diff --git a/share/install_gems/install_gems b/share/install_gems/install_gems
index 88f0c8a504..4aa7410d94 100755
--- a/share/install_gems/install_gems
+++ b/share/install_gems/install_gems
@@ -68,20 +68,6 @@ DISTRIBUTIONS={
             'json'      => ['gcc']
         },
         :install_command => 'yum install'
-    },
-    :suse => {
-        :id => [/SUSE/],
-        :dependencies_common => ['ruby-devel', 'make'],
-        :dependencies => {
-            SQLITE      => ['gcc', 'sqlite3-devel'],
-            'mysql'     => ['gcc', 'libmysqlclient-devel'],
-            'curb'      => ['gcc', 'libcurl-devel'],
-            $nokogiri   => %w{rubygem-rake gcc rubygem-rake libxml2-devel libxslt-devel},
-            'xmlparser' => ['gcc', 'libexpat-devel'],
-            'thin'      => ['rubygem-rake', 'gcc-c++'],
-            'json'      => ['gcc']
-        },
-        :install_command => 'zypper install'
     }
 }
 
@@ -412,9 +398,6 @@ try_library :rubygems, <<-EOT.unindent
         * RHEL/CENTOS
             yum install rubygems
 
-        * SUSE
-            zypper install rubygems
-
         * Specific rubygems package for your distro
 
         * Follow the instructions from http://rubygems.org/pages/download