diff --git a/configs/components/_base-ruby-selinux.rb b/configs/components/_base-ruby-selinux.rb
index bcf737002..764c755e2 100644
--- a/configs/components/_base-ruby-selinux.rb
+++ b/configs/components/_base-ruby-selinux.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@
   ]
 
   if ruby_version =~ /^3/
-    steps << "#{platform.patch} --strip=0 --fuzz=0 --ignore-whitespace --no-backup-if-mismatch < ../selinuxswig_ruby_wrap.patch"
+    # swig 4.1 generated interface does not need patching
+    unless platform.name =~ /debian-12/
+      steps << "#{platform.patch} --strip=0 --fuzz=0 --ignore-whitespace --no-backup-if-mismatch < ../selinuxswig_ruby_wrap.patch"
+    end
   end
 
   # libselinux 3.3 is the minimum version we want to build on RHEL 9, but the