diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c7a0c4ebc2c..9a9a423425d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -68,3 +68,6 @@ node_modules/
 
 # Jetbrains IDE files
 .idea
+
+# cargo build directory
+/target
diff --git a/rust/extractor/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
similarity index 97%
rename from rust/extractor/Cargo.lock
rename to Cargo.lock
index 5c43290efdb..fcd7d806843 100644
--- a/rust/extractor/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
-version = "1.0.86"
+version = "1.0.87"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b3d1d046238990b9cf5bcde22a3fb3584ee5cf65fb2765f454ed428c7a0063da"
+checksum = "10f00e1f6e58a40e807377c75c6a7f97bf9044fab57816f2414e6f5f4499d7b8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "arrayvec"
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ checksum = "79296716171880943b8470b5f8d03aa55eb2e645a4874bdbb28adb49162e012c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytemuck"
-version = "1.17.1"
+version = "1.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "773d90827bc3feecfb67fab12e24de0749aad83c74b9504ecde46237b5cd24e2"
+checksum = "94bbb0ad554ad961ddc5da507a12a29b14e4ae5bda06b19f575a3e6079d2e2ae"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
@@ -197,9 +197,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.1.16"
+version = "1.1.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e9d013ecb737093c0e86b151a7b837993cf9ec6c502946cfb44bedc392421e0b"
+checksum = "b62ac837cdb5cb22e10a256099b4fc502b1dfe560cb282963a974d7abd80e476"
 dependencies = [
  "shlex",
 ]
@@ -338,6 +338,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "tree-sitter-ql",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "codeql-extractor-ruby"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap",
+ "codeql-extractor",
+ "encoding",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "rayon",
+ "regex",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+ "tree-sitter",
+ "tree-sitter-embedded-template",
+ "tree-sitter-ruby",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "codeql-rust"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -654,9 +671,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "globset"
-version = "0.4.14"
+version = "0.4.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "57da3b9b5b85bd66f31093f8c408b90a74431672542466497dcbdfdc02034be1"
+checksum = "15f1ce686646e7f1e19bf7d5533fe443a45dbfb990e00629110797578b42fb19"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "bstr",
@@ -1911,18 +1928,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.209"
+version = "1.0.210"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "99fce0ffe7310761ca6bf9faf5115afbc19688edd00171d81b1bb1b116c63e09"
+checksum = "c8e3592472072e6e22e0a54d5904d9febf8508f65fb8552499a1abc7d1078c3a"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.209"
+version = "1.0.210"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a5831b979fd7b5439637af1752d535ff49f4860c0f341d1baeb6faf0f4242170"
+checksum = "243902eda00fad750862fc144cea25caca5e20d615af0a81bee94ca738f1df1f"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -2203,6 +2220,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "tree-sitter-language",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tree-sitter-embedded-template"
+version = "0.23.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-embedded-template.git?rev=62b0a6e45900a7dff7c37da95fec20a09968ba52#62b0a6e45900a7dff7c37da95fec20a09968ba52"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "tree-sitter-language",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tree-sitter-json"
 version = "0.23.0"
@@ -2227,6 +2253,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "tree-sitter-language",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tree-sitter-ruby"
+version = "0.23.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-ruby.git?rev=a66579f70d6f50ffd81a16fc3d3358e2ac173c88#a66579f70d6f50ffd81a16fc3d3358e2ac173c88"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "tree-sitter-language",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "triomphe"
 version = "0.1.13"
@@ -2254,9 +2289,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
-version = "1.0.12"
+version = "1.0.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3354b9ac3fae1ff6755cb6db53683adb661634f67557942dea4facebec0fee4b"
+checksum = "e91b56cd4cadaeb79bbf1a5645f6b4f8dc5bde8834ad5894a8db35fda9efa1fe"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-properties"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5f095736c8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# This is the shared workspace file for extractor using shared/tree-sitter/extractor
+[workspace]
+
+resolver = "2"
+members = [
+    "shared/tree-sitter-extractor",
+    "ruby/extractor",
+    "rust/extractor",
+]
+
+[patch.crates-io]
+# patch for build script bug preventing bazel build
+# see https://github.com/rust-lang/rustc_apfloat/pull/17
+rustc_apfloat = { git = "https://github.com/redsun82/rustc_apfloat.git", rev = "096d585100636bc2e9f09d7eefec38c5b334d47b" }
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 106e96c0c6a..b2d4273f52c 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -47,35 +47,23 @@ cp.from_cargo(
 )
 use_repo(cp, "py_deps")
 
