1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/symbol/intern_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/symbol/intern_spec.rb
index ea04b87e8a..746d313d40 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/symbol/intern_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/symbol/intern_spec.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 
 describe "Symbol#intern" do
-  it "returns self" do
-    :foo.intern.should == :foo
-  end
-
-  it "returns a Symbol" do
-    :foo.intern.should be_kind_of(Symbol)
+  it "is an alias of Symbol#to_sym" do
+    Symbol.instance_method(:intern).should == Symbol.instance_method(:to_sym)
   end
 end