diff --git a/Lib/ruby/rubydef.swg b/Lib/ruby/rubydef.swg
index 4c0ada814..ec0d0f0c3 100644
--- a/Lib/ruby/rubydef.swg
+++ b/Lib/ruby/rubydef.swg
@@ -11,12 +11,15 @@ static VALUE _cSWIG_Pointer = Qnil;
 SWIGRUNTIME(void)
 SWIG_define_class(swig_type_info *type)
 {
+    VALUE klass;
     char *klass_name = ALLOCA_N(char, 4 + strlen(type->name) + 1);
+
     sprintf(klass_name, "TYPE%s", type->name);
     if (NIL_P(_cSWIG_Pointer)) {
 	_cSWIG_Pointer = rb_define_class_under(_mSWIG, "Pointer", rb_cObject);
+	rb_undef_method(CLASS_OF(_cSWIG_Pointer), "new");
     }
-    rb_define_class_under(_mSWIG, klass_name, _cSWIG_Pointer);
+    klass = rb_define_class_under(_mSWIG, klass_name, _cSWIG_Pointer);
 }
 
 /* Create a new pointer object */
@@ -61,11 +64,11 @@ SWIG_ConvertPtr(VALUE obj, swig_type_info *ty)
   swig_type_info *tc;
 
   if ((c = SWIG_MangleStr(obj)) == NULL)
-    rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "Expected %s", ty->name);	
+    rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "Expected %s", ty->str);	
   Data_Get_Struct(obj, void, ptr);
   if (ty) {
     tc = SWIG_TypeCheck(c, ty);
-    if (!tc) rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "Expected %s", ty->name);
+    if (!tc) rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "Expected %s", ty->str);
     ptr = SWIG_TypeCast(tc, ptr);
   }
   return ptr;
diff --git a/Source/Modules1.1/ruby.cxx b/Source/Modules1.1/ruby.cxx
index a57f67eaf..b79fde01f 100644
--- a/Source/Modules1.1/ruby.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules1.1/ruby.cxx
@@ -320,6 +320,13 @@ void RUBY::initialize() {
   Printv(f_init, tab4, modvar, " = rb_define_module(\"", module, "\");\n",
 	 "_mSWIG = rb_define_module_under(", modvar, ", \"SWIG\");\n",
 	 0);
+  Printv(f_init,
+	 "\n",
+	 "for (i = 0; swig_types_initial[i]; i++) {\n",
+	 "swig_types[i] = SWIG_TypeRegister(swig_types_initial[i]);\n",
+	 "SWIG_define_class(swig_types[i]);\n",
+	 "}\n",
+	 0);
   Printf(f_init,"\n");
   klass = new RClass();
 }
@@ -333,13 +340,6 @@ void RUBY::initialize() {
 
 void RUBY::close(void) {
   /* Finish off our init function */
-  Printv(f_init,
-	 "\n",
-	 "for (i = 0; swig_types_initial[i]; i++) {\n",
-	 "swig_types[i] = SWIG_TypeRegister(swig_types_initial[i]);\n",
-	 "SWIG_define_class(swig_types[i]);\n",
-	 "}\n",
-	 0);
   Printf(f_init,"}\n");
   SwigType_emit_type_table(f_header,f_wrappers);
 }