diff --git a/dev-ruby/flexmock/flexmock-2.4.2.ebuild b/dev-ruby/flexmock/flexmock-2.4.2.ebuild
index e53f9ce3a6493..51ff4d3261d80 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/flexmock/flexmock-2.4.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ruby/flexmock/flexmock-2.4.2.ebuild
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ EAPI=8
 
 USE_RUBY="ruby31 ruby32 ruby33"
 
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_DOCDIR="html"
 RUBY_FAKEGEM_EXTRADOC="CHANGES README.md doc/*.rdoc doc/releases/*"
 
 RUBY_FAKEGEM_RECIPE_TEST="none"