d12e60168f3b9b305a3c2578357d360fcf306f
+_MAJOR_VERSION=2.6
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=${_MAJOR_VERSION}.1
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=47b629808e9fd44ce1f760cdf3ed14875fc9b19d4f334e82e2cf25cb2898f2f2
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/${_MAJOR_VERSION}/ruby-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
 # libbffi is used by the fiddle extension module:
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libandroid-support, libffi, libgmp, readline, openssl, libutil, libyaml"
diff --git a/packages/ruby/configure.ac.patch b/packages/ruby/configure.ac.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e08f332e..000000000
--- a/packages/ruby/configure.ac.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
---- /home/vagrant/ruby-2.5.0/configure.ac	2017-12-15 09:43:40.000000000 +0000
-+++ src/configure.ac	2018-02-14 19:07:11.272257521 +0000
-@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@
- rb_cv_warnflags="$warnflags"
- AS_IF([test "$GCC:${warnflags+set}:no" = yes::no], [
-     AS_IF([test $gcc_major -ge 4], [
--	extra_warning=-Werror=extra-tokens
-+	extra_warning=
-     ], [
- 	extra_warning=
-     ])
-@@ -765,9 +765,7 @@
- 		 -Werror=pointer-arith \
- 		 -Werror=write-strings \
- 		 -Werror=declaration-after-statement \
--		 -Werror=shorten-64-to-32 \
- 		 -Werror=implicit-function-declaration \
--		 -Werror=division-by-zero \
- 		 -Werror=deprecated-declarations \
- 		 -Werror=misleading-indentation \
- 		 -Wno-packed-bitfield-compat \
diff --git a/packages/ruby/configure.patch b/packages/ruby/configure.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 76e68ed98..000000000
--- a/packages/ruby/configure.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
---- /home/vagrant/ruby-2.5.0/configure	2017-12-25 07:00:28.000000000 +0000
-+++ src/configure	2018-02-14 19:06:28.742701948 +0000
-@@ -7434,7 +7434,7 @@
- 
-     if test $gcc_major -ge 4; then :
- 
--	extra_warning=-Werror=extra-tokens
-+	extra_warning=
- 
- else
- 
-@@ -7464,9 +7464,7 @@
- 		 -Werror=pointer-arith \
- 		 -Werror=write-strings \
- 		 -Werror=declaration-after-statement \
--		 -Werror=shorten-64-to-32 \
- 		 -Werror=implicit-function-declaration \
--		 -Werror=division-by-zero \
- 		 -Werror=deprecated-declarations \
- 		 -Werror=misleading-indentation \
- 		 -Wno-packed-bitfield-compat \
diff --git a/packages/ruby/fix-paths.patch b/packages/ruby/fix-paths.patch
index ac934fd57..8d3d790dd 100644
--- a/packages/ruby/fix-paths.patch
+++ b/packages/ruby/fix-paths.patch
@@ -95,30 +95,6 @@ diff -uNr ruby-2.4.2/lib/resolv.rb ruby-2.4.2.mod/lib/resolv.rb
          if File.exist? filename
            config_hash = Config.parse_resolv_conf(filename)
          else
-diff -uNr ruby-2.4.2/lib/rubygems/config_file.rb ruby-2.4.2.mod/lib/rubygems/config_file.rb
---- ruby-2.4.2/lib/rubygems/config_file.rb	2016-09-28 03:57:53.000000000 +0300
-+++ ruby-2.4.2.mod/lib/rubygems/config_file.rb	2017-09-15 13:47:05.912800582 +0300
-@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
- 
-         path.strip
-       rescue LoadError
--        RbConfig::CONFIG["sysconfdir"] || "/etc"
-+        RbConfig::CONFIG["sysconfdir"] || "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/etc"
-       end
-     end
- 
-diff -uNr ruby-2.4.2/lib/rubygems/defaults.rb ruby-2.4.2.mod/lib/rubygems/defaults.rb
---- ruby-2.4.2/lib/rubygems/defaults.rb	2017-09-15 11:42:55.262805911 +0300
-+++ ruby-2.4.2.mod/lib/rubygems/defaults.rb	2017-09-15 13:59:05.152800068 +0300
-@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
- 
-   def self.default_bindir
-     if defined? RUBY_FRAMEWORK_VERSION then # mac framework support
--      '/usr/bin'
-+      '@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin'
-     else # generic install
-       RbConfig::CONFIG['bindir']
-     end
 diff -uNr ruby-2.4.2/lib/webrick/config.rb ruby-2.4.2.mod/lib/webrick/config.rb
 --- ruby-2.4.2/lib/webrick/config.rb	2016-12-07 14:59:48.000000000 +0200
 +++ ruby-2.4.2.mod/lib/webrick/config.rb	2017-09-15 12:03:02.402805048 +0300
diff --git a/packages/ruby/lib-fileutils.rb.patch b/packages/ruby/lib-fileutils.rb.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 56991b558..000000000
--- a/packages/ruby/lib-fileutils.rb.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- /home/vagrant/ruby-2.5.0/lib/fileutils.rb	2017-12-22 08:00:10.000000000 +0000
-+++ ./lib/fileutils.rb	2018-02-17 23:19:55.344655246 +0000
-@@ -744,8 +744,8 @@
-   #
-   def compare_stream(a, b)
-     bsize = fu_stream_blksize(a, b)
--    sa = String.new(capacity: bsize)
--    sb = String.new(capacity: bsize)
-+    sa = String.new
-+    sb = String.new
-     begin
-       a.read(bsize, sa)
-       b.read(bsize, sb)
diff --git a/packages/ruby/lib-rubygems-defaults.rb.patch b/packages/ruby/lib-rubygems-defaults.rb.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 33d14ccd8..000000000
--- a/packages/ruby/lib-rubygems-defaults.rb.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff -u -r ../ruby-2.4.0/lib/rubygems/defaults.rb ./lib/rubygems/defaults.rb
---- ../ruby-2.4.0/lib/rubygems/defaults.rb	2016-06-24 06:13:11.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./lib/rubygems/defaults.rb	2017-01-31 22:53:59.125074751 +0100
-@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@
-   # end
- 
-   def self.platform_defaults
--    {}
-+     {
-+         'install' => '--no-rdoc --no-ri --env-shebang',
-+         'update' => '--no-rdoc --no-ri --env-shebang'
-+     }
-   end
- end
diff --git a/packages/ruby/lib-rubygems-installer.rb.patch b/packages/ruby/lib-rubygems-installer.rb.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ae54e410..000000000
--- a/packages/ruby/lib-rubygems-installer.rb.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -u -r ../ruby-2.4.0/lib/rubygems/installer.rb ./lib/rubygems/installer.rb
---- ../ruby-2.4.0/lib/rubygems/installer.rb	2016-09-28 03:16:43.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./lib/rubygems/installer.rb	2017-01-31 22:49:11.992624578 +0100
-@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
-   # Paths where env(1) might live.  Some systems are broken and have it in
-   # /bin
- 
--  ENV_PATHS = %w[/usr/bin/env /bin/env]
-+  ENV_PATHS = %w[@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/env /usr/bin/env]
- 
-   ##
-   # Deprecated in favor of Gem::Ext::BuildError
diff --git a/packages/ruby/process.c.patch b/packages/ruby/process.c.patch
index ffd099e3a..90a42e9fb 100644
--- a/packages/ruby/process.c.patch
+++ b/packages/ruby/process.c.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
---- /home/vagrant/ruby-2.5.0/process.c	2017-12-14 10:24:38.000000000 +0000
-+++ src/process.c	2018-02-14 18:48:50.591627727 +0000
-@@ -1240,9 +1240,9 @@
+diff -u -r ../ruby-2.6.1/process.c ./process.c
+--- ../ruby-2.6.1/process.c	2018-12-22 10:23:06.000000000 +0000
++++ ./process.c	2019-02-16 09:27:04.713434722 +0000
+@@ -1569,9 +1569,9 @@
      *argv = (char *)prog;
      *--argv = (char *)"sh";
      if (envp)
@@ -12,19 +13,19 @@
  }
  
