diff --git a/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/gem-config/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/gem-config/default.nix
index a6fcb8102a4e..38684bd94904 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/gem-config/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/gem-config/default.nix
@@ -486,29 +486,6 @@ in
     '';
   };
 
-  # note that you need version >= v3.16.14.8,
-  # otherwise the gem will fail to link to the libv8 binary.
-  # see: https://github.com/cowboyd/libv8/pull/161
-  libv8 = attrs: {
-    buildInputs = [ which nodejs.libv8 python2 ];
-    buildFlags = [ "--with-system-v8=true" ];
-    dontBuild = false;
-    # The gem includes broken symlinks which are ignored during unpacking, but
-    # then fail during build. Since the content is missing anyway, touching the
-    # files is enough to unblock the build.
-    preBuild = ''
-      touch vendor/depot_tools/cbuildbot vendor/depot_tools/chrome_set_ver vendor/depot_tools/cros_sdk
-    '';
-    postPatch = ''
-      substituteInPlace ext/libv8/extconf.rb \
-        --replace "location = Libv8::Location::Vendor.new" \
-                  "location = Libv8::Location::System.new"
-    '';
-    meta.broken = true; # At 2023-01-20, errors as:
-                        #   "Failed to build gem native extension."
-                        # Requires Python 2. Project is abandoned.
-  };
-
   execjs = attrs: {
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ nodejs.libv8 ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ruby-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ruby-packages.nix
index b321a80017f4..e0c23f09f7f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ruby-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ruby-packages.nix
@@ -2166,16 +2166,6 @@
     };
     version = "3.17.0.3";
   };
-  libv8 = {
-    groups = ["default"];
-    platforms = [];
-    source = {
-      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
-      sha256 = "0kd4d5x9sxsbpbsk4xp66rxbmj2x3iglwirqws56wp7dzf7cd978";
-      type = "gem";
-    };
-    version = "8.4.255.0.1";
-  };
   libxml-ruby = {
     groups = ["default"];
     platforms = [];