diff --git a/ruby.spec b/ruby.spec
index eadb6d3..b2b3d79 100644
--- a/ruby.spec
+++ b/ruby.spec
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ License:    (Ruby OR MIT) AND BSD-2-Clause AND (BSD-2-Clause OR Ruby) AND MIT
 Requires:   ruby(release)
 Recommends: rubygem(bundler) >= %{bundler_version}
 Recommends: rubygem(rdoc) >= %{rdoc_version}
-Recommends: rubygem(io-console) >= %{io_console_version}
+Recommends: rubygem(io-console)
 Requires:   rubygem(psych) >= %{psych_version}
 Provides:   gem = %{version}-%{release}
 Provides:   ruby(rubygems) = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ Version:    %{rdoc_version}
 # Luckily, this should have no license impact:
 # https://github.com/ruby/racc/blob/5eb07b28bfb3e193a1cac07798fe7be7e1e246c4/lib/racc/parser.rb#L8-L10
 License:    GPL-2.0-only AND Ruby AND BSD-3-Clause AND CC-BY-2.5 AND OFL-1.1-RFN
-Requires:   rubygem(io-console) >= %{io_console_version}
+Requires:   rubygem(io-console)
 Requires:   rubygem(json) >= %{json_version}
 Provides:   rdoc = %{version}-%{release}
 Provides:   ri = %{version}-%{release}