  #else
-@@ -1310,9 +1310,9 @@
+@@ -1639,9 +1639,9 @@
      }
  #else
      if (envp_str)
--        execle("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", str, (char *)NULL, (char **)RSTRING_PTR(envp_str)); /* async-signal-safe */
-+        execle("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", str, (char *)NULL, (char **)RSTRING_PTR(envp_str)); /* async-signal-safe */
+-        execle("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", str, (char *)NULL, RB_IMEMO_TMPBUF_PTR(envp_str)); /* async-signal-safe */
++        execle("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", str, (char *)NULL, RB_IMEMO_TMPBUF_PTR(envp_str)); /* async-signal-safe */
      else
 -        execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", str, (char *)NULL); /* async-signal-safe (since SUSv4) */
 +        execl("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", str, (char *)NULL); /* async-signal-safe (since SUSv4) */
  #endif	/* _WIN32 */
      return errno;
  }
-@@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@
+@@ -1744,7 +1744,7 @@
      if (status == -1 && errno == ENOEXEC) {
  	*argv = (char *)prog;
  	*--argv = (char *)"sh";
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@
  	after_exec();
  	if (status == -1) errno = ENOEXEC;
      }
-@@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@
+@@ -1782,7 +1782,7 @@
  
      char *shell = dln_find_exe_r("sh", 0, fbuf, sizeof(fbuf));
      before_exec();
diff --git a/packages/ruby/template-configure-ext.mk.tmpl.patch b/packages/ruby/template-configure-ext.mk.tmpl.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e57330914..000000000
--- a/packages/ruby/template-configure-ext.mk.tmpl.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- /home/vagrant/ruby-2.5.0/template/configure-ext.mk.tmpl	2017-04-23 16:19:22.000000000 +0000
-+++ ./template/configure-ext.mk.tmpl	2018-02-17 23:31:02.304445580 +0000
-@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
- MINIRUBY = <%=miniruby%>
- SCRIPT_ARGS = <%=script_args%>
- EXTMK_ARGS = $(SCRIPT_ARGS) --gnumake=$(gnumake) --extflags="$(EXTLDFLAGS)" \
--	   --make-flags='MINIRUBY=$(MINIRUBY)'
-+	   --make-flags="MINIRUBY='$(MINIRUBY)'"
- 
- all: exts gems
- exts:
diff --git a/packages/ruby/tool-rbinstall.rb.patch b/packages/ruby/tool-rbinstall.rb.patch
index 71a80d826..879d337de 100644
--- a/packages/ruby/tool-rbinstall.rb.patch
+++ b/packages/ruby/tool-rbinstall.rb.patch
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  
  def install_default_gem(dir, srcdir)
 -  gem_dir = Gem.default_dir
-+  gem_dir = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0"
++  gem_dir = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0"
    directories = Gem.ensure_gem_subdirectories(gem_dir, :mode => $dir_mode)
    prepare "default gems from #{dir}", gem_dir, directories
  
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  
  install?(:ext, :comm, :gem, :'bundled-gems') do
 -  gem_dir = Gem.default_dir
-+  gem_dir = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0"
++  gem_dir = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0"
    directories = Gem.ensure_gem_subdirectories(gem_dir, :mode => $dir_mode)
    prepare "bundled gems", gem_dir, directories
    install_dir = with_destdir(gem_dir)