diff --git a/2.7/alpine3.16/Dockerfile b/2.7/alpine3.16/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 3350c01753..0000000000
--- a/2.7/alpine3.16/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,150 +0,0 @@
-#
-# NOTE: THIS DOCKERFILE IS GENERATED VIA "apply-templates.sh"
-#
-# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT IT DIRECTLY.
-#
-
-FROM alpine:3.16
-
-RUN set -eux; \
-	apk add --no-cache \
-		bzip2 \
-		ca-certificates \
-		gmp-dev \
-		libffi-dev \
-		procps \
-		yaml-dev \
-		zlib-dev \
-	;
-
-# skip installing gem documentation
-RUN set -eux; \
-	mkdir -p /usr/local/etc; \
-	{ \
-		echo 'install: --no-document'; \
-		echo 'update: --no-document'; \
-	} >> /usr/local/etc/gemrc
-
-ENV LANG C.UTF-8
-ENV RUBY_MAJOR 2.7
-ENV RUBY_VERSION 2.7.8
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 f22f662da504d49ce2080e446e4bea7008cee11d5ec4858fc69000d0e5b1d7fb
-
-# some of ruby's build scripts are written in ruby
-#   we purge system ruby later to make sure our final image uses what we just built
-RUN set -eux; \
-	\
-# readline-dev vs libedit-dev: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11869 and https://github.com/docker-library/ruby/issues/75
-	apk add --no-cache --virtual .ruby-builddeps \
-		autoconf \
-		bison \
-		bzip2 \
-		bzip2-dev \
-		ca-certificates \
-		coreutils \
-		dpkg-dev dpkg \
-		g++ \
-		gcc \
-		gdbm-dev \
-		glib-dev \
-		libc-dev \
-		libffi-dev \
-		libxml2-dev \
-		libxslt-dev \
-		linux-headers \
-		make \
-		ncurses-dev \
-		openssl \
-		openssl-dev \
-		patch \
-		procps \
-		readline-dev \
-		ruby \
-		tar \
-		xz \
-		yaml-dev \
-		zlib-dev \
-	; \
-	\
-	wget -O ruby.tar.xz "https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/${RUBY_MAJOR%-rc}/ruby-$RUBY_VERSION.tar.xz"; \
-	echo "$RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 *ruby.tar.xz" | sha256sum --check --strict; \
-	\
-	mkdir -p /usr/src/ruby; \
-	tar -xJf ruby.tar.xz -C /usr/src/ruby --strip-components=1; \
-	rm ruby.tar.xz; \
-	\
-	cd /usr/src/ruby; \
-	\
-# https://github.com/docker-library/ruby/issues/196
-# https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/14387#note-13 (patch source)
-# https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/14387#note-16 ("Therefore ncopa's patch looks good for me in general." -- only breaks glibc which doesn't matter here)
-	wget -O 'thread-stack-fix.patch' 'https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/attachments/download/7081/0001-thread_pthread.c-make-get_main_stack-portable-on-lin.patch'; \
-	echo '3ab628a51d92fdf0d2b5835e93564857aea73e0c1de00313864a94a6255cb645 *thread-stack-fix.patch' | sha256sum --check --strict; \
-	patch -p1 -i thread-stack-fix.patch; \
-	rm thread-stack-fix.patch; \
-	\
-# the configure script does not detect isnan/isinf as macros
-	export ac_cv_func_isnan=yes ac_cv_func_isinf=yes; \
-	\
-# hack in "ENABLE_PATH_CHECK" disabling to suppress:
-#   warning: Insecure world writable dir
-	{ \
-		echo '#define ENABLE_PATH_CHECK 0'; \
-		echo; \
-		cat file.c; \
-	} > file.c.new; \
-	mv file.c.new file.c; \
-	\
-	autoconf; \
-	# fix builds on arm32v6/7 and s390x: https://github.com/docker-library/ruby/issues/308
-	# and don't break the other arches: https://github.com/docker-library/ruby/issues/365
-	apkArch="$(apk --print-arch)"; \
-	case "$apkArch" in \
-		s390x | armhf | armv7) \
-			apk add --no-cache libucontext-dev; \
-			export LIBS='-lucontext'; \
-			;; \
-	esac; \
-	gnuArch="$(dpkg-architecture --query DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)"; \
-	./configure \
-		--build="$gnuArch" \
-		--disable-install-doc \
-		--enable-shared \
-	; \
-	make -j "$(nproc)"; \
-	make install; \
-	\
-	runDeps="$( \
