diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e31dbd69e70c69f6bdb1c6b0e8a8fe777c8037b9..3024b8cc342f9b5344564c7391b9692643a63812 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -30,17 +30,14 @@ default:
 .old-ruby-variables: &old-ruby-variables
   RUBY_VERSION: "3.0"
   CACHE_EDITION: "GITLAB_RUBY3_0"
-  USE_OLD_RUBY_VERSION: "true"
 
 .default-ruby-variables: &default-ruby-variables
   RUBY_VERSION: "3.1"
   CACHE_EDITION: "GITLAB_RUBY3_1"
-  USE_OLD_RUBY_VERSION: "true"
 
 .next-ruby-variables: &next-ruby-variables
   RUBY_VERSION: "3.2"
   CACHE_EDITION: "GITLAB_RUBY3_2"
-  USE_OLD_RUBY_VERSION: "false"
 
 .default-branch-pipeline-failure-variables: &default-branch-pipeline-failure-variables
   CREATE_RAILS_TEST_FAILURE_ISSUES: "true"
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/qa-common/variables.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/qa-common/variables.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2ac1121791d96dd857e9ee07d7809acc95436434..8f24cf1f5e59ce8db03d2f5367c3a47c3eb1f2ce 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/qa-common/variables.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/qa-common/variables.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Default variables for package-and-test
 
 variables:
-  USE_OLD_RUBY_VERSION: "true"
   REGISTRY_HOST: "registry.gitlab.com"
   REGISTRY_GROUP: "gitlab-org"
   ALLURE_JOB_NAME: $CI_PROJECT_NAME
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
index 379164e4accd290f51a9d6f063f2e7b4dfa6db4f..b7716fc280eab8790addbea63c5d838a066e0d18 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ trigger-omnibus:
     TOP_UPSTREAM_SOURCE_PROJECT: $CI_PROJECT_PATH
     SECURITY_SOURCES: $SECURITY_SOURCES
     CACHE_UPDATE: $OMNIBUS_GITLAB_CACHE_UPDATE
-    USE_OLD_RUBY_VERSION: $USE_OLD_RUBY_VERSION
     CACHE_EDITION: $CACHE_EDITION
     NEXT_RUBY_VERSION: $FULL_RUBY_VERSION
     BUILD_ON_ALL_OS: $OMNIBUS_GITLAB_BUILD_ON_ALL_OS
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/setup.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/setup.gitlab-ci.yml
index a95fccf6e8fe3f221c2a121ee3afad8f2bce4d9d..47bc73a9558bf399b003cd9bf325ca89b865a945 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/setup.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/setup.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ trigger-omnibus-env:
       echo "OMNIBUS_GITLAB_CACHE_UPDATE=${OMNIBUS_GITLAB_CACHE_UPDATE:-false}" >> $BUILD_ENV
       for version_file in *_VERSION; do echo "$version_file=$(cat $version_file)" >> $BUILD_ENV; done
       echo "OMNIBUS_GITLAB_BUILD_ON_ALL_OS=${OMNIBUS_GITLAB_BUILD_ON_ALL_OS:-false}" >> $BUILD_ENV
-      echo "USE_OLD_RUBY_VERSION=${USE_OLD_RUBY_VERSION:-false}" >> $BUILD_ENV
       ruby -e 'puts "FULL_RUBY_VERSION=#{RUBY_VERSION}"' >> $BUILD_ENV
       echo "GITLAB_ASSETS_TAG=$(assets_image_tag)" >> $BUILD_ENV
       echo "EE=$([[ $FOSS_ONLY == '1' ]] && echo 'false' || echo 'true')" >> $BUILD_ENV