diff --git a/lang/ruby/Makefile b/lang/ruby/Makefile
index d274e21e65..6e16b86d78 100644
--- a/lang/ruby/Makefile
+++ b/lang/ruby/Makefile
@@ -39,17 +39,8 @@ HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--disable-install-rdoc \
 	--disable-install-capi \
 	--without-gmp \
-	--with-out-ext=-test-/array/resize,-test-/bignum,-test-/bug-3571,-test-/bug-5832,-test-/bug_reporter,-test-/class,-test-/debug,-test-/dln/empty,-test-/exception,-test-/fatal,-test-/file,-test-/float,-test-/funcall,-test-/gvl/call_without_gvl,-test-/hash,-test-/integer,-test-/iseq_load,-test-/iter,-test-/load/dot.dot,-test-/marshal/compat,-test-/marshal/internal_ivar,-test-/marshal/usr,-test-/memory_status,-test-/method,-test-/notimplement,-test-/num2int,-test-/path_to_class,-test-/popen_deadlock,-test-/postponed_job,-test-/printf,-test-/proc,-test-/rational,-test-/recursion,-test-/st/foreach,-test-/st/numhash,-test-/st/update,-test-/string,-test-/struct,-test-/symbol,-test-/time,-test-/tracepoint,-test-/typeddata,-test-/vm,-test-/wait_for_single_fd,-test-/win32/console,-test-/win32/dln,-test-/win32/fd_setsize,bigdecimal,cgi/escape,continuation,coverage,etc,fcntl,fiddle,io/console,json,json/generator,json/parser,mathn/complex,mathn/rational,nkf,objspace,pty,racc/cparse,rbconfig/sizeof,readline,rubyvm,syslog,win32,win32ole,win32/resolv
-
-# Does not compile with this. Workaround is --without-gmp
-# https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11940
-	#--with-static-linked-ext \
-
-# even not used, host build with restricted exts results in gems not being
-# compiled for target (probably some cross compiling problem like checking
-# host for selecting target features)
-#	--with-out-ext \
-#	--with-ext=thread,stringio \
+	--with-static-linked-ext \
+	--with-out-ext=-test-/*,bigdecimal,cgi/escape,continuation,coverage,etc,fcntl,fiddle,io/console,json,json/generator,json/parser,mathn/complex,mathn/rational,nkf,objspace,pty,racc/cparse,rbconfig/sizeof,readline,rubyvm,syslog,win32,win32ole,win32/resolv
 
 HOST_BUILD_DEPENDS:=yaml/host