diff --git a/template/fake.rb.in b/template/fake.rb.in
index 8b82d0e4d7..01b0bdbf27 100644
--- a/template/fake.rb.in
+++ b/template/fake.rb.in
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 baseruby="@BASERUBY@"
 ruby="${RUBY-$baseruby}"
+_=
 "eval" "{" \
 "`expr \"$ruby\" : echo > /dev/null || echo exec`" \
 "$ruby" '-r"`expr \"$0\" : / > /dev/null || pwd`/${0#/}" "$@";' \
 "}" || "exit" "$?"
-baseruby=baseruby
 ruby=ruby
 class Object
   remove_const :CROSS_COMPILING if defined?(CROSS_COMPILING)