diff --git a/.ruby-version b/.ruby-version
deleted file mode 100644
index 2714f531..00000000
--- a/.ruby-version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2.6.4
diff --git a/src/travis/osx-x86_64-install.sh b/src/travis/osx-x86_64-install.sh
index 63ab226d..904f0471 100755
--- a/src/travis/osx-x86_64-install.sh
+++ b/src/travis/osx-x86_64-install.sh
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ MACOSVERSION=$(defaults read loginwindow SystemVersionStampAsString)
 GAM_ARCHIVE=gam-$GAMVERSION-$GAMOS-$PLATFORM-MacOS$MACOSVERSION.tar.xz
 rm gam/lastupdatecheck.txt
 tar cfJ $GAM_ARCHIVE gam/
+
+# attempt to fix deploy phase
+gem update --system
+gem update