diff --git a/gnu/packages/ruby.scm b/gnu/packages/ruby.scm
index b96daad0ff..e0dca646ac 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ruby.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ruby.scm
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2022 Taiju HIGASHI <higashi@taiju.info>
 ;;; Copyright © 2023 Yovan Naumovski <yovan@gorski.stream>
 ;;; Copyright © 2023 gemmaro <gemmaro.dev@gmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2023 Janneke Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -195,7 +196,13 @@ (define-public ruby-2.7
                             "test/ruby/test_system.rb"
                             "tool/rbinstall.rb")
                (("/bin/sh") (which "sh")))
-             #t)))))
+             #t))
+         ,@(if (system-hurd?)
+               '((add-after 'unpack 'skip-tests
+                   (lambda _
+                     (delete-file "bootstraptest/test_io.rb")
+                     (delete-file "test/ruby/test_io.rb"))))
+               '()))))
     (native-inputs
      (list autoconf))))