diff --git a/cmake/FindRuby.cmake b/cmake/FindRuby.cmake
index 529278003..13d45f3c9 100644
--- a/cmake/FindRuby.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindRuby.cmake
@@ -38,37 +38,30 @@ FIND_PROGRAM(RUBY_EXECUTABLE
 
 IF(RUBY_EXECUTABLE)
   EXECUTE_PROCESS(
-    COMMAND ${RUBY_EXECUTABLE} -r rbconfig -e "puts RbConfig::CONFIG['rubyhdrdir'] || RbConfig::CONFIG['archdir']"
+    COMMAND ${RUBY_EXECUTABLE} -r rbconfig -e "print RbConfig::CONFIG['rubyhdrdir'] || RbConfig::CONFIG['archdir']"
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE RUBY_ARCH_DIR
     )
 
   EXECUTE_PROCESS(
-    COMMAND ${RUBY_EXECUTABLE} -r rbconfig -e "puts RbConfig::CONFIG['arch']"
+    COMMAND ${RUBY_EXECUTABLE} -r rbconfig -e "print RbConfig::CONFIG['arch']"
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE RUBY_ARCH
     )
 
   EXECUTE_PROCESS(
-    COMMAND ${RUBY_EXECUTABLE} -r rbconfig -e "puts RbConfig::CONFIG['libdir']"
+    COMMAND ${RUBY_EXECUTABLE} -r rbconfig -e "print RbConfig::CONFIG['libdir']"
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE RUBY_POSSIBLE_LIB_PATH
     )
 
   EXECUTE_PROCESS(
-    COMMAND ${RUBY_EXECUTABLE} -r rbconfig -e "puts RbConfig::CONFIG['rubylibdir']"
+    COMMAND ${RUBY_EXECUTABLE} -r rbconfig -e "print RbConfig::CONFIG['rubylibdir']"
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE RUBY_RUBY_LIB_PATH
     )
 
   EXECUTE_PROCESS(
-    COMMAND ${RUBY_EXECUTABLE} -r rbconfig -e "puts RbConfig::CONFIG['ruby_version']"
+    COMMAND ${RUBY_EXECUTABLE} -r rbconfig -e "print RbConfig::CONFIG['ruby_version']"
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE RUBY_VERSION
     )
 
-  # remove the new lines from the output by replacing them with empty strings
-  STRING(REPLACE "\n" "" RUBY_ARCH_DIR "${RUBY_ARCH_DIR}")
-  STRING(REPLACE "\n" "" RUBY_POSSIBLE_LIB_PATH "${RUBY_POSSIBLE_LIB_PATH}")
-  STRING(REPLACE "\n" "" RUBY_RUBY_LIB_PATH "${RUBY_RUBY_LIB_PATH}")
-  STRING(REPLACE "\n" "" RUBY_ARCH "${RUBY_ARCH}")
-  STRING(REPLACE "\n" "" RUBY_VERSION "${RUBY_VERSION}")
-
   FIND_PATH(RUBY_INCLUDE_PATH
     NAMES ruby.h
     PATHS ${RUBY_ARCH_DIR}