7 files changed, 5 insertions, 69 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/argf/bytes_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/argf/bytes_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index bf35ded1db..0000000000
--- a/spec/ruby/core/argf/bytes_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-require_relative '../../spec_helper'
-require_relative 'shared/each_byte'
-
-ruby_version_is ''...'3.0' do
-  describe "ARGF.bytes" do
-    before :each do
-      @verbose, $VERBOSE = $VERBOSE, nil
-    end
-
-    after :each do
-      $VERBOSE = @verbose
-    end
-
-    it_behaves_like :argf_each_byte, :bytes
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/argf/chars_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/argf/chars_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 6af73cdabb..0000000000
--- a/spec/ruby/core/argf/chars_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-require_relative '../../spec_helper'
-require_relative 'shared/each_char'
-
-ruby_version_is ''...'3.0' do
-  describe "ARGF.chars" do
-    before :each do
-      @verbose, $VERBOSE = $VERBOSE, nil
-    end
-
-    after :each do
-      $VERBOSE = @verbose
-    end
-
-    it_behaves_like :argf_each_char, :chars
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/argf/codepoints_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/argf/codepoints_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index bb28c17fbb..0000000000
--- a/spec/ruby/core/argf/codepoints_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-require_relative '../../spec_helper'
-require_relative 'shared/each_codepoint'
-
-ruby_version_is ''...'3.0' do
-  describe "ARGF.codepoints" do
-    before :each do
-      @verbose, $VERBOSE = $VERBOSE, nil
-    end
-
-    after :each do
-      $VERBOSE = @verbose
-    end
-
-    it_behaves_like :argf_each_codepoint, :codepoints
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/argf/lines_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/argf/lines_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index e964dbd0d3..0000000000
--- a/spec/ruby/core/argf/lines_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-require_relative '../../spec_helper'
-require_relative 'shared/each_line'
-
-ruby_version_is ''...'3.0' do
-  describe "ARGF.lines" do
-    before :each do
-      @verbose, $VERBOSE = $VERBOSE, nil
-    end
-
-    after :each do
-      $VERBOSE = @verbose
-    end
-
-    it_behaves_like :argf_each_line, :lines
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/argf/readpartial_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/argf/readpartial_spec.rb
index 5e284b3423..ea4301f25c 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/argf/readpartial_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/argf/readpartial_spec.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe "ARGF.readpartial" do
 
   it "clears output buffer even if EOFError is raised because @argf is at end" do
     begin
-      output = "to be cleared"
+      output = +"to be cleared"
 
       argf [@file1_name] do
         @argf.read
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ describe "ARGF.readpartial" do
       print ARGF.readpartial(#{@stdin.size})
       ARGF.readpartial(1) rescue print $!.class
     STR
-    stdin = ruby_exe(ruby_str, args: "< #{@stdin_name}", escape: true)
+    stdin = ruby_exe(ruby_str, args: "< #{@stdin_name}")
     stdin.should == @stdin + "EOFError"
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/argf/shared/getc.rb b/spec/ruby/core/argf/shared/getc.rb
index 8be39c60b6..d63372d9d7 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/argf/shared/getc.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/argf/shared/getc.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe :argf_getc, shared: true do
 
   it "reads each char of files" do
     argf [@file1, @file2] do
-      chars = ""
+      chars = +""
       @chars.size.times { chars << @argf.send(@method) }
       chars.should == @chars
     end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/argf/shared/read.rb b/spec/ruby/core/argf/shared/read.rb
index fe903983c0..e76d022139 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/argf/shared/read.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/argf/shared/read.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ describe :argf_read, shared: true do
 
   it "treats second argument as an output buffer" do
     argf [@file1_name] do
-      buffer = ""
+      buffer = +""
       @argf.send(@method, @file1.size, buffer)
       buffer.should == @file1
     end
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ describe :argf_read, shared: true do
 
   it "clears output buffer before appending to it" do
     argf [@file1_name] do
-      buffer = "to be cleared"
+      buffer = +"to be cleared"
       @argf.send(@method, @file1.size, buffer)
       buffer.should == @file1
     end