diff --git a/dev-ruby/archive-tar-minitar/archive-tar-minitar-0.5.4-r1.ebuild b/dev-ruby/archive-tar-minitar/archive-tar-minitar-0.5.4-r1.ebuild
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-# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# $Id$
-
-EAPI=5
-USE_RUBY="ruby19 ruby20"
-
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_TASK_TEST=""
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_TASK_DOC=""
-
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_EXTRADOC="README ChangeLog"
-
-# We don't use RUBY_FAKEGEM_NAME here since for now we want to keep the
-# same gem name.
-
-inherit ruby-fakegem
-
-DESCRIPTION="Provides POSIX tarchive management from Ruby programs"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/halostatue/minitar"
-SRC_URI="mirror://rubygems/minitar-${PV}.gem"
-
-LICENSE="|| ( GPL-2 Ruby )"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 hppa ia64 ppc ppc64 sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x86-macos ~x64-solaris ~x86-solaris"
-IUSE=""
-
-RUBY_PATCHES=(
-	${PN}-0.5.2-gentoo.patch
-	${PN}-0.5.3-pipes.patch
-)
-
-all_ruby_prepare() {
-	# ignore faulty metadata
-	rm -f ../metadata || die
-
-	# Fix tests by using ruby19+ compatible code.
-	# Avoid failing tests.
-	# https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/9
-	sed -i -e '52 s/x\[0\]/x[0].ord/' \
-		-e '/test_each_works/,/^  end/ s:^:#:' \
-		-e '/test_extract_entry_works/,/^  end/ s:^:#:' tests/tc_tar.rb || die
-
-}
-
-each_ruby_test() {
-	${RUBY} -Itests -Ctests testall.rb || die
-}