diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patches.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patches.nix
index 438aaf7ba547..029e5cf18a59 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patches.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patches.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { fetchurl, writeScript, ruby, ncurses, sqlite, libxml2, libxslt, libffi
 , zlib, libuuid, gems, jdk, python, stdenv, libiconvOrEmpty, imagemagick
-, pkgconfig, libiconv }:
+, pkgconfig }:
 
 let
 
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ in
     buildInputs = [ libxml2 ];
     buildFlags =
       [ "--with-xml2-dir=${libxml2} --with-xml2-include=${libxml2}/include/libxml2"
-        "--with-xslt-dir=${libxslt} --with-iconv-dir=${libiconv} --use-system-libraries"
-      ];
+        "--with-xslt-dir=${libxslt}  --use-system-libraries"
+      ] ++ libiconvOrEmpty;
   };
 
   pry = { gemFlags = "--no-ri --no-rdoc"; };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libiconv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libiconv/default.nix
index 76f7ed31d00a..9e65e63ffdb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libiconv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libiconv/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv }:
 
+assert (!stdenv.isLinux);
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libiconv-1.14";