diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/utils.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/utils.nix
index 946619698dbc..40f638076447 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/utils.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/utils.nix
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ let
     /* the function you would have passed to lua.withPackages */
     , extraLuaPackages ? (_: [])
     , withNodeJs ? false
-    , withRuby ? true
+    , withRuby ? false
     , vimAlias ? false
     , viAlias ? false
     , configure ? {}