diff --git a/run-basic-rails-application/runtest.sh b/run-basic-rails-application/runtest.sh
index 21e6b16..6fc3d6f 100755
--- a/run-basic-rails-application/runtest.sh
+++ b/run-basic-rails-application/runtest.sh
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@
 PACKAGES=${PACKAGES:-ruby rubygems rubypick}
 REQUIRES=${REQUIRES:-}
 RUBY=${RUBY:-ruby}
-RAILS=0
-bundle=""
-ARCH=$(uname -m)
-RAILSVER=""
 
 rlJournalStart
     rlPhaseStartSetup
@@ -44,20 +40,6 @@ rlJournalStart
         rlAssertBinaryOrigin "gem"
         rlRun "TmpDir=\$(mktemp -d)" 0 "Creating tmp directory"
         rlRun "pushd $TmpDir"
-
-        # install rails and nokogiri from gem if not found in installation
-        if ! gem list "^rails *$" -i
-        then
-            # nokogiri gem installed with rails needs to use system libraries
-            # on arm and ppcle otherwise it fails with bundled libraries
-            if [ "x$ARCH" = "xaarch64" ] || [ "x$ARCH" = "xppc64le" ]
-            then
-                export NOKOGIRI_USE_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES=yes
-            fi
-            rlRun "gem install nokogiri $NOKOVER --no-document" 0 "Installing nokogiri $NOKOVER without documentation"
-            rlRun "gem install rails $RAILSVER --no-document" 0 "Installing rails $RAILSVER without documentation"
-            RAILS=1
-        fi
     rlPhaseEnd
 
     rlPhaseStartTest
@@ -74,7 +56,6 @@ rlJournalStart
 
     rlPhaseStartCleanup
         rlRun "popd; popd"
-        [ $RAILS == 1 ] && rlRun "gem uninstall rails nokogiri minitest -a -I -x" 0 "Removing rails and nokogiri gem"
         rlRun "rm -r $TmpDir" 0 "Removing tmp directory"
     rlPhaseEnd
 rlJournalPrintText