-		scanelf --needed --nobanner --format '%n#p' --recursive /usr/local \
-			| tr ',' '\n' \
-			| sort -u \
-			| awk 'system("[ -e /usr/local/lib/" $1 " ]") == 0 { next } { print "so:" $1 }' \
-	)"; \
-	apk add --no-network --virtual .ruby-rundeps $runDeps; \
-	apk del --no-network .ruby-builddeps; \
-	\
-	cd /; \
-	rm -r /usr/src/ruby; \
-# verify we have no "ruby" packages installed
-	if \
-		apk --no-network list --installed \
-			| grep -v '^[.]ruby-rundeps' \
-			| grep -i ruby \
-	; then \
-		exit 1; \
-	fi; \
-	[ "$(command -v ruby)" = '/usr/local/bin/ruby' ]; \
-# rough smoke test
-	ruby --version; \
-	gem --version; \
-	bundle --version
-
-# don't create ".bundle" in all our apps
-ENV GEM_HOME /usr/local/bundle
-ENV BUNDLE_SILENCE_ROOT_WARNING=1 \
-	BUNDLE_APP_CONFIG="$GEM_HOME"
-ENV PATH $GEM_HOME/bin:$PATH
-# adjust permissions of a few directories for running "gem install" as an arbitrary user
-RUN mkdir -p "$GEM_HOME" && chmod 1777 "$GEM_HOME"
-
-CMD [ "irb" ]
diff --git a/2.7/bullseye/Dockerfile b/2.7/bullseye/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 235d087daf..0000000000
--- a/2.7/bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-#
-# NOTE: THIS DOCKERFILE IS GENERATED VIA "apply-templates.sh"
-#
-# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT IT DIRECTLY.
-#
-
-FROM buildpack-deps:bullseye
-
-# skip installing gem documentation
-RUN set -eux; \
-	mkdir -p /usr/local/etc; \
-	{ \
-		echo 'install: --no-document'; \
-		echo 'update: --no-document'; \
-	} >> /usr/local/etc/gemrc
-
-ENV LANG C.UTF-8
-ENV RUBY_MAJOR 2.7
-ENV RUBY_VERSION 2.7.8
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 f22f662da504d49ce2080e446e4bea7008cee11d5ec4858fc69000d0e5b1d7fb
-
-# some of ruby's build scripts are written in ruby
-#   we purge system ruby later to make sure our final image uses what we just built
-RUN set -eux; \
-	\
-	savedAptMark="$(apt-mark showmanual)"; \
-	apt-get update; \
-	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-		bison \
-		dpkg-dev \
-		libgdbm-dev \
-		ruby \
-	; \
-	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
-	\
-	wget -O ruby.tar.xz "https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/${RUBY_MAJOR%-rc}/ruby-$RUBY_VERSION.tar.xz"; \
-	echo "$RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 *ruby.tar.xz" | sha256sum --check --strict; \
-	\
-	mkdir -p /usr/src/ruby; \
-	tar -xJf ruby.tar.xz -C /usr/src/ruby --strip-components=1; \
-	rm ruby.tar.xz; \
-	\
-	cd /usr/src/ruby; \
-	\
-# hack in "ENABLE_PATH_CHECK" disabling to suppress:
-#   warning: Insecure world writable dir
-	{ \
-		echo '#define ENABLE_PATH_CHECK 0'; \
-		echo; \
-		cat file.c; \
-	} > file.c.new; \
-	mv file.c.new file.c; \
-	\
-	autoconf; \
-	gnuArch="$(dpkg-architecture --query DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)"; \
-	./configure \
-		--build="$gnuArch" \
-		--disable-install-doc \
-		--enable-shared \
-	; \
-	make -j "$(nproc)"; \
-	make install; \
-	\
-	apt-mark auto '.*' > /dev/null; \
-	apt-mark manual $savedAptMark > /dev/null; \
-	find /usr/local -type f -executable -not \( -name '*tkinter*' \) -exec ldd '{}' ';' \
-		| awk '/=>/ { print $(NF-1) }' \
-		| sort -u \
-		| grep -vE '^/usr/local/lib/' \
-		| xargs -r dpkg-query --search \
-		| cut -d: -f1 \
-		| sort -u \
-		| xargs -r apt-mark manual \
-	; \
-	apt-get purge -y --auto-remove -o APT::AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant=false; \
-	\
-	cd /; \
-	rm -r /usr/src/ruby; \
-# verify we have no "ruby" packages installed
-	if dpkg -l | grep -i ruby; then exit 1; fi; \
-	[ "$(command -v ruby)" = '/usr/local/bin/ruby' ]; \
-# rough smoke test
-	ruby --version; \
-	gem --version; \
-	bundle --version
-
-# don't create ".bundle" in all our apps
