diff --git a/gem_build_cleanup b/gem_build_cleanup
deleted file mode 100644
index d3d49f3..0000000
--- a/gem_build_cleanup
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-if [ ${#*} = 1 ] ; then
-    if [ -d "$1" ] ; then
-        find $1 \
-        \( -name \*.o -o -name Makefile -o -name config.log -o -name config.status -o -name Makefile.html -o -name gem_make.out -o -name mkmf.log -o -name \*.bak -o -name .deps -o -name .libs -o -name CVS \) \
-            -print0 | xargs -r0 rm -rv || :
-    else
-        echo "'$1' does not exists or is not a directory! Exiting." >&2
-        exit 1
-    fi
-else
-    echo "Please pass exact one argument to this script! Exiting." >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
diff --git a/gem_install.sh b/gem_install.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index e42a781..0000000
--- a/gem_install.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/bash
-
-# options may be followed by one colon to indicate they have a required argument
-if ! options=$(getopt -o dEf -l ignore-dependencies,force,no-rdoc,rdoc,no-ri,ri,env-shebang,no-env-shebang,default-gem:,build-root:,gem-binary: -- "$@")
-then
-    # something went wrong, getopt will put out an error message for us
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-eval set -- "$options"
-
-gem_binary=gem
-defaultgem=
-gemfile=
-otheropts=
-
-while [ $# -gt 0 ]
-do
-    case $1 in
-    --default-gem) defaultgem=$2 ; shift;;
-    --gem-binary) gem_binary="$2" ; shift;;
-    --build-root) otheropts="$otheropts $1=$2"; shift;;
-    (--) ;;
-    (-*) otheropts="$otheropts $1";;
-    (*) gemfile=$1; otheropts="$otheropts $1"; break;;
-    esac
-    shift
-done
-
-if [ "x$gemfile" = "x" ] ; then 
-  gemfile=$(find . -maxdepth 2 -type f -name "$defaultgem")
-  otheropts="$otheropts $gemfile"
-fi
-set -x
-$gem_binary install --verbose --local $otheropts
-if test -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin; then
-  cd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin
-  bins=`ls -1 *1.9 2> /dev/null`
-  if test -n "$bins"; then 
-    for bin in $bins; do 
-      mv -v $bin $(echo "$bin" | sed -e 's,1.9$,,')
-    done
-  fi
-fi
-
diff --git a/ruby.changes b/ruby.changes
index 74ea168..5ba3af2 100644
--- a/ruby.changes
+++ b/ruby.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jul 26 07:36:15 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- split out ruby-common into a package on its own
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jul 25 14:52:49 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/ruby.common-macros b/ruby.common-macros
deleted file mode 100644
index acf3917..0000000
--- a/ruby.common-macros
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-%gem_cleanup() \
-/usr/lib/rpm/gem_build_cleanup.sh %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/ruby/gems/%{rb_ver}/ \
-%{nil}
-
diff --git a/ruby.macros b/ruby.macros
index f9a9969..0de951a 100644
--- a/ruby.macros
+++ b/ruby.macros
@@ -25,36 +25,3 @@
 %rb_vendorlib                      %rb19_vendorlibdir
 %rb_vendorarch                     %rb19_vendorarchdir
 
-# %%gem_unpack macro unpacks a gem file into %%{_builddir}
-#
-# example:
-#   %prep
-#   %gem_unpack %{SOURCE0}
-#   %patch1 -p1
-#
-%gem_unpack(s:) \
-  source=%{-s:%{-s*}}%{!-s:%{SOURCE0}} \
-  %{gem_binary} unpack --verbose $source \
-  cd %{mod_name}-%{version} \
-  chmod og-w -R . \
-  %{gem_binary} unpack --spec --verbose $source \
-%{nil}
-
-# %%gem_build macro ...
-#
-%gem_build() \
-GEMSPEC_SOURCE_DIR=`find . -maxdepth 2 -type f -name %{mod_name}-%{version}.gemspec | xargs dirname` \
-cd $GEMSPEC_SOURCE_DIR && %{gem_binary} build --verbose %{mod_name}-%{version}.gemspec \
-%{nil}
-
-# %%gem_install macro ...
-#
-# When invoked with a single parameter, the macro retains the old macro behavior, i.e. 
-# building the upstream gem directly in $RPM_BUILD_ROOT without unpacking to %{_builddir} first.
-#
-%gem_install /usr/lib/rpm/gem_install.sh --default-gem %{mod_name}-%{version}.gem --build-root %{buildroot} --gem-binary %{gem_binary} 
-
-%gem_cleanup() \
-/usr/lib/rpm/gem_build_cleanup.sh %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/ruby/gems/%{rb_ver}/ \
-%{nil}
-
diff --git a/ruby.spec b/ruby.spec
index 2953f44..87372df 100644
--- a/ruby.spec
+++ b/ruby.spec
@@ -21,12 +21,7 @@ Version:        1.9.3
 Release:        0
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Source0:        ruby.macros
-Source1:        gem_build_cleanup
 Source2:        gemrc
-Source3:        ruby.common-macros
-Source4:        rubygems.attr
-Source5:        rubygemsdeps.rb
-Source6:        gem_install.sh
 Provides:       /usr/bin/ruby
 Url:            http://www.ruby-lang.org/
 Summary:        An Interpreted Object-Oriented Scripting Language
@@ -35,12 +30,7 @@ Group:          Development/Languages/Ruby
 Requires:       ruby19
 Provides:       rubygems = 1.8.15
 Obsoletes:      rubygems < 1.8.15
-Provides:       ruby-macros = 1
-Requires:       ruby-common = %{version}-%{release}
-%if %suse_version < 1140
-# we need a patched rpm
-Requires:       rpm-with-ruby-provide-hook
-%endif
+Requires:       ruby-common >= 1.0
 
 %description
 Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy
@@ -81,14 +71,6 @@ Provides:       rubygems_with_buildroot_patch
 %description devel
 Development files to link against Ruby.
 
