diff --git a/3.4-rc/alpine3.20/Dockerfile b/3.4-rc/alpine3.20/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d1ede484..000000000
--- a/3.4-rc/alpine3.20/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,160 +0,0 @@
-#
-# NOTE: THIS DOCKERFILE IS GENERATED VIA "apply-templates.sh"
-#
-# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT IT DIRECTLY.
-#
-
-FROM alpine:3.20
-
-RUN set -eux; \
-	apk add --no-cache \
-		bzip2 \
-		ca-certificates \
-		gmp-dev \
-		libffi-dev \
-		procps \
-		yaml-dev \
-		zlib-dev \
-	;
-
-# skip installing gem documentation with `gem install`/`gem update`
-RUN set -eux; \
-	mkdir -p /usr/local/etc; \
-	echo 'gem: --no-document' >> /usr/local/etc/gemrc
-
-ENV LANG C.UTF-8
-
-# https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/12/12/ruby-3-4-0-rc1-released/
-ENV RUBY_VERSION 3.4.0-rc1
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_URL https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/3.4/ruby-3.4.0-rc1.tar.xz
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 9c54225747f7a786727aa6213503083d5d8ff7097505d4b7456ff60880ee4a17
-
-# some of ruby's build scripts are written in ruby
-#   we purge system ruby later to make sure our final image uses what we just built
-RUN set -eux; \
-	\
-	apk add --no-cache --virtual .ruby-builddeps \
-		autoconf \
-		bzip2 \
-		bzip2-dev \
-		ca-certificates \
-		coreutils \
-		dpkg-dev dpkg \
-		g++ \
-		gcc \
-		gdbm-dev \
-		glib-dev \
-		libc-dev \
-		libffi-dev \
-		libxml2-dev \
-		libxslt-dev \
-		linux-headers \
-		make \
-		ncurses-dev \
-		openssl \
-		openssl-dev \
-		patch \
-		procps \
-		ruby \
-		tar \
-		xz \
-		yaml-dev \
-		zlib-dev \
-	; \
-	\
-	rustArch=; \
-	apkArch="$(apk --print-arch)"; \
-	case "$apkArch" in \
-		'x86_64') rustArch='x86_64-unknown-linux-musl'; rustupUrl='https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/1.26.0/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/rustup-init'; rustupSha256='7aa9e2a380a9958fc1fc426a3323209b2c86181c6816640979580f62ff7d48d4' ;; \
-		'aarch64') rustArch='aarch64-unknown-linux-musl'; rustupUrl='https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/1.26.0/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/rustup-init'; rustupSha256='b1962dfc18e1fd47d01341e6897cace67cddfabf547ef394e8883939bd6e002e' ;; \
-	esac; \
-	\
-	if [ -n "$rustArch" ]; then \
-		mkdir -p /tmp/rust; \
-		\
-		wget -O /tmp/rust/rustup-init "$rustupUrl"; \
-		echo "$rustupSha256 */tmp/rust/rustup-init" | sha256sum --check --strict; \
-		chmod +x /tmp/rust/rustup-init; \
-		\
-		export RUSTUP_HOME='/tmp/rust/rustup' CARGO_HOME='/tmp/rust/cargo'; \
-		export PATH="$CARGO_HOME/bin:$PATH"; \
-		/tmp/rust/rustup-init -y --no-modify-path --profile minimal --default-toolchain '1.74.1' --default-host "$rustArch"; \
-		\
-		rustc --version; \
-		cargo --version; \
-	fi; \
-	\
-	wget -O ruby.tar.xz "$RUBY_DOWNLOAD_URL"; \
-	echo "$RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 *ruby.tar.xz" | sha256sum --check --strict; \
-	\
-	mkdir -p /usr/src/ruby; \
-	tar -xJf ruby.tar.xz -C /usr/src/ruby --strip-components=1; \
-	rm ruby.tar.xz; \
-	\
-	cd /usr/src/ruby; \
-	\
-# https://github.com/docker-library/ruby/issues/196
-# https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/14387#note-13 (patch source)
-# https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/14387#note-16 ("Therefore ncopa's patch looks good for me in general." -- only breaks glibc which doesn't matter here)
-	wget -O 'thread-stack-fix.patch' 'https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/attachments/download/7081/0001-thread_pthread.c-make-get_main_stack-portable-on-lin.patch'; \