-ENV GEM_HOME /usr/local/bundle
-ENV BUNDLE_SILENCE_ROOT_WARNING=1 \
-	BUNDLE_APP_CONFIG="$GEM_HOME"
-ENV PATH $GEM_HOME/bin:$PATH
-# adjust permissions of a few directories for running "gem install" as an arbitrary user
-RUN mkdir -p "$GEM_HOME" && chmod 1777 "$GEM_HOME"
-
-CMD [ "irb" ]
diff --git a/2.7/buster/Dockerfile b/2.7/buster/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index ace35dbd3a..0000000000
--- a/2.7/buster/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-#
-# NOTE: THIS DOCKERFILE IS GENERATED VIA "apply-templates.sh"
-#
-# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT IT DIRECTLY.
-#
-
-FROM buildpack-deps:buster
-
-# skip installing gem documentation
-RUN set -eux; \
-	mkdir -p /usr/local/etc; \
-	{ \
-		echo 'install: --no-document'; \
-		echo 'update: --no-document'; \
-	} >> /usr/local/etc/gemrc
-
-ENV LANG C.UTF-8
-ENV RUBY_MAJOR 2.7
-ENV RUBY_VERSION 2.7.8
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 f22f662da504d49ce2080e446e4bea7008cee11d5ec4858fc69000d0e5b1d7fb
-
-# some of ruby's build scripts are written in ruby
-#   we purge system ruby later to make sure our final image uses what we just built
-RUN set -eux; \
-	\
-	savedAptMark="$(apt-mark showmanual)"; \
-	apt-get update; \
-	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-		bison \
-		dpkg-dev \
-		libgdbm-dev \
-		ruby \
-	; \
-	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
-	\
-	wget -O ruby.tar.xz "https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/${RUBY_MAJOR%-rc}/ruby-$RUBY_VERSION.tar.xz"; \
-	echo "$RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 *ruby.tar.xz" | sha256sum --check --strict; \
-	\
-	mkdir -p /usr/src/ruby; \
-	tar -xJf ruby.tar.xz -C /usr/src/ruby --strip-components=1; \
-	rm ruby.tar.xz; \
-	\
-	cd /usr/src/ruby; \
-	\
-# hack in "ENABLE_PATH_CHECK" disabling to suppress:
-#   warning: Insecure world writable dir
-	{ \
-		echo '#define ENABLE_PATH_CHECK 0'; \
-		echo; \
-		cat file.c; \
-	} > file.c.new; \
-	mv file.c.new file.c; \
-	\
-	autoconf; \
-	gnuArch="$(dpkg-architecture --query DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)"; \
-	./configure \
-		--build="$gnuArch" \
-		--disable-install-doc \
-		--enable-shared \
-	; \
-	make -j "$(nproc)"; \
-	make install; \
-	\
-	apt-mark auto '.*' > /dev/null; \
-	apt-mark manual $savedAptMark > /dev/null; \
-	find /usr/local -type f -executable -not \( -name '*tkinter*' \) -exec ldd '{}' ';' \
-		| awk '/=>/ { print $(NF-1) }' \
-		| sort -u \
-		| grep -vE '^/usr/local/lib/' \
-		| xargs -r dpkg-query --search \
-		| cut -d: -f1 \
-		| sort -u \
-		| xargs -r apt-mark manual \
-	; \
-	apt-get purge -y --auto-remove -o APT::AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant=false; \
-	\
-	cd /; \
-	rm -r /usr/src/ruby; \
-# verify we have no "ruby" packages installed
-	if dpkg -l | grep -i ruby; then exit 1; fi; \
-	[ "$(command -v ruby)" = '/usr/local/bin/ruby' ]; \
-# rough smoke test
-	ruby --version; \
-	gem --version; \
-	bundle --version
-
-# don't create ".bundle" in all our apps
-ENV GEM_HOME /usr/local/bundle
-ENV BUNDLE_SILENCE_ROOT_WARNING=1 \
-	BUNDLE_APP_CONFIG="$GEM_HOME"
-ENV PATH $GEM_HOME/bin:$PATH
-# adjust permissions of a few directories for running "gem install" as an arbitrary user
-RUN mkdir -p "$GEM_HOME" && chmod 1777 "$GEM_HOME"
-
-CMD [ "irb" ]
diff --git a/2.7/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile b/2.7/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 84d9c39036..0000000000
--- a/2.7/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-#
-# NOTE: THIS DOCKERFILE IS GENERATED VIA "apply-templates.sh"
-#
-# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT IT DIRECTLY.