-# crate_ruby, but shortened due to windows file paths
+# deps for ruby+rust, but shortened due to windows file paths
 r = use_extension(
     "@rules_rust//crate_universe:extension.bzl",
     "crate",
     isolate = True,
 )
 r.from_cargo(
-    name = "rd",
-    cargo_lockfile = "//ruby/extractor:Cargo.lock",
+    name = "r",
+    cargo_lockfile = "//:Cargo.lock",
     manifests = [
+        "//:Cargo.toml",
         "//ruby/extractor:Cargo.toml",
-        "//ruby/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate:Cargo.toml",
-    ],
-)
-use_repo(r, ruby_deps = "rd")
-
-rsp = use_extension(
-    "@rules_rust//crate_universe:extension.bzl",
-    "crate",
-    isolate = True,
-)
-rsp.from_cargo(
-    name = "rs_deps",
-    cargo_lockfile = "//rust/extractor:Cargo.lock",
-    manifests = [
         "//rust/extractor:Cargo.toml",
+        "//shared/tree-sitter-extractor:Cargo.toml",
     ],
 )
-use_repo(rsp, rust_deps = "rs_deps")
+use_repo(r, tree_sitter_extractors_deps = "r")
 
 dotnet = use_extension("@rules_dotnet//dotnet:extensions.bzl", "dotnet")
 dotnet.toolchain(dotnet_version = "8.0.101")
diff --git a/config/identical-files.json b/config/identical-files.json
index 44835401e51..d14052c12d8 100644
--- a/config/identical-files.json
+++ b/config/identical-files.json
@@ -355,10 +355,5 @@
   "Python model summaries test extension": [
     "python/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/model-summaries/InlineTaintTest.ext.yml",
     "python/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/model-summaries/NormalDataflowTest.ext.yml"
-  ],
-  "shared tree-sitter extractor cargo.toml": [
-    "shared/tree-sitter-extractor/Cargo.toml",
-    "ruby/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/Cargo.toml",
-    "rust/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/Cargo.toml"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/ruby/extractor/.cargo/config.toml b/ruby/extractor/.cargo/config.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e8c45cb78b..00000000000
--- a/ruby/extractor/.cargo/config.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-paths = ["../../shared/tree-sitter-extractor"]
diff --git a/ruby/extractor/BUILD.bazel b/ruby/extractor/BUILD.bazel
index e3c2a387af5..203f90310fa 100644
--- a/ruby/extractor/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/ruby/extractor/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-load("@ruby_deps//:defs.bzl", "aliases", "all_crate_deps")
+load("@tree_sitter_extractors_deps//:defs.bzl", "aliases", "all_crate_deps")
 load("//misc/bazel:rust.bzl", "codeql_rust_binary")
 
 codeql_rust_binary(
diff --git a/ruby/extractor/Cargo.lock b/ruby/extractor/Cargo.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index d32d1bd6981..00000000000
Binary files a/ruby/extractor/Cargo.lock and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/ruby/extractor/Cargo.toml b/ruby/extractor/Cargo.toml
index 89e0d3cf9db..bd0cde9bb02 100644
--- a/ruby/extractor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ruby/extractor/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-[workspace]
 [package]
 name = "codeql-extractor-ruby"
 description = "CodeQL Ruby extractor"
@@ -16,8 +15,6 @@ tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 rayon = "1.5.0"
 regex = "1.7.1"
 encoding = "0.2"
-lazy_static = "1.4.0" 
-# Ideally, we'd like to pull this in via a relative path.
-# However, our bazel/rust tooling chokes on this, c.f. https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_rust/issues/1525
-# Therefore, we have a pretty bad hack in place instead, see README.md in the codeql-extractor-fake-crate directory.
-codeql-extractor = { path = "codeql-extractor-fake-crate" }
+lazy_static = "1.4.0"
+
+codeql-extractor = { path = "../../shared/tree-sitter-extractor" }
diff --git a/ruby/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/BUILD.bazel b/ruby/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/BUILD.bazel
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d..00000000000
diff --git a/ruby/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/Cargo.toml b/ruby/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index d7d1e0f37ab..00000000000
--- a/ruby/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "codeql-extractor"
-version = "0.2.0"
-edition = "2021"
-authors = ["GitHub"]
-
-[dependencies]
-flate2 = "1.0"
-globset = "0.4"
-tree-sitter = ">= 0.23.0"
-tracing = "0.1"
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
-rayon = "1.5.0"
-regex = "1.7.1"
-encoding = "0.2"
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = "1.0"
-chrono = { version = "0.4.19", features = ["serde"] }
-num_cpus = "1.14.0"
-
-[dev-dependencies]
-tree-sitter-ql = { git = "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-ql" }
-tree-sitter-json = {git = "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-json" }
-rand = "0.8.5"
-
diff --git a/ruby/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/README.md b/ruby/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 71f7ec8974b..00000000000
--- a/ruby/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-We're presenting a fake crate in this workspace that ensures that the correct crate dependencies from the shared tree sitter
-extractor can be parsed by Bazel (which doesn't resolve path dependencies outside of the cargo workspace unfortunately).
-
-The sync-identical-files script keeps this up-to-date.
-For local development and IDEs, we override the path to `codeql-extractor` using the `.cargo/config.toml` mechanism.
-Bazel doesn't actually do anything with path dependencies except to pull in their dependency tree, so we manually
-specify the dependency from the ruby extractor to the shared extractor in `BUILD.bazel`.
diff --git a/ruby/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/src/lib.rs b/ruby/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/src/lib.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b137891791..00000000000
--- a/ruby/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/src/lib.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-
diff --git a/rust/extractor/.cargo/config.toml b/rust/extractor/.cargo/config.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e8c45cb78b..00000000000
--- a/rust/extractor/.cargo/config.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-paths = ["../../shared/tree-sitter-extractor"]
diff --git a/rust/extractor/BUILD.bazel b/rust/extractor/BUILD.bazel
index ffda10101d0..924d5e01497 100644
--- a/rust/extractor/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/rust/extractor/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-load("@rust_deps//:defs.bzl", "aliases", "all_crate_deps")
+load("@tree_sitter_extractors_deps//:defs.bzl", "aliases", "all_crate_deps")
 load("//misc/bazel:rust.bzl", "codeql_rust_binary")
 
