diff --git a/libdeflater-fix-metadata.diff b/libdeflater-fix-metadata.diff
index ca3d7cd..6fe2aa8 100644
--- a/libdeflater-fix-metadata.diff
+++ b/libdeflater-fix-metadata.diff
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 --- libdeflater-1.19.0/Cargo.toml	1970-01-01T00:00:01+00:00
-+++ libdeflater-1.19.0/Cargo.toml	2024-01-05T18:52:52.684801+00:00
-@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@
++++ libdeflater-1.19.0/Cargo.toml	2024-01-06T20:33:14.597662+00:00
+@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
+ ]
+ license = "Apache-2.0"
+ repository = "https://github.com/adamkewley/libdeflater"
++exclude = ["/scripts"]
+ 
+ [[bench]]
+ name = "benchmarks"
+@@ -43,9 +44,6 @@
  [dev-dependencies.adler32]
  version = "1.2.0"
  
diff --git a/rust-libdeflater.spec b/rust-libdeflater.spec
index 33e0ebe..b22d45f 100644
--- a/rust-libdeflater.spec
+++ b/rust-libdeflater.spec
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ URL:            https://crates.io/crates/libdeflater
 Source:         %{crates_source}
 # Manually created patch for downstream crate metadata changes
 #   - Do not depend on criterion; it is needed only for benchmarks.
+#   - Exclude the scripts directory to avoid generating an unwanted and
+#     unnecessary dependency on ruby from the -devel subpackage
 Patch:          libdeflater-fix-metadata.diff
 
 BuildRequires:  cargo-rpm-macros >= 24