-#
-
-FROM debian:bullseye-slim
-
-RUN set -eux; \
-	apt-get update; \
-	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-		bzip2 \
-		ca-certificates \
-		libffi-dev \
-		libgmp-dev \
-		libssl-dev \
-		libyaml-dev \
-		procps \
-		zlib1g-dev \
-	; \
-	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-# skip installing gem documentation
-RUN set -eux; \
-	mkdir -p /usr/local/etc; \
-	{ \
-		echo 'install: --no-document'; \
-		echo 'update: --no-document'; \
-	} >> /usr/local/etc/gemrc
-
-ENV LANG C.UTF-8
-ENV RUBY_MAJOR 2.7
-ENV RUBY_VERSION 2.7.8
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 f22f662da504d49ce2080e446e4bea7008cee11d5ec4858fc69000d0e5b1d7fb
-
-# some of ruby's build scripts are written in ruby
-#   we purge system ruby later to make sure our final image uses what we just built
-RUN set -eux; \
-	\
-	savedAptMark="$(apt-mark showmanual)"; \
-	apt-get update; \
-	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-		bison \
-		dpkg-dev \
-		libgdbm-dev \
-		ruby \
-		autoconf \
-		g++ \
-		gcc \
-		libbz2-dev \
-		libgdbm-compat-dev \
-		libglib2.0-dev \
-		libncurses-dev \
-		libreadline-dev \
-		libxml2-dev \
-		libxslt-dev \
-		make \
-		wget \
-		xz-utils \
-	; \
-	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
-	\
-	wget -O ruby.tar.xz "https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/${RUBY_MAJOR%-rc}/ruby-$RUBY_VERSION.tar.xz"; \
-	echo "$RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 *ruby.tar.xz" | sha256sum --check --strict; \
-	\
-	mkdir -p /usr/src/ruby; \
-	tar -xJf ruby.tar.xz -C /usr/src/ruby --strip-components=1; \
-	rm ruby.tar.xz; \
-	\
-	cd /usr/src/ruby; \
-	\
-# hack in "ENABLE_PATH_CHECK" disabling to suppress:
-#   warning: Insecure world writable dir
-	{ \
-		echo '#define ENABLE_PATH_CHECK 0'; \
-		echo; \
-		cat file.c; \
-	} > file.c.new; \
-	mv file.c.new file.c; \
-	\
-	autoconf; \
-	gnuArch="$(dpkg-architecture --query DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)"; \
-	./configure \
-		--build="$gnuArch" \
-		--disable-install-doc \
-		--enable-shared \
-	; \
-	make -j "$(nproc)"; \
-	make install; \
-	\
-	apt-mark auto '.*' > /dev/null; \
-	apt-mark manual $savedAptMark > /dev/null; \
-	find /usr/local -type f -executable -not \( -name '*tkinter*' \) -exec ldd '{}' ';' \
-		| awk '/=>/ { print $(NF-1) }' \
-		| sort -u \
-		| grep -vE '^/usr/local/lib/' \
-		| xargs -r dpkg-query --search \
-		| cut -d: -f1 \
-		| sort -u \
-		| xargs -r apt-mark manual \
-	; \
-	apt-get purge -y --auto-remove -o APT::AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant=false; \
-	\
-	cd /; \
-	rm -r /usr/src/ruby; \
-# verify we have no "ruby" packages installed
-	if dpkg -l | grep -i ruby; then exit 1; fi; \
-	[ "$(command -v ruby)" = '/usr/local/bin/ruby' ]; \
-# rough smoke test
-	ruby --version; \
-	gem --version; \
-	bundle --version
-
-# don't create ".bundle" in all our apps
-ENV GEM_HOME /usr/local/bundle
-ENV BUNDLE_SILENCE_ROOT_WARNING=1 \
-	BUNDLE_APP_CONFIG="$GEM_HOME"
-ENV PATH $GEM_HOME/bin:$PATH
-# adjust permissions of a few directories for running "gem install" as an arbitrary user
