diff --git a/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/BaseTranslator.scala b/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/BaseTranslator.scala
index 421038bfa..1dd550666 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/BaseTranslator.scala
+++ b/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/BaseTranslator.scala
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ abstract class BaseTranslator(val provider: TypeProvider)
     doIntLiteral(CommonSizeOf.getByteSizeOfClassSpec(cs))
 
   def doArrayLiteral(t: DataType, value: Seq[Ast.expr]): String = "[" + value.map((v) => translate(v)).mkString(", ") + "]"
-  def doByteArrayLiteral(arr: Seq[Byte]): String = "[" + arr.map(_ & 0xff).mkString(", ") + "]"
+  def doByteArrayLiteral(arr: Seq[Byte]): String
   def doByteArrayNonLiteral(elts: Seq[Ast.expr]): String = ???
 
   def doLocalName(s: String): String = doName(s)
diff --git a/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/RubyTranslator.scala b/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/RubyTranslator.scala
index 8018430dc..6203d21fb 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/RubyTranslator.scala
+++ b/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/translators/RubyTranslator.scala
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import io.kaitai.struct.languages.RubyCompiler
 class RubyTranslator(provider: TypeProvider) extends BaseTranslator(provider)
   with ByteArraysAsTrueArrays[String] {
   override def doByteArrayLiteral(arr: Seq[Byte]): String =
-    s"${super.doByteArrayLiteral(arr)}.pack('C*')"
+    s"[${arr.map(_ & 0xff).mkString(", ")}].pack('C*')"
   override def doByteArrayNonLiteral(elts: Seq[Ast.expr]): String =
     s"[${elts.map(translate).mkString(", ")}].pack('C*')"