diff --git a/Library/Contributions/brew_bash_completion.sh b/Library/Contributions/brew_bash_completion.sh
index 6261f7749a..0e573f3098 100644
--- a/Library/Contributions/brew_bash_completion.sh
+++ b/Library/Contributions/brew_bash_completion.sh
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ __brew_complete_tapped ()
 __brew_complete_taps ()
 {
     if [[ -z "$__brew_cached_taps" ]]; then
-        __brew_cached_taps="$(/usr/bin/ruby -e '
+        __brew_cached_taps="$(/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby -e '
             require "open-uri"
             require "yaml"
 
diff --git a/Library/Contributions/cmds/brew-server b/Library/Contributions/cmds/brew-server
index bcc15c257e..fe81ea64c6 100755
--- a/Library/Contributions/cmds/brew-server
+++ b/Library/Contributions/cmds/brew-server
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/ruby
+#!/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby
 
 ## brew server: Run a local webserver for browsing available and installed brews.
 # Note: this external command is ruby, but set up as a shell script, so that it gets exec'd.
diff --git a/Library/Contributions/install_homebrew.rb b/Library/Contributions/install_homebrew.rb
index 32099946f2..3cf4f2f1cc 100644
--- a/Library/Contributions/install_homebrew.rb
+++ b/Library/Contributions/install_homebrew.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/ruby
+#!/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby
 # This script installs to /usr/local only. To install elsewhere you can just
 # untar https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/tarball/master anywhere you like.
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/build.rb b/Library/Homebrew/build.rb
index f72633ffac..9ba49ba3f9 100755
--- a/Library/Homebrew/build.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/build.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/ruby
+#!/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby
 
 # This script is called by formula_installer as a separate instance.
 # Rationale: Formula can use __END__, Formula can change ENV
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/--config.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/--config.rb
index abe247cadb..5fb455d23d 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/--config.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/--config.rb
@@ -91,10 +91,7 @@ module Homebrew extend self
     puts hardware
     puts "MacOS: #{MACOS_FULL_VERSION}-#{kernel}"
     puts "Xcode: #{xcode_version}"
-    puts "/usr/bin/ruby: #{RUBY_VERSION}-#{RUBY_PATCHLEVEL}" if RUBY_VERSION.to_f != 1.8
-
-    ruby = Pathname.new("/usr/bin/ruby")
-    puts "/usr/bin/ruby => #{ruby.realpath}" unless ruby.realpath.to_s =~ %r{^/System}
+    puts "/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby:\n  #{RUBY_VERSION}-#{RUBY_PATCHLEVEL}" if RUBY_VERSION.to_f != 1.8
 
     ponk = macports_or_fink_installed?
     puts "MacPorts/Fink: #{ponk}" if ponk
@@ -119,7 +116,6 @@ module Homebrew extend self
     MacPorts or Fink? #{macports_or_fink_installed?}
     X11: #{describe_x11}
     System Ruby: #{RUBY_VERSION}-#{RUBY_PATCHLEVEL}
-    /usr/bin/ruby => #{real_path("/usr/bin/ruby")}
     Which Perl:   #{describe_perl}
     Which Python: #{describe_python}
     Which Ruby:   #{describe_ruby}
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
index 2e57be44a0..338bd4771a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class FormulaInstaller
       begin
         read.close
         exec '/usr/bin/nice',
-             '/usr/bin/ruby',
+             '/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby',
              '-I', Pathname.new(__FILE__).dirname,
              '-rbuild',
              '--',
diff --git a/bin/brew b/bin/brew
index ac713539c4..51e019e1c0 100755
--- a/bin/brew
+++ b/bin/brew
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/ruby
+#!/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE = ENV['HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE'] = File.expand_path(__FILE__)