 codeql_rust_binary(
diff --git a/rust/extractor/Cargo.toml b/rust/extractor/Cargo.toml
index 0385b3d6dd5..c849ea4aa46 100644
--- a/rust/extractor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/extractor/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-[workspace]
-
 [package]
 name = "codeql-rust"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -27,9 +25,4 @@ triomphe = "0.1.13"
 # Ideally, we'd like to pull this in via a relative path.
 # However, our bazel/rust tooling chokes on this, c.f. https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_rust/issues/1525
 # Therefore, we have a pretty bad hack in place instead, see README.md in the codeql-extractor-fake-crate directory.
-codeql-extractor = { path = "codeql-extractor-fake-crate" }
-
-[patch.crates-io]
-# patch for build script bug preventing bazel build
-# see https://github.com/rust-lang/rustc_apfloat/pull/17
-rustc_apfloat = { git = "https://github.com/redsun82/rustc_apfloat.git", rev = "096d585100636bc2e9f09d7eefec38c5b334d47b" }
+codeql-extractor = { path = "../../shared/tree-sitter-extractor" }
diff --git a/rust/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/BUILD.bazel b/rust/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/BUILD.bazel
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d..00000000000
diff --git a/rust/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/Cargo.toml b/rust/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index d7d1e0f37ab..00000000000
--- a/rust/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "codeql-extractor"
-version = "0.2.0"
-edition = "2021"
-authors = ["GitHub"]
-
-[dependencies]
-flate2 = "1.0"
-globset = "0.4"
-tree-sitter = ">= 0.23.0"
-tracing = "0.1"
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
-rayon = "1.5.0"
-regex = "1.7.1"
-encoding = "0.2"
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = "1.0"
-chrono = { version = "0.4.19", features = ["serde"] }
-num_cpus = "1.14.0"
-
-[dev-dependencies]
-tree-sitter-ql = { git = "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-ql" }
-tree-sitter-json = {git = "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-json" }
-rand = "0.8.5"
-
diff --git a/rust/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/README.md b/rust/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 71f7ec8974b..00000000000
--- a/rust/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-We're presenting a fake crate in this workspace that ensures that the correct crate dependencies from the shared tree sitter
-extractor can be parsed by Bazel (which doesn't resolve path dependencies outside of the cargo workspace unfortunately).
-
-The sync-identical-files script keeps this up-to-date.
-For local development and IDEs, we override the path to `codeql-extractor` using the `.cargo/config.toml` mechanism.
-Bazel doesn't actually do anything with path dependencies except to pull in their dependency tree, so we manually
-specify the dependency from the ruby extractor to the shared extractor in `BUILD.bazel`.
diff --git a/rust/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/src/lib.rs b/rust/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/src/lib.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b137891791..00000000000
--- a/rust/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate/src/lib.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-
diff --git a/shared/tree-sitter-extractor/BUILD.bazel b/shared/tree-sitter-extractor/BUILD.bazel
index e57a9f47ca1..dc9001a32d2 100644
--- a/shared/tree-sitter-extractor/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/shared/tree-sitter-extractor/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-load("@ruby_deps//:defs.bzl", "aliases", "all_crate_deps")
 load("@rules_rust//rust:defs.bzl", "rust_library")
+load("@tree_sitter_extractors_deps//:defs.bzl", "aliases", "all_crate_deps")
 
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ rust_library(
     compile_data = [
         "src/generator/prefix.dbscheme",
     ],
-    deps = all_crate_deps(package_name = "ruby/extractor/codeql-extractor-fake-crate"),
+    deps = all_crate_deps(),
 )