-	echo '3ab628a51d92fdf0d2b5835e93564857aea73e0c1de00313864a94a6255cb645 *thread-stack-fix.patch' | sha256sum --check --strict; \
-	patch -p1 -i thread-stack-fix.patch; \
-	rm thread-stack-fix.patch; \
-	\
-# hack in "ENABLE_PATH_CHECK" disabling to suppress:
-#   warning: Insecure world writable dir
-	{ \
-		echo '#define ENABLE_PATH_CHECK 0'; \
-		echo; \
-		cat file.c; \
-	} > file.c.new; \
-	mv file.c.new file.c; \
-	\
-	autoconf; \
-	gnuArch="$(dpkg-architecture --query DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)"; \
-	./configure \
-		--build="$gnuArch" \
-		--disable-install-doc \
-		--enable-shared \
-		${rustArch:+--enable-yjit} \
-	; \
-	make -j "$(nproc)"; \
-	make install; \
-	\
-	rm -rf /tmp/rust; \
-	runDeps="$( \
-		scanelf --needed --nobanner --format '%n#p' --recursive /usr/local \
-			| tr ',' '\n' \
-			| sort -u \
-			| awk 'system("[ -e /usr/local/lib/" $1 " ]") == 0 { next } { print "so:" $1 }' \
-	)"; \
-	apk add --no-network --virtual .ruby-rundeps $runDeps; \
-	apk del --no-network .ruby-builddeps; \
-	\
-	cd /; \
-	rm -r /usr/src/ruby; \
-# verify we have no "ruby" packages installed
-	if \
-		apk --no-network list --installed \
-			| grep -v '^[.]ruby-rundeps' \
-			| grep -i ruby \
-	; then \
-		exit 1; \
-	fi; \
-	[ "$(command -v ruby)" = '/usr/local/bin/ruby' ]; \
-# rough smoke test
-	ruby --version; \
-	gem --version; \
-	bundle --version
-
-# don't create ".bundle" in all our apps
-ENV GEM_HOME /usr/local/bundle
-ENV BUNDLE_SILENCE_ROOT_WARNING=1 \
-	BUNDLE_APP_CONFIG="$GEM_HOME"
-ENV PATH $GEM_HOME/bin:$PATH
-RUN set -eux; \
-	mkdir "$GEM_HOME"; \
-# adjust permissions of GEM_HOME for running "gem install" as an arbitrary user
-	chmod 1777 "$GEM_HOME"
-
-CMD [ "irb" ]
diff --git a/3.4-rc/alpine3.21/Dockerfile b/3.4-rc/alpine3.21/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index ae79b8a91..000000000
--- a/3.4-rc/alpine3.21/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,160 +0,0 @@
-#
-# NOTE: THIS DOCKERFILE IS GENERATED VIA "apply-templates.sh"
-#
-# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT IT DIRECTLY.
-#
-
-FROM alpine:3.21
-
-RUN set -eux; \
-	apk add --no-cache \
-		bzip2 \
-		ca-certificates \
-		gmp-dev \
-		libffi-dev \
-		procps \
-		yaml-dev \
-		zlib-dev \
-	;
-
-# skip installing gem documentation with `gem install`/`gem update`
-RUN set -eux; \
-	mkdir -p /usr/local/etc; \
-	echo 'gem: --no-document' >> /usr/local/etc/gemrc
-
-ENV LANG C.UTF-8
-
-# https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/12/12/ruby-3-4-0-rc1-released/
-ENV RUBY_VERSION 3.4.0-rc1
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_URL https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/3.4/ruby-3.4.0-rc1.tar.xz
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 9c54225747f7a786727aa6213503083d5d8ff7097505d4b7456ff60880ee4a17
-
-# some of ruby's build scripts are written in ruby
-#   we purge system ruby later to make sure our final image uses what we just built
-RUN set -eux; \
-	\
-	apk add --no-cache --virtual .ruby-builddeps \
-		autoconf \
-		bzip2 \
-		bzip2-dev \
-		ca-certificates \
-		coreutils \
-		dpkg-dev dpkg \
-		g++ \
-		gcc \
-		gdbm-dev \
-		glib-dev \
-		libc-dev \
-		libffi-dev \
-		libxml2-dev \
-		libxslt-dev \
-		linux-headers \
-		make \
-		ncurses-dev \
-		openssl \
-		openssl-dev \
-		patch \
-		procps \
-		ruby \
-		tar \
-		xz \
-		yaml-dev \
-		zlib-dev \
-	; \
-	\
-	rustArch=; \
-	apkArch="$(apk --print-arch)"; \
-	case "$apkArch" in \
-		'x86_64') rustArch='x86_64-unknown-linux-musl'; rustupUrl='https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/1.26.0/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/rustup-init'; rustupSha256='7aa9e2a380a9958fc1fc426a3323209b2c86181c6816640979580f62ff7d48d4' ;; \
