diff --git a/dev-ruby/akismet/akismet-1.0.2.ebuild b/dev-ruby/akismet/akismet-1.0.2.ebuild
index c8a1d5d1c0ec6..f62958a4b58dd 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/akismet/akismet-1.0.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ruby/akismet/akismet-1.0.2.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Id$
 
 EAPI=5
-USE_RUBY="ruby19 ruby20 ruby21 ruby22"
+USE_RUBY="ruby20 ruby21 ruby22"
 
 RUBY_FAKEGEM_RECIPE_DOC="rdoc"
 
diff --git a/dev-ruby/akismet/akismet-2.0.0.ebuild b/dev-ruby/akismet/akismet-2.0.0.ebuild
index a446114eff44d..afe69718c1e1c 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/akismet/akismet-2.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ruby/akismet/akismet-2.0.0.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Id$
 
 EAPI=5
-USE_RUBY="ruby19 ruby20 ruby21 ruby22"
+USE_RUBY="ruby20 ruby21 ruby22"
 
 RUBY_FAKEGEM_RECIPE_DOC="rdoc"