diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index 016e500..c9059a0 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ fi;
 : ${PKG_WEECHAT_SHA256SUM:=3061e57460e0e3e4533551c45ced53b222fe0933848250d0fb7337d9aacfd853};
 : ${PKG_WEECHAT_VERSION:=1.6};
 : ${PKG_WEECHAT_URL:=https://weechat.org/files/src/weechat-${PKG_WEECHAT_VERSION}.tar.gz};
-: ${PKG_WEECHAT_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--disable-python --disable-python3 --disable-tcl"};
+: ${PKG_WEECHAT_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--disable-python --disable-python3 --disable-ruby --disable-tcl"};
 : ${PKG_WEECHAT_ENV_VARS_EXTRA:="CURL_CONFIG=${PREFIX_NATIVE}/bin/curl-config:PKG_CONFIG=${PREFIX}/bin/${TARGET}-pkg-config"};
 : ${PKG_WEECHAT_LDFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA:=-L${PREFIX_NATIVE}/lib};
 : ${PKG_WGET_SHA256SUM:=b5b55b75726c04c06fe253daec9329a6f1a3c0c1878e3ea76ebfebc139ea9cc1};