1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/library/yaml/dump_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/library/yaml/dump_spec.rb
index 3107a8f51d..ea94b2f856 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/library/yaml/dump_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/library/yaml/dump_spec.rb
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
-require_relative 'fixtures/common'
 
-# TODO: WTF is this using a global?
+require 'yaml'
+
 describe "YAML.dump" do
+  before :each do
+    @test_file = tmp("yaml_test_file")
+  end
+
   after :each do
-    rm_r $test_file
+    rm_r @test_file
   end
 
   it "converts an object to YAML and write result to io when io provided" do
-    File.open($test_file, 'w' ) do |io|
+    File.open(@test_file, 'w' ) do |io|
       YAML.dump( ['badger', 'elephant', 'tiger'], io )
     end
-    YAML.load_file($test_file).should == ['badger', 'elephant', 'tiger']
+    YAML.load_file(@test_file).should == ['badger', 'elephant', 'tiger']
   end
 
   it "returns a string containing dumped YAML when no io provided" do