-		'aarch64') rustArch='aarch64-unknown-linux-musl'; rustupUrl='https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/1.26.0/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/rustup-init'; rustupSha256='b1962dfc18e1fd47d01341e6897cace67cddfabf547ef394e8883939bd6e002e' ;; \
-	esac; \
-	\
-	if [ -n "$rustArch" ]; then \
-		mkdir -p /tmp/rust; \
-		\
-		wget -O /tmp/rust/rustup-init "$rustupUrl"; \
-		echo "$rustupSha256 */tmp/rust/rustup-init" | sha256sum --check --strict; \
-		chmod +x /tmp/rust/rustup-init; \
-		\
-		export RUSTUP_HOME='/tmp/rust/rustup' CARGO_HOME='/tmp/rust/cargo'; \
-		export PATH="$CARGO_HOME/bin:$PATH"; \
-		/tmp/rust/rustup-init -y --no-modify-path --profile minimal --default-toolchain '1.74.1' --default-host "$rustArch"; \
-		\
-		rustc --version; \
-		cargo --version; \
-	fi; \
-	\
-	wget -O ruby.tar.xz "$RUBY_DOWNLOAD_URL"; \
-	echo "$RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 *ruby.tar.xz" | sha256sum --check --strict; \
-	\
-	mkdir -p /usr/src/ruby; \
-	tar -xJf ruby.tar.xz -C /usr/src/ruby --strip-components=1; \
-	rm ruby.tar.xz; \
-	\
-	cd /usr/src/ruby; \
-	\
-# https://github.com/docker-library/ruby/issues/196
-# https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/14387#note-13 (patch source)
-# https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/14387#note-16 ("Therefore ncopa's patch looks good for me in general." -- only breaks glibc which doesn't matter here)
-	wget -O 'thread-stack-fix.patch' 'https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/attachments/download/7081/0001-thread_pthread.c-make-get_main_stack-portable-on-lin.patch'; \
-	echo '3ab628a51d92fdf0d2b5835e93564857aea73e0c1de00313864a94a6255cb645 *thread-stack-fix.patch' | sha256sum --check --strict; \
-	patch -p1 -i thread-stack-fix.patch; \
-	rm thread-stack-fix.patch; \
-	\
-# hack in "ENABLE_PATH_CHECK" disabling to suppress:
-#   warning: Insecure world writable dir
-	{ \
-		echo '#define ENABLE_PATH_CHECK 0'; \
-		echo; \
-		cat file.c; \
-	} > file.c.new; \
-	mv file.c.new file.c; \
-	\
-	autoconf; \
-	gnuArch="$(dpkg-architecture --query DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)"; \
-	./configure \
-		--build="$gnuArch" \
-		--disable-install-doc \
-		--enable-shared \
-		${rustArch:+--enable-yjit} \
-	; \
-	make -j "$(nproc)"; \
-	make install; \
-	\
-	rm -rf /tmp/rust; \
-	runDeps="$( \
-		scanelf --needed --nobanner --format '%n#p' --recursive /usr/local \
-			| tr ',' '\n' \
-			| sort -u \
-			| awk 'system("[ -e /usr/local/lib/" $1 " ]") == 0 { next } { print "so:" $1 }' \
-	)"; \
-	apk add --no-network --virtual .ruby-rundeps $runDeps; \
-	apk del --no-network .ruby-builddeps; \
-	\
-	cd /; \
-	rm -r /usr/src/ruby; \
-# verify we have no "ruby" packages installed
-	if \
-		apk --no-network list --installed \
-			| grep -v '^[.]ruby-rundeps' \
-			| grep -i ruby \
-	; then \
-		exit 1; \
-	fi; \
-	[ "$(command -v ruby)" = '/usr/local/bin/ruby' ]; \
-# rough smoke test
-	ruby --version; \
-	gem --version; \
-	bundle --version
-
-# don't create ".bundle" in all our apps
-ENV GEM_HOME /usr/local/bundle
-ENV BUNDLE_SILENCE_ROOT_WARNING=1 \
-	BUNDLE_APP_CONFIG="$GEM_HOME"
-ENV PATH $GEM_HOME/bin:$PATH
-RUN set -eux; \
-	mkdir "$GEM_HOME"; \
-# adjust permissions of GEM_HOME for running "gem install" as an arbitrary user
-	chmod 1777 "$GEM_HOME"
-
-CMD [ "irb" ]
diff --git a/3.4-rc/bookworm/Dockerfile b/3.4-rc/bookworm/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index fea2d9014..000000000
--- a/3.4-rc/bookworm/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-#
-# NOTE: THIS DOCKERFILE IS GENERATED VIA "apply-templates.sh"
-#
-# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT IT DIRECTLY.
