diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patchsets.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patchsets.nix
index e53f231884d935..ca180b3c2294fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patchsets.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patchsets.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 { patchSet, useRailsExpress, ops, patchLevel }:
 
 rec {
-  "2.2.9" = ops useRailsExpress [
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/2.2/head/railsexpress/01-zero-broken-tests.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/2.2/head/railsexpress/02-improve-gc-stats.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/2.2/head/railsexpress/03-display-more-detailed-stack-trace.patch"
-  ];
   "2.3.7" = ops useRailsExpress [
     "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/2.3/head/railsexpress/01-skip-broken-tests.patch"
     "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/2.3/head/railsexpress/02-improve-gc-stats.patch"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c182449b62bfa6..943f09a842ebb2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7720,7 +7720,7 @@ with pkgs;
     ruby_2_4
     ruby_2_5;
 
-  ruby = ruby_2_4;
+  ruby = ruby_2_5;
 
   mruby = callPackage ../development/compilers/mruby { };