diff --git a/dot.environment.sh b/dot.environment.sh
index 31c5f04..8f02e18 100644
--- a/dot.environment.sh
+++ b/dot.environment.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 # conditionally add some common paths
 prepend_to_path_if_exists \
     /opt/scala/bin \
-    /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin \
     $HOME/.cabal/bin \
     $HOME/bin
 
@@ -17,6 +16,8 @@ append_to_path_if_exists \
     /opt/atlassian-plugin-sdk/bin \
     /opt/st2
 
+exists rbenv && eval "$(rbenv init -)"
+
 # don't put duplicate or same successive entries in the history
 export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups:ignoreboth