diff --git a/src/ruby/ext/grpc/extconf.rb b/src/ruby/ext/grpc/extconf.rb
index 82b6d313c866208127ad20f105ac8484328eaa09..07f7bb93b8a04ce1fa0f23b8369653a89fbeda63 100644
--- a/src/ruby/ext/grpc/extconf.rb
+++ b/src/ruby/ext/grpc/extconf.rb
@@ -60,35 +60,27 @@ grpc_root = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../../../..'))
 
 grpc_config = ENV['GRPC_CONFIG'] || 'opt'
 
-if ENV.key?('GRPC_LIB_DIR')
-  grpc_lib_dir = File.join(grpc_root, ENV['GRPC_LIB_DIR'])
-else
-  grpc_lib_dir = File.join(grpc_root, 'libs', grpc_config)
-end
-
 ENV['MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = '10.7'
 
-unless File.exist?(File.join(grpc_lib_dir, 'libgrpc.a')) or windows
-  ENV['AR'] = RbConfig::CONFIG['AR'] + ' rcs'
-  ENV['CC'] = RbConfig::CONFIG['CC']
-  ENV['LD'] = ENV['CC']
+ENV['AR'] = RbConfig::CONFIG['AR'] + ' rcs'
+ENV['CC'] = RbConfig::CONFIG['CC']
+ENV['LD'] = ENV['CC']
 
-  ENV['AR'] = 'libtool -o' if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /darwin/
+ENV['AR'] = 'libtool -o' if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /darwin/
 
-  ENV['EMBED_OPENSSL'] = 'true'
-  ENV['EMBED_ZLIB'] = 'true'
-  ENV['ARCH_FLAGS'] = RbConfig::CONFIG['ARCH_FLAG']
-  ENV['ARCH_FLAGS'] = '-arch i386 -arch x86_64' if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /darwin/
-  ENV['CFLAGS'] = '-DGPR_BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY_MODE'
+ENV['EMBED_OPENSSL'] = 'true'
+ENV['EMBED_ZLIB'] = 'true'
+ENV['ARCH_FLAGS'] = RbConfig::CONFIG['ARCH_FLAG']
+ENV['ARCH_FLAGS'] = '-arch i386 -arch x86_64' if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /darwin/
+ENV['CFLAGS'] = '-DGPR_BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY_MODE'
 
-  output_dir = File.expand_path(RbConfig::CONFIG['topdir'])
-  grpc_lib_dir = File.join(output_dir, 'libs', grpc_config)
-  ENV['BUILDDIR'] = output_dir
+output_dir = File.expand_path(RbConfig::CONFIG['topdir'])
+grpc_lib_dir = File.join(output_dir, 'libs', grpc_config)
+ENV['BUILDDIR'] = output_dir
 
-  puts 'Building internal gRPC into ' + grpc_lib_dir
-  system("make -j -C #{grpc_root} #{grpc_lib_dir}/libgrpc.a CONFIG=#{grpc_config}")
-  exit 1 unless $? == 0
-end
+puts 'Building internal gRPC into ' + grpc_lib_dir
+system("make -j -C #{grpc_root} #{grpc_lib_dir}/libgrpc.a CONFIG=#{grpc_config}")
+exit 1 unless $? == 0
 
 $CFLAGS << ' -I' + File.join(grpc_root, 'include')
 $LDFLAGS << ' ' + File.join(grpc_lib_dir, 'libgrpc.a') unless windows