-#
-
-FROM buildpack-deps:bookworm
-
-# skip installing gem documentation with `gem install`/`gem update`
-RUN set -eux; \
-	mkdir -p /usr/local/etc; \
-	echo 'gem: --no-document' >> /usr/local/etc/gemrc
-
-ENV LANG C.UTF-8
-
-# https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/12/12/ruby-3-4-0-rc1-released/
-ENV RUBY_VERSION 3.4.0-rc1
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_URL https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/3.4/ruby-3.4.0-rc1.tar.xz
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 9c54225747f7a786727aa6213503083d5d8ff7097505d4b7456ff60880ee4a17
-
-# some of ruby's build scripts are written in ruby
-#   we purge system ruby later to make sure our final image uses what we just built
-RUN set -eux; \
-	\
-	savedAptMark="$(apt-mark showmanual)"; \
-	apt-get update; \
-	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-		dpkg-dev \
-		libgdbm-dev \
-		ruby \
-	; \
-	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
-	\
-	rustArch=; \
-	dpkgArch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"; \
-	case "$dpkgArch" in \
-		'amd64') rustArch='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'; rustupUrl='https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/1.26.0/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustup-init'; rustupSha256='0b2f6c8f85a3d02fde2efc0ced4657869d73fccfce59defb4e8d29233116e6db' ;; \
-		'arm64') rustArch='aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu'; rustupUrl='https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/1.26.0/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustup-init'; rustupSha256='673e336c81c65e6b16dcdede33f4cc9ed0f08bde1dbe7a935f113605292dc800' ;; \
-	esac; \
-	\
-	if [ -n "$rustArch" ]; then \
-		mkdir -p /tmp/rust; \
-		\
-		wget -O /tmp/rust/rustup-init "$rustupUrl"; \
-		echo "$rustupSha256 */tmp/rust/rustup-init" | sha256sum --check --strict; \
-		chmod +x /tmp/rust/rustup-init; \
-		\
-		export RUSTUP_HOME='/tmp/rust/rustup' CARGO_HOME='/tmp/rust/cargo'; \
-		export PATH="$CARGO_HOME/bin:$PATH"; \
-		/tmp/rust/rustup-init -y --no-modify-path --profile minimal --default-toolchain '1.74.1' --default-host "$rustArch"; \
-		\
-		rustc --version; \
-		cargo --version; \
-	fi; \
-	\
-	wget -O ruby.tar.xz "$RUBY_DOWNLOAD_URL"; \
-	echo "$RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 *ruby.tar.xz" | sha256sum --check --strict; \
-	\
-	mkdir -p /usr/src/ruby; \
-	tar -xJf ruby.tar.xz -C /usr/src/ruby --strip-components=1; \
-	rm ruby.tar.xz; \
-	\
-	cd /usr/src/ruby; \
-	\
-# hack in "ENABLE_PATH_CHECK" disabling to suppress:
-#   warning: Insecure world writable dir
-	{ \
-		echo '#define ENABLE_PATH_CHECK 0'; \
-		echo; \
-		cat file.c; \
-	} > file.c.new; \
-	mv file.c.new file.c; \
-	\
-	autoconf; \
-	gnuArch="$(dpkg-architecture --query DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)"; \
-	./configure \
-		--build="$gnuArch" \
-		--disable-install-doc \
-		--enable-shared \
-		${rustArch:+--enable-yjit} \
-	; \
-	make -j "$(nproc)"; \
-	make install; \
-	\
-	rm -rf /tmp/rust; \
-	apt-mark auto '.*' > /dev/null; \
-	apt-mark manual $savedAptMark > /dev/null; \
-	find /usr/local -type f -executable -not \( -name '*tkinter*' \) -exec ldd '{}' ';' \
-		| awk '/=>/ { so = $(NF-1); if (index(so, "/usr/local/") == 1) { next }; gsub("^/(usr/)?", "", so); printf "*%s\n", so }' \
-		| sort -u \
-		| xargs -r dpkg-query --search \
-		| cut -d: -f1 \
-		| sort -u \
-		| xargs -r apt-mark manual \
-	; \
-	apt-get purge -y --auto-remove -o APT::AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant=false; \
-	\
-	cd /; \
-	rm -r /usr/src/ruby; \
-# verify we have no "ruby" packages installed
-	if dpkg -l | grep -i ruby; then exit 1; fi; \
-	[ "$(command -v ruby)" = '/usr/local/bin/ruby' ]; \
-# rough smoke test
-	ruby --version; \
-	gem --version; \
-	bundle --version
-
-# don't create ".bundle" in all our apps
-ENV GEM_HOME /usr/local/bundle
-ENV BUNDLE_SILENCE_ROOT_WARNING=1 \
-	BUNDLE_APP_CONFIG="$GEM_HOME"
-ENV PATH $GEM_HOME/bin:$PATH
-RUN set -eux; \
-	mkdir "$GEM_HOME"; \
-# adjust permissions of GEM_HOME for running "gem install" as an arbitrary user
-	chmod 1777 "$GEM_HOME"
-
-CMD [ "irb" ]
diff --git a/3.4-rc/bullseye/Dockerfile b/3.4-rc/bullseye/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index e7ea548db..000000000
--- a/3.4-rc/bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-#
-# NOTE: THIS DOCKERFILE IS GENERATED VIA "apply-templates.sh"
-#
-# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT IT DIRECTLY.
