diff --git a/pom.xml.circleci b/pom.xml.circleci
index ef26365ef55..b701220b186 100644
--- a/pom.xml.circleci
+++ b/pom.xml.circleci
@@ -841,7 +841,6 @@
                 <module>samples/client/petstore/kotlin/</module>
                 <!-- test non-java projects -->
                 <module>samples/client/petstore/go</module>
-                <module>samples/client/petstore/ruby</module>
                 <!-- servers -->
                 <module>samples/server/petstore/java-inflector</module>
                 <module>samples/server/petstore/java-play-framework</module>