1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/library/stringscanner/string_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/library/stringscanner/string_spec.rb
index 080c0dfcf1..6cbbff4822 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/library/stringscanner/string_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/library/stringscanner/string_spec.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 require 'strscan'
 
 describe "StringScanner#string" do
   before :each do
-    @string = "This is a test"
+    @string = +"This is a test"
     @s = StringScanner.new(@string)
   end
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ describe "StringScanner#string" do
   end
 
   it "returns the identical object passed in" do
-    @s.string.equal?(@string).should be_true
+    @s.string.equal?(@string).should == true
   end
 end