1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/matchdata/element_reference_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/matchdata/element_reference_spec.rb
index 0e0d3991cb..806db2d7b5 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/matchdata/element_reference_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/matchdata/element_reference_spec.rb
@@ -48,11 +48,9 @@ describe "MatchData#[]" do
     /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.")[nil..nil].should == %w|HX1138 H X 113 8|
   end
 
-  ruby_version_is "3.0" do
-    it "returns instances of String when given a String subclass" do
-      str = MatchDataSpecs::MyString.new("THX1138.")
-      /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match(str)[0..-1].each { |m| m.should be_an_instance_of(String) }
-    end
+  it "returns instances of String when given a String subclass" do
+    str = MatchDataSpecs::MyString.new("THX1138.")
+    /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match(str)[0..-1].each { |m| m.should be_an_instance_of(String) }
   end
 end
 
@@ -115,7 +113,7 @@ describe "MatchData#[Symbol]" do
 
   it "returns matches in the String's encoding" do
     rex = /(?<t>t(?<a>ack))/u
-    md = 'haystack'.force_encoding('euc-jp').match(rex)
+    md = 'haystack'.dup.force_encoding('euc-jp').match(rex)
     md[:t].encoding.should == Encoding::EUC_JP
   end
 end