1 files changed, 9 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/language/def_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/language/def_spec.rb
index 6b0be19d90..42e721c68c 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/language/def_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/language/def_spec.rb
@@ -197,32 +197,15 @@ describe "An instance method with a default argument" do
     foo(2,3,3).should == [2,3,[3]]
   end
 
-  ruby_version_is ''...'2.7' do
-    it "warns and uses a nil value when there is an existing local method with same name" do
-      def bar
-        1
-      end
-      -> {
-        eval "def foo(bar = bar)
-          bar
-        end"
-      }.should complain(/circular argument reference/)
-      foo.should == nil
-      foo(2).should == 2
-    end
-  end
-
-  ruby_version_is '2.7' do
-    it "raises a syntaxError an existing method with the same name as the local variable" do
-      def bar
-        1
-      end
-      -> {
-        eval "def foo(bar = bar)
-          bar
-        end"
-      }.should raise_error(SyntaxError)
+  it "raises a SyntaxError when there is an existing method with the same name as the local variable" do
+    def bar
+      1
     end
+    -> {
+      eval "def foo(bar = bar)
+        bar
+      end"
+    }.should raise_error(SyntaxError)
   end
 
   it "calls a method with the same name as the local when explicitly using ()" do
@@ -255,7 +238,7 @@ describe "A singleton method definition" do
   end
 
   it "can be declared for a global variable" do
-    $__a__ = "hi"
+    $__a__ = +"hi"
     def $__a__.foo
       7
     end