diff --git a/src/compiler/ruby_generator.cc b/src/compiler/ruby_generator.cc
index 42ea3586dba4ee2f4bf0ffef0cc48f24c8ac8703..c85babf1b8610ffe8be92956a47585b83c1f102e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/ruby_generator.cc
+++ b/src/compiler/ruby_generator.cc
@@ -198,9 +198,6 @@ grpc::string GetServices(const FileDescriptor *file) {
     out.Print("\n");
     std::vector<grpc::string> modules = Split(file->package(), '.');
     for (size_t i = 0; i < modules.size(); ++i) {
-      std::map<grpc::string, grpc::string> module_vars = ListToDict({
-          "module.name", CapitalizeFirst(modules[i]),
-      });
       std::map<grpc::string, grpc::string> module_vars = ListToDict({
           "module.name", PackageToModule(modules[i]),
       });