-#
-
-FROM buildpack-deps:bullseye
-
-# skip installing gem documentation with `gem install`/`gem update`
-RUN set -eux; \
-	mkdir -p /usr/local/etc; \
-	echo 'gem: --no-document' >> /usr/local/etc/gemrc
-
-ENV LANG C.UTF-8
-
-# https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/12/12/ruby-3-4-0-rc1-released/
-ENV RUBY_VERSION 3.4.0-rc1
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_URL https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/3.4/ruby-3.4.0-rc1.tar.xz
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 9c54225747f7a786727aa6213503083d5d8ff7097505d4b7456ff60880ee4a17
-
-# some of ruby's build scripts are written in ruby
-#   we purge system ruby later to make sure our final image uses what we just built
-RUN set -eux; \
-	\
-	savedAptMark="$(apt-mark showmanual)"; \
-	apt-get update; \
-	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-		dpkg-dev \
-		libgdbm-dev \
-		ruby \
-	; \
-	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
-	\
-	rustArch=; \
-	dpkgArch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"; \
-	case "$dpkgArch" in \
-		'amd64') rustArch='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'; rustupUrl='https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/1.26.0/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustup-init'; rustupSha256='0b2f6c8f85a3d02fde2efc0ced4657869d73fccfce59defb4e8d29233116e6db' ;; \
-		'arm64') rustArch='aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu'; rustupUrl='https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/1.26.0/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustup-init'; rustupSha256='673e336c81c65e6b16dcdede33f4cc9ed0f08bde1dbe7a935f113605292dc800' ;; \
-	esac; \
-	\
-	if [ -n "$rustArch" ]; then \
-		mkdir -p /tmp/rust; \
-		\
-		wget -O /tmp/rust/rustup-init "$rustupUrl"; \
-		echo "$rustupSha256 */tmp/rust/rustup-init" | sha256sum --check --strict; \
-		chmod +x /tmp/rust/rustup-init; \
-		\
-		export RUSTUP_HOME='/tmp/rust/rustup' CARGO_HOME='/tmp/rust/cargo'; \
-		export PATH="$CARGO_HOME/bin:$PATH"; \
-		/tmp/rust/rustup-init -y --no-modify-path --profile minimal --default-toolchain '1.74.1' --default-host "$rustArch"; \
-		\
-		rustc --version; \
-		cargo --version; \
-	fi; \
-	\
-	wget -O ruby.tar.xz "$RUBY_DOWNLOAD_URL"; \
-	echo "$RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 *ruby.tar.xz" | sha256sum --check --strict; \
-	\
-	mkdir -p /usr/src/ruby; \
-	tar -xJf ruby.tar.xz -C /usr/src/ruby --strip-components=1; \
-	rm ruby.tar.xz; \
-	\
-	cd /usr/src/ruby; \
-	\
-# hack in "ENABLE_PATH_CHECK" disabling to suppress:
-#   warning: Insecure world writable dir
-	{ \
-		echo '#define ENABLE_PATH_CHECK 0'; \
-		echo; \
-		cat file.c; \
-	} > file.c.new; \
-	mv file.c.new file.c; \
-	\
-	autoconf; \
-	gnuArch="$(dpkg-architecture --query DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)"; \
-	./configure \
-		--build="$gnuArch" \
-		--disable-install-doc \
-		--enable-shared \
-		${rustArch:+--enable-yjit} \
-	; \
-	make -j "$(nproc)"; \
-	make install; \
-	\
-	rm -rf /tmp/rust; \
-	apt-mark auto '.*' > /dev/null; \
-	apt-mark manual $savedAptMark > /dev/null; \
-	find /usr/local -type f -executable -not \( -name '*tkinter*' \) -exec ldd '{}' ';' \
-		| awk '/=>/ { so = $(NF-1); if (index(so, "/usr/local/") == 1) { next }; gsub("^/(usr/)?", "", so); printf "*%s\n", so }' \
-		| sort -u \
-		| xargs -r dpkg-query --search \
-		| cut -d: -f1 \
-		| sort -u \
-		| xargs -r apt-mark manual \
-	; \
-	apt-get purge -y --auto-remove -o APT::AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant=false; \
-	\
-	cd /; \
-	rm -r /usr/src/ruby; \
-# verify we have no "ruby" packages installed
-	if dpkg -l | grep -i ruby; then exit 1; fi; \
-	[ "$(command -v ruby)" = '/usr/local/bin/ruby' ]; \
-# rough smoke test
-	ruby --version; \
-	gem --version; \
-	bundle --version
-
-# don't create ".bundle" in all our apps
-ENV GEM_HOME /usr/local/bundle
-ENV BUNDLE_SILENCE_ROOT_WARNING=1 \
-	BUNDLE_APP_CONFIG="$GEM_HOME"
-ENV PATH $GEM_HOME/bin:$PATH
-RUN set -eux; \
-	mkdir "$GEM_HOME"; \
-# adjust permissions of GEM_HOME for running "gem install" as an arbitrary user
-	chmod 1777 "$GEM_HOME"
-
-CMD [ "irb" ]
diff --git a/3.4-rc/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile b/3.4-rc/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 10045e7f2..000000000
--- a/3.4-rc/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-#
-# NOTE: THIS DOCKERFILE IS GENERATED VIA "apply-templates.sh"
-#
-# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT IT DIRECTLY.
