--- a/components/subversion/Makefile	Tue May 12 14:31:58 2015 -0700
+++ b/components/subversion/Makefile	Tue May 12 17:14:37 2015 -0700
@@ -101,11 +101,6 @@
 
 CONFIGURE_ENV += LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)"
 
-# Current version of subversion only supports ruby 1.8, not 1.9.
-# Until subversion is updated to 1.8.0 (ruby 1.9 support added)
-# or later, use ruby 1.8.
-CONFIGURE_ENV += RUBY="$(RUBY.1.8)"
-
 # Let's make noise just because we have to override --libdir
 CONFIGURE_OPTIONS = --prefix=$(CONFIGURE_PREFIX)
 CONFIGURE_OPTIONS += --mandir=$(CONFIGURE_MANDIR)