diff --git a/gem_install.sh b/gem_install.sh
index 9fd1221..979d176 100644
--- a/gem_install.sh
+++ b/gem_install.sh
@@ -246,13 +246,9 @@ if options.symlinkbinaries && File.exists?(bindir)
       unversioned = map_executable(options, unversioned)
       File.rename(default_path, full_versioned)
       patchfile(full_versioned,  />= 0(\.a)?/, "= #{options.gemversion}")
-      link_target = File.join(Gem.bindir, full_versioned)
       # unversioned
       [unversioned, ruby_versioned, gem_versioned].each do |linkname|
-        full_path = File.join(br_ua_dir, linkname)
         ua_path   = File.join(options.ua_dir, linkname)
-        GILogger.info "Symlinking '#{full_path} -> '#{linkname}'"
-        File.symlink(link_target, full_path) unless File.symlink? full_path
         GILogger.info "Symlinking '#{linkname}' -> '#{ua_path}'"
         File.symlink(ua_path, linkname) unless File.symlink? linkname
       end
diff --git a/ruby-common.changes b/ruby-common.changes
index c0cbe55..0cab104 100644
--- a/ruby-common.changes
+++ b/ruby-common.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug 24 06:46:07 UTC 2021 - Stephan Kulow <coolo@suse.com>
+
+- Do not create links in /etc/alternatives at all - they are ghosts
+  and rpm database will only be confused if we have some wrong
+  information about them (the link target is defined at runtime)
+ 
+  This aligns with ruby2.7 package to avoid file conflicts about
+  bundler and other built in gems
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jul  8 12:10:25 UTC 2021 - Stephan Kulow <coolo@suse.com>