-%package common
-Summary:        Files needed by all ruby versions
-Group:          Development/Languages/Ruby
-Requires:       /usr/bin/getopt
-
-%description common
-Development files to link against Ruby.
-
 %prep
 
 %build
@@ -101,31 +83,17 @@ done
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%_libdir
 ln -s %_libdir/libruby1.9.so $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%_libdir/libruby.so
 install -D -m 0644 %{S:0} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/rpm/macros.ruby
-install -D -m 0644 %{S:3} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/rpm/macros.common-ruby
 install -D -m 0644 %{S:2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/gemrc
-install -D -m 0644 %{S:4} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/rubygems.attr
-install -D -m 0755 %{S:5} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/rpm/rubygemsdeps.rb
-install -D -m 0755 %{S:6} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/rpm/gem_install.sh
-install -D -m 0755 %{S:1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/rpm/gem_build_cleanup.sh
 export NO_BRP_STALE_LINK_ERROR=yes
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-/etc/rpm/macros.ruby
+%config /etc/gemrc
+%config /etc/rpm/macros.ruby
 %{_bindir}/*
 
 %files devel
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %_libdir/libruby.so
 
-%files common
-%defattr(-,root,root)
-/etc/gemrc
-/etc/rpm/macros.common-ruby
-%dir /usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs
-/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/rubygems.attr
-/usr/lib/rpm/rubygemsdeps.rb
-/usr/lib/rpm/gem_install.sh
-/usr/lib/rpm/gem_build_cleanup.sh
-
 %changelog
diff --git a/rubygems.attr b/rubygems.attr
deleted file mode 100644
index 6004aac..0000000
--- a/rubygems.attr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-%__rubygems_requires	%{_rpmconfigdir}/rubygemsdeps.rb --requires
-%__rubygems_provides    %{_rpmconfigdir}/rubygemsdeps.rb --provides
-%__rubygems_path        ^%{_libdir}/ruby/gems/[^/]*/specifications
-
diff --git a/rubygemsdeps.rb b/rubygemsdeps.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e388c7..0000000
--- a/rubygemsdeps.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/ruby
-
-require 'optparse'
-require 'rubygems/specification'
-
-opts = OptionParser.new("Usage: #{$0}")
-
-provides=false
-opts.on("-P", "--provides", "Output the provides of the package") do |val|
-    provides=true
-end
-requires=false
-opts.on("-R", "--requires", "Output the requires of the package") do |val|
-    requires=true
-end
-rest = opts.permute(ARGV)
-
-unless provides || requires
-  exit(0)
-end
-
-gemspecs=Array.new
-
-$stdin.each_line do |line|
-  line.match(%r{.*/specifications/.*\.gemspec$}) do |m| 
-    gemspecs << [m[0], Gem::Specification.load(m[0])]
-  end
-end
-
-gemspecs.each do |file, spec|
-  rubyabi=nil
-  file.match(%r{.*/gems/([^/]*)/.*}) do |m|
-    rubyabi=m[1]
-  end
-  if provides
-    # old forms
-    puts "rubygem-#{spec.name} = #{spec.version}"
-    versions = spec.version.to_s.split('.')
-    puts "rubygem-#{spec.name}-#{versions[0]} = #{spec.version}" if versions.length > 0
-    puts "rubygem-#{spec.name}-#{versions[0]}_#{versions[1]} = #{spec.version}" if versions.length > 1
-    puts "rubygem-#{spec.name}-#{versions[0]}_#{versions[1]}_#{versions[2]} = #{spec.version}" if versions.length > 2
-
-    # version without ruby version - asking for trouble
-    puts "rubygem(#{spec.name}) = #{spec.version}"
-    puts "rubygem(#{rubyabi}:#{spec.name}) = #{spec.version}" if rubyabi
-  end
-
-  if requires
-    puts "ruby(abi) = #{rubyabi}" if rubyabi
-    spec.runtime_dependencies.each do |dep|
-      dep.requirement.requirements.each do |r|
-        if r.first == '~>'
-          next_version = Gem::Version.create(r.last).bump
-          puts "rubygem(#{rubyabi}:#{dep.name}) >= #{r.last}"
-          puts "rubygem(#{rubyabi}:#{dep.name}) < #{next_version}"
-        elsif r.first == '!='
-          # this is purely guessing, but we can't generate conflicts here ;(
-          puts "rubygem(#{rubyabi}:#{dep.name}) > #{r.last}"
-          #puts "rubygem(#{rubyabi}:#{dep.name}) < #{r.last}"
-        else
-          puts "rubygem(#{rubyabi}:#{dep.name}) #{r.first} #{r.last}"
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end