-#
-
-FROM debian:bookworm-slim
-
-RUN set -eux; \
-	apt-get update; \
-	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-		bzip2 \
-		ca-certificates \
-		libffi-dev \
-		libgmp-dev \
-		libssl-dev \
-		libyaml-dev \
-		procps \
-		zlib1g-dev \
-	; \
-	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-# skip installing gem documentation with `gem install`/`gem update`
-RUN set -eux; \
-	mkdir -p /usr/local/etc; \
-	echo 'gem: --no-document' >> /usr/local/etc/gemrc
-
-ENV LANG C.UTF-8
-
-# https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/12/12/ruby-3-4-0-rc1-released/
-ENV RUBY_VERSION 3.4.0-rc1
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_URL https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/3.4/ruby-3.4.0-rc1.tar.xz
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 9c54225747f7a786727aa6213503083d5d8ff7097505d4b7456ff60880ee4a17
-
-# some of ruby's build scripts are written in ruby
-#   we purge system ruby later to make sure our final image uses what we just built
-RUN set -eux; \
-	\
-	savedAptMark="$(apt-mark showmanual)"; \
-	apt-get update; \
-	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-		dpkg-dev \
-		libgdbm-dev \
-		ruby \
-		autoconf \
-		g++ \
-		gcc \
-		libbz2-dev \
-		libgdbm-compat-dev \
-		libglib2.0-dev \
-		libncurses-dev \
-		libxml2-dev \
-		libxslt-dev \
-		make \
-		wget \
-		xz-utils \
-	; \
-	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
-	\
-	rustArch=; \
-	dpkgArch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"; \
-	case "$dpkgArch" in \
-		'amd64') rustArch='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'; rustupUrl='https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/1.26.0/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustup-init'; rustupSha256='0b2f6c8f85a3d02fde2efc0ced4657869d73fccfce59defb4e8d29233116e6db' ;; \
-		'arm64') rustArch='aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu'; rustupUrl='https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/1.26.0/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustup-init'; rustupSha256='673e336c81c65e6b16dcdede33f4cc9ed0f08bde1dbe7a935f113605292dc800' ;; \
-	esac; \
-	\
-	if [ -n "$rustArch" ]; then \
-		mkdir -p /tmp/rust; \
-		\
-		wget -O /tmp/rust/rustup-init "$rustupUrl"; \
-		echo "$rustupSha256 */tmp/rust/rustup-init" | sha256sum --check --strict; \
-		chmod +x /tmp/rust/rustup-init; \
-		\
-		export RUSTUP_HOME='/tmp/rust/rustup' CARGO_HOME='/tmp/rust/cargo'; \
-		export PATH="$CARGO_HOME/bin:$PATH"; \
-		/tmp/rust/rustup-init -y --no-modify-path --profile minimal --default-toolchain '1.74.1' --default-host "$rustArch"; \
-		\
-		rustc --version; \
-		cargo --version; \
-	fi; \
-	\
-	wget -O ruby.tar.xz "$RUBY_DOWNLOAD_URL"; \
-	echo "$RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 *ruby.tar.xz" | sha256sum --check --strict; \
-	\
-	mkdir -p /usr/src/ruby; \
-	tar -xJf ruby.tar.xz -C /usr/src/ruby --strip-components=1; \
-	rm ruby.tar.xz; \
-	\
-	cd /usr/src/ruby; \
-	\
-# hack in "ENABLE_PATH_CHECK" disabling to suppress:
-#   warning: Insecure world writable dir
-	{ \
-		echo '#define ENABLE_PATH_CHECK 0'; \
-		echo; \
-		cat file.c; \
-	} > file.c.new; \
-	mv file.c.new file.c; \
-	\
-	autoconf; \
-	gnuArch="$(dpkg-architecture --query DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)"; \
-	./configure \
-		--build="$gnuArch" \
-		--disable-install-doc \
-		--enable-shared \
-		${rustArch:+--enable-yjit} \
-	; \
-	make -j "$(nproc)"; \
-	make install; \
-	\
-	rm -rf /tmp/rust; \
-	apt-mark auto '.*' > /dev/null; \
-	apt-mark manual $savedAptMark > /dev/null; \
-	find /usr/local -type f -executable -not \( -name '*tkinter*' \) -exec ldd '{}' ';' \
-		| awk '/=>/ { so = $(NF-1); if (index(so, "/usr/local/") == 1) { next }; gsub("^/(usr/)?", "", so); printf "*%s\n", so }' \
-		| sort -u \
-		| xargs -r dpkg-query --search \
-		| cut -d: -f1 \
-		| sort -u \
-		| xargs -r apt-mark manual \
-	; \
-	apt-get purge -y --auto-remove -o APT::AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant=false; \
-	\
-	cd /; \
-	rm -r /usr/src/ruby; \
-# verify we have no "ruby" packages installed
-	if dpkg -l | grep -i ruby; then exit 1; fi; \
-	[ "$(command -v ruby)" = '/usr/local/bin/ruby' ]; \
-# rough smoke test
-	ruby --version; \
-	gem --version; \
-	bundle --version
-
-# don't create ".bundle" in all our apps
-ENV GEM_HOME /usr/local/bundle
-ENV BUNDLE_SILENCE_ROOT_WARNING=1 \
-	BUNDLE_APP_CONFIG="$GEM_HOME"
-ENV PATH $GEM_HOME/bin:$PATH
-RUN set -eux; \
-	mkdir "$GEM_HOME"; \
-# adjust permissions of GEM_HOME for running "gem install" as an arbitrary user
-	chmod 1777 "$GEM_HOME"
-
-CMD [ "irb" ]
diff --git a/3.4-rc/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile b/3.4-rc/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 0238894b4..000000000
--- a/3.4-rc/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-#
-# NOTE: THIS DOCKERFILE IS GENERATED VIA "apply-templates.sh"
-#
-# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT IT DIRECTLY.