-RUN mkdir -p "$GEM_HOME" && chmod 1777 "$GEM_HOME"
-
-CMD [ "irb" ]
diff --git a/2.7/slim-buster/Dockerfile b/2.7/slim-buster/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index c2884ea592..0000000000
--- a/2.7/slim-buster/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-#
-# NOTE: THIS DOCKERFILE IS GENERATED VIA "apply-templates.sh"
-#
-# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT IT DIRECTLY.
-#
-
-FROM debian:buster-slim
-
-RUN set -eux; \
-	apt-get update; \
-	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-		bzip2 \
-		ca-certificates \
-		libffi-dev \
-		libgmp-dev \
-		libssl-dev \
-		libyaml-dev \
-		procps \
-		zlib1g-dev \
-	; \
-	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-# skip installing gem documentation
-RUN set -eux; \
-	mkdir -p /usr/local/etc; \
-	{ \
-		echo 'install: --no-document'; \
-		echo 'update: --no-document'; \
-	} >> /usr/local/etc/gemrc
-
-ENV LANG C.UTF-8
-ENV RUBY_MAJOR 2.7
-ENV RUBY_VERSION 2.7.8
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 f22f662da504d49ce2080e446e4bea7008cee11d5ec4858fc69000d0e5b1d7fb
-
-# some of ruby's build scripts are written in ruby
-#   we purge system ruby later to make sure our final image uses what we just built
-RUN set -eux; \
-	\
-	savedAptMark="$(apt-mark showmanual)"; \
-	apt-get update; \
-	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-		bison \
-		dpkg-dev \
-		libgdbm-dev \
-		ruby \
-		autoconf \
-		g++ \
-		gcc \
-		libbz2-dev \
-		libgdbm-compat-dev \
-		libglib2.0-dev \
-		libncurses-dev \
-		libreadline-dev \
-		libxml2-dev \
-		libxslt-dev \
-		make \
-		wget \
-		xz-utils \
-	; \
-	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
-	\
-	wget -O ruby.tar.xz "https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/${RUBY_MAJOR%-rc}/ruby-$RUBY_VERSION.tar.xz"; \
-	echo "$RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 *ruby.tar.xz" | sha256sum --check --strict; \
-	\
-	mkdir -p /usr/src/ruby; \
-	tar -xJf ruby.tar.xz -C /usr/src/ruby --strip-components=1; \
-	rm ruby.tar.xz; \
-	\
-	cd /usr/src/ruby; \
-	\
-# hack in "ENABLE_PATH_CHECK" disabling to suppress:
-#   warning: Insecure world writable dir
-	{ \
-		echo '#define ENABLE_PATH_CHECK 0'; \
-		echo; \
-		cat file.c; \
-	} > file.c.new; \
-	mv file.c.new file.c; \
-	\
-	autoconf; \
-	gnuArch="$(dpkg-architecture --query DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)"; \
-	./configure \
-		--build="$gnuArch" \
-		--disable-install-doc \
-		--enable-shared \
-	; \
-	make -j "$(nproc)"; \
-	make install; \
-	\
-	apt-mark auto '.*' > /dev/null; \
-	apt-mark manual $savedAptMark > /dev/null; \
-	find /usr/local -type f -executable -not \( -name '*tkinter*' \) -exec ldd '{}' ';' \
-		| awk '/=>/ { print $(NF-1) }' \
-		| sort -u \
-		| grep -vE '^/usr/local/lib/' \
-		| xargs -r dpkg-query --search \
-		| cut -d: -f1 \
-		| sort -u \
-		| xargs -r apt-mark manual \
-	; \
-	apt-get purge -y --auto-remove -o APT::AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant=false; \
-	\
-	cd /; \
-	rm -r /usr/src/ruby; \
