1 files changed, 5 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/shared/string/times.rb b/spec/ruby/shared/string/times.rb
index cd4edf5340..aaf748bad9 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/shared/string/times.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/shared/string/times.rb
@@ -32,36 +32,14 @@ describe :string_times, shared: true do
     @object.call("", max_long).should == ""
   end
 
-  ruby_version_is ''...'3.0' do
-    it "returns subclass instances" do
-      @object.call(MyString.new("cool"), 0).should be_an_instance_of(MyString)
-      @object.call(MyString.new("cool"), 1).should be_an_instance_of(MyString)
-      @object.call(MyString.new("cool"), 2).should be_an_instance_of(MyString)
-    end
-  end
-
-  ruby_version_is '3.0' do
-    it "returns String instances" do
-      @object.call(MyString.new("cool"), 0).should be_an_instance_of(String)
-      @object.call(MyString.new("cool"), 1).should be_an_instance_of(String)
-      @object.call(MyString.new("cool"), 2).should be_an_instance_of(String)
-    end
-  end
-
-  ruby_version_is ''...'2.7' do
-    it "always taints the result when self is tainted" do
-      ["", "OK", MyString.new(""), MyString.new("OK")].each do |str|
-        str.taint
-
-        [0, 1, 2].each do |arg|
-          @object.call(str, arg).should.tainted?
-        end
-      end
-    end
+  it "returns String instances" do
+    @object.call(MyString.new("cool"), 0).should be_an_instance_of(String)
+    @object.call(MyString.new("cool"), 1).should be_an_instance_of(String)
+    @object.call(MyString.new("cool"), 2).should be_an_instance_of(String)
   end
 
   it "returns a String in the same encoding as self" do
-    str = "\xE3\x81\x82".force_encoding Encoding::UTF_8
+    str = "\xE3\x81\x82".dup.force_encoding Encoding::UTF_8
     result = @object.call(str, 2)
     result.encoding.should equal(Encoding::UTF_8)
   end