-#
-
-FROM debian:bullseye-slim
-
-RUN set -eux; \
-	apt-get update; \
-	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-		bzip2 \
-		ca-certificates \
-		libffi-dev \
-		libgmp-dev \
-		libssl-dev \
-		libyaml-dev \
-		procps \
-		zlib1g-dev \
-	; \
-	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-# skip installing gem documentation with `gem install`/`gem update`
-RUN set -eux; \
-	mkdir -p /usr/local/etc; \
-	echo 'gem: --no-document' >> /usr/local/etc/gemrc
-
-ENV LANG C.UTF-8
-
-# https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2024/12/12/ruby-3-4-0-rc1-released/
-ENV RUBY_VERSION 3.4.0-rc1
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_URL https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/3.4/ruby-3.4.0-rc1.tar.xz
-ENV RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 9c54225747f7a786727aa6213503083d5d8ff7097505d4b7456ff60880ee4a17
-
-# some of ruby's build scripts are written in ruby
-#   we purge system ruby later to make sure our final image uses what we just built
-RUN set -eux; \
-	\
-	savedAptMark="$(apt-mark showmanual)"; \
-	apt-get update; \
-	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-		dpkg-dev \
-		libgdbm-dev \
-		ruby \
-		autoconf \
-		g++ \
-		gcc \
-		libbz2-dev \
-		libgdbm-compat-dev \
-		libglib2.0-dev \
-		libncurses-dev \
-		libxml2-dev \
-		libxslt-dev \
-		make \
-		wget \
-		xz-utils \
-	; \
-	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
-	\
-	rustArch=; \
-	dpkgArch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"; \
-	case "$dpkgArch" in \
-		'amd64') rustArch='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'; rustupUrl='https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/1.26.0/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustup-init'; rustupSha256='0b2f6c8f85a3d02fde2efc0ced4657869d73fccfce59defb4e8d29233116e6db' ;; \
-		'arm64') rustArch='aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu'; rustupUrl='https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/1.26.0/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustup-init'; rustupSha256='673e336c81c65e6b16dcdede33f4cc9ed0f08bde1dbe7a935f113605292dc800' ;; \
-	esac; \
-	\
-	if [ -n "$rustArch" ]; then \
-		mkdir -p /tmp/rust; \
-		\
-		wget -O /tmp/rust/rustup-init "$rustupUrl"; \
-		echo "$rustupSha256 */tmp/rust/rustup-init" | sha256sum --check --strict; \
-		chmod +x /tmp/rust/rustup-init; \
-		\
-		export RUSTUP_HOME='/tmp/rust/rustup' CARGO_HOME='/tmp/rust/cargo'; \
-		export PATH="$CARGO_HOME/bin:$PATH"; \
-		/tmp/rust/rustup-init -y --no-modify-path --profile minimal --default-toolchain '1.74.1' --default-host "$rustArch"; \
-		\
-		rustc --version; \
-		cargo --version; \
-	fi; \
-	\
-	wget -O ruby.tar.xz "$RUBY_DOWNLOAD_URL"; \
-	echo "$RUBY_DOWNLOAD_SHA256 *ruby.tar.xz" | sha256sum --check --strict; \
-	\
-	mkdir -p /usr/src/ruby; \
-	tar -xJf ruby.tar.xz -C /usr/src/ruby --strip-components=1; \
-	rm ruby.tar.xz; \
-	\
-	cd /usr/src/ruby; \
-	\
-# hack in "ENABLE_PATH_CHECK" disabling to suppress:
-#   warning: Insecure world writable dir
-	{ \
-		echo '#define ENABLE_PATH_CHECK 0'; \
-		echo; \
-		cat file.c; \
-	} > file.c.new; \
-	mv file.c.new file.c; \
-	\
-	autoconf; \
-	gnuArch="$(dpkg-architecture --query DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)"; \
-	./configure \
-		--build="$gnuArch" \
-		--disable-install-doc \
-		--enable-shared \
-		${rustArch:+--enable-yjit} \
-	; \
-	make -j "$(nproc)"; \
-	make install; \
-	\
-	rm -rf /tmp/rust; \
-	apt-mark auto '.*' > /dev/null; \
-	apt-mark manual $savedAptMark > /dev/null; \
-	find /usr/local -type f -executable -not \( -name '*tkinter*' \) -exec ldd '{}' ';' \
-		| awk '/=>/ { so = $(NF-1); if (index(so, "/usr/local/") == 1) { next }; gsub("^/(usr/)?", "", so); printf "*%s\n", so }' \
-		| sort -u \
-		| xargs -r dpkg-query --search \
-		| cut -d: -f1 \
-		| sort -u \
-		| xargs -r apt-mark manual \
-	; \
-	apt-get purge -y --auto-remove -o APT::AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant=false; \
-	\
-	cd /; \
-	rm -r /usr/src/ruby; \
