--- a/components/ruby/ruby-19/ruby-19.p5m	Wed Apr 08 15:18:37 2015 -0700
+++ b/components/ruby/ruby-19/ruby-19.p5m	Wed Apr 08 16:11:14 2015 -0700
@@ -14220,11 +14220,6 @@
 #
 license ruby-19.license \
     license="Ruby License, GPLv2, LGPLv2.1, Artistic, BSD, PD, BSD-like, MIT, Unicode, MPL1.1"
-
-# Force a dependency on the ruby-18 package, if it's installed
-# (type=optional), to ensure that older ruby-18 packages with unmediated
-# symlinks are replaced with ruby-18 containing mediated symlinks.
-depend type=optional fmri=pkg:/runtime/[email protected]
 depend type=optional \
     fmri=pkg:/runtime/ruby-19/ruby-tk@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),5.12-5.12.0.0.0.44.0