--- ruby-2.1.9.ebuild	2016-09-18 06:18:17.482114351 -0400
+++ ruby-2.1.9-r1.ebuild	2016-09-18 06:22:00.905077081 -0400
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@
 	emake V=1 DESTDIR="${D}" install || die "make install failed"
 
 	# Remove installed rubygems copy
-	rm -r "${D}/usr/$(get_libdir)/ruby/${RUBYVERSION}/rubygems" || die "rm rubygems failed"
-	rm -r "${D}/usr/$(get_libdir)/ruby/${RUBYVERSION}"/rdoc* || die "rm rdoc failed"
-	rm -r "${D}/usr/bin/"{ri,rdoc}"${MY_SUFFIX}" || die "rm rdoc bins failed"
+	rm -rf "${D}/usr/$(get_libdir)/ruby/${RUBYVERSION}/rubygems" || die "rm rubygems failed"
+	rm -rf "${D}/usr/$(get_libdir)/ruby/${RUBYVERSION}"/rdoc* || die "rm rdoc failed"
+	rm -rf "${D}/usr/bin/"{ri,rdoc}"${MY_SUFFIX}" || die "rm rdoc bins failed"
 
 	if use doc; then
 		make DESTDIR="${D}" install-doc || die "make install-doc failed"