-# verify we have no "ruby" packages installed
-	if dpkg -l | grep -i ruby; then exit 1; fi; \
-	[ "$(command -v ruby)" = '/usr/local/bin/ruby' ]; \
-# rough smoke test
-	ruby --version; \
-	gem --version; \
-	bundle --version
-
-# don't create ".bundle" in all our apps
-ENV GEM_HOME /usr/local/bundle
-ENV BUNDLE_SILENCE_ROOT_WARNING=1 \
-	BUNDLE_APP_CONFIG="$GEM_HOME"
-ENV PATH $GEM_HOME/bin:$PATH
-# adjust permissions of a few directories for running "gem install" as an arbitrary user
-RUN mkdir -p "$GEM_HOME" && chmod 1777 "$GEM_HOME"
-
-CMD [ "irb" ]
diff --git a/Dockerfile.template b/Dockerfile.template
index a58bf00e99..39aff0610d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.template
+++ b/Dockerfile.template
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	mv file.c.new file.c; \
 	\
 	autoconf; \
-{{ if is_alpine and ( [ "2.7", "3.0" ] | index(env.version) ) then ( -}}
+{{ if is_alpine and "3.0" == env.version then ( -}}
 	# fix builds on arm32v6/7 and s390x: https://github.com/docker-library/ruby/issues/308
 	# and don't break the other arches: https://github.com/docker-library/ruby/issues/365
 {{ if .rust.version then "" else ( -}}
diff --git a/generate-stackbrew-library.sh b/generate-stackbrew-library.sh
index 23f8629606..398f7d4f36 100755
--- a/generate-stackbrew-library.sh
+++ b/generate-stackbrew-library.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ set -Eeuo pipefail
 
 declare -A aliases=(
 	[3.2]='3 latest'
-	[2.7]='2'
 )
 
 self="$(basename "$BASH_SOURCE")"
diff --git a/versions.json b/versions.json
index 0d8a13b66d..83f046b785 100644
--- a/versions.json
+++ b/versions.json
@@ -1,15 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "2.7": {
-    "sha256": "f22f662da504d49ce2080e446e4bea7008cee11d5ec4858fc69000d0e5b1d7fb",
-    "variants": [
-      "bullseye",
-      "slim-bullseye",
-      "buster",
-      "slim-buster",
-      "alpine3.16"
-    ],
-    "version": "2.7.8"
-  },
   "3.0": {
     "sha256": "b5cbee93e62d85cfb2a408c49fa30a74231ae8409c2b3858e5f5ea254d7ddbd1",
     "variants": [
diff --git a/versions.sh b/versions.sh
index e9dde46d12..5cac8c3cb5 100755
--- a/versions.sh
+++ b/versions.sh
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ for version in "${versions[@]}"; do
 					empty # trailing comma hack
 				| ., "slim-" + .), # https://github.com/docker-library/ruby/pull/142#issuecomment-320012893
 				(
-					# Alpine 3.17+ defaults to OpenSSL 3 which is not supported (yet?) by Ruby 2.7 or 3.0
+					# Alpine 3.17+ defaults to OpenSSL 3 which is not supported by Ruby 3.0
 					# https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18658
 					# https://github.com/docker-library/ruby/pull/392#issuecomment-1329896174
-					if [ "2.7", "3.0" ] | index(env.version) then "3.16" else
+					if  "3.0" == env.version then "3.16" else
 						"3.18",
 						"3.17",
 						empty # trailing comma hack
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ for version in "${versions[@]}"; do
 	')"
 
 	case "$rcVersion" in
-		2.7 | 3.0 | 3.1) ;;
+		3.0 | 3.1) ;;
 		*)
 			# YJIT
 			doc="$(jq <<<"$doc" -sc '