-# verify we have no "ruby" packages installed
-	if dpkg -l | grep -i ruby; then exit 1; fi; \
-	[ "$(command -v ruby)" = '/usr/local/bin/ruby' ]; \
-# rough smoke test
-	ruby --version; \
-	gem --version; \
-	bundle --version
-
-# don't create ".bundle" in all our apps
-ENV GEM_HOME /usr/local/bundle
-ENV BUNDLE_SILENCE_ROOT_WARNING=1 \
-	BUNDLE_APP_CONFIG="$GEM_HOME"
-ENV PATH $GEM_HOME/bin:$PATH
-RUN set -eux; \
-	mkdir "$GEM_HOME"; \
-# adjust permissions of GEM_HOME for running "gem install" as an arbitrary user
-	chmod 1777 "$GEM_HOME"
-
-CMD [ "irb" ]
diff --git a/versions.json b/versions.json
index 17c7b90fb..5df1475ba 100644
--- a/versions.json
+++ b/versions.json
@@ -246,81 +246,5 @@
       },
       "version": "1.26.0"
     }
-  },
-  "3.4-rc": {
-    "version": "3.4.0-rc1",
-    "date": "2024-12-12",
-    "post": "/en/news/2024/12/12/ruby-3-4-0-rc1-released/",
-    "tag": "v3_4_0_rc1",
-    "stats": {
-      "files_changed": 4820,
-      "insertions": 196907,
-      "deletions": 253488
-    },
-    "url": {
-      "gz": "https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/3.4/ruby-3.4.0-rc1.tar.gz",
-      "zip": "https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/3.4/ruby-3.4.0-rc1.zip",
-      "xz": "https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/3.4/ruby-3.4.0-rc1.tar.xz"
-    },
-    "size": {
-      "gz": 23055998,
-      "zip": 28323595,
-      "xz": 17116016
-    },
-    "sha1": {
-      "gz": "216e3085ab8b886b9f74943ee5b62bd2e3d86671",
-      "zip": "4ae8ce4b15ccc3f0c6f42e408c44aa287a1ccc14",
-      "xz": "1424671cdc9c4bfe3778ac159d917c8bfe6107bd"
-    },
-    "sha256": {
-      "gz": "1f3187d3366e90af6d760994f8bfe1fe8999a8ba3553ea4dcfae63e548236e2a",
-      "zip": "653162a2db627e8e5feee22a00b20acf215509d88b06ffb281bc8788ed12c74c",
-      "xz": "9c54225747f7a786727aa6213503083d5d8ff7097505d4b7456ff60880ee4a17"
-    },
-    "sha512": {
-      "gz": "0b0420a39c0bf3b38600d4e28805a581c4b5a6cf2abe41be8c8164276a8044a19e676de74eea5dd5b4d7d667d821a6144119795fea510fd4ba6e34865a2ae172",
-      "zip": "c6c6b9a0e61308e3f3303cd148613feabb2ee12d8e2fefc1f4aa1403237310f7c9be5e2031248ea89ff01cdc0bca1a66ff60f9f1f19ed9c9fccef3d7a3bbebb8",
-      "xz": "5b92a2b5829ab23735617945839e45df984b319b8932e790a8e0c6f681b9bd74249511a76345516cc216c002ed7887bdd27151501491d5ecedc20acd3fb57cc5"
-    },
-    "variants": [
-      "bookworm",
-      "slim-bookworm",
-      "bullseye",
-      "slim-bullseye",
-      "alpine3.21",
-      "alpine3.20"
-    ],
-    "rust": {
-      "version": "1.74.1"
-    },
-    "rustup": {
-      "arches": {
-        "amd64": {
-          "glibc": {
-            "arch": "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
-            "sha256": "0b2f6c8f85a3d02fde2efc0ced4657869d73fccfce59defb4e8d29233116e6db",
-            "url": "https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/1.26.0/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustup-init"
-          },
-          "musl": {
-            "arch": "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl",
-            "sha256": "7aa9e2a380a9958fc1fc426a3323209b2c86181c6816640979580f62ff7d48d4",
-            "url": "https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/1.26.0/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/rustup-init"
-          }
-        },
-        "arm64v8": {
-          "glibc": {
-            "arch": "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu",
-            "sha256": "673e336c81c65e6b16dcdede33f4cc9ed0f08bde1dbe7a935f113605292dc800",
-            "url": "https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/1.26.0/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/rustup-init"
-          },
-          "musl": {
-            "arch": "aarch64-unknown-linux-musl",
-            "sha256": "b1962dfc18e1fd47d01341e6897cace67cddfabf547ef394e8883939bd6e002e",
-            "url": "https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/1.26.0/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/rustup-init"
-          }
-        }
-      },
-      "version": "1.26.0"
-    }
   }
 }