diff --git a/projects/ruby-lang.org/package.yml b/projects/ruby-lang.org/package.yml
index 6f068e293e..1e163fd699 100644
--- a/projects/ruby-lang.org/package.yml
+++ b/projects/ruby-lang.org/package.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ build:
   script:
     - patch -p1 -F5 < props/mkconfig.rb.diff
 
-    - ./configure $ARGS
+    - CC=cc CXX=c++ ./configure $ARGS
 
     # clang17 doesn't like [[maybe_unused]] on types
     # fix cribbed from https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/4603/commits/fbdff085ef3c8a56e0a33404e8795879e3167549
@@ -79,10 +79,21 @@ build:
     # weirdly files get put here and we can't figure out how to stop it
     - run: |
         if test -d pkgconfig; then rm -rf pkgconfig; fi
-        mv *-{{hw.platform}}*/* .
-        rmdir *-{{hw.platform}}*
+        if test -d *-{{hw.platform}}* ; then
+          mv *-{{hw.platform}}*/* .
+          rmdir *-{{hw.platform}}*
+        fi
       working-directory: ${{prefix}}/lib
       if: '>=2.6'
+    - run: |
+        if test *-{{hw.platform}}*/bin/ruby ; then
+          unlink bin/ruby
+          mv *-{{hw.platform}}*/bin/ruby bin/ruby
+          rmdir *-{{hw.platform}}*/bin
+          rmdir *-{{hw.platform}}*
+        fi
+      working-directory: ${{prefix}}
+      if: '>=3.4'
 
     - run: sed -i
         -e 's|$(DESTDIR){{prefix}}|$(topdir)|g'