diff --git a/scripts/cli b/scripts/cli
index 581c7ab304..0482896c53 100644
--- a/scripts/cli
+++ b/scripts/cli
@@ -174,12 +174,11 @@ __rvm_parse_args() {
 
       -h|--patch)
         if [[ -z "$rvm_ruby_patch" ]] ; then
-          export rvm_ruby_patch="$1";
+          export rvm_ruby_patch="$1"
         else
           export rvm_ruby_patch="$rvm_ruby_patch,$1";
-        fi
+        fi ; shift
         rvm_action="${rvm_action:-use}"
-        shift
       ;;
 
       --head)
diff --git a/scripts/manage b/scripts/manage
index 604ded0c6d..9db9d290c0 100755
--- a/scripts/manage
+++ b/scripts/manage
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ __rvm_install_source() {
 
   if [[ ! -z "$rvm_ruby_patch" ]] ; then
     for patch in $(echo $rvm_ruby_patch | tr ',' ' ') ; do
-      patch -p1 $patch
+      patch -p1 -f < $patch
     done
   fi
 
diff --git a/scripts/selector b/scripts/selector
index a1b2b58b87..cda5fbddba 100755
--- a/scripts/selector
+++ b/scripts/selector
@@ -459,11 +459,6 @@ __rvm_ruby_string() {
     rvm_ruby_string="${rvm_ruby_string}-${rvm_ruby_revision}"
   elif [[ ! -z "$rvm_ruby_tag" ]]  ; then
     rvm_ruby_string="${rvm_ruby_string}-${rvm_ruby_tag}"
-  elif [[ ! -z "$rvm_ruby_patch" ]]  ; then
-    if [[ -z "$rvm_ruby_patch_name" ]] ; then
-      rvm_ruby_patch_name="$(basename $rvm_ruby_patch | awk -F',' '{print $1}')"
-    fi
-    rvm_ruby_string="${rvm_ruby_string}-${rvm_ruby_patch}"
   elif [[ ! -z "$rvm_ruby_patch_level" ]]  ; then
     rvm_ruby_string="${rvm_ruby_string}-${rvm_ruby_patch_level}"
   elif [[ ! -z "$rvm_ruby_user_tag" ]]  ; then