3 files changed, 19 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/module/ruby2_keywords_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/module/ruby2_keywords_spec.rb
index dc16d712c7..a72612a670 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/module/ruby2_keywords_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/module/ruby2_keywords_spec.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ describe "Module#ruby2_keywords" do
     end
 
     h = {a: 1}
-    obj.regular(**h).should.equal?(h)
 
     last = mark(**h).last
     Hash.ruby2_keywords_hash?(last).should == true
diff --git a/spec/ruby/language/hash_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/language/hash_spec.rb
index 9e2b9bd4c5..6ac382c42c 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/language/hash_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/language/hash_spec.rb
@@ -220,15 +220,17 @@ describe "The ** operator" do
     h.should == { one: 1, two: 2 }
   end
 
-  it "does not copy when calling a method taking a positional Hash" do
-    def m(h)
-      h.delete(:one); h
-    end
+  ruby_bug "#20012", ""..."3.3" do
+    it "makes a copy when calling a method taking a positional Hash" do
+      def m(h)
+        h.delete(:one); h
+      end
 
-    h = { one: 1, two: 2 }
-    m(**h).should == { two: 2 }
-    m(**h).should.equal?(h)
-    h.should == { two: 2 }
+      h = { one: 1, two: 2 }
+      m(**h).should == { two: 2 }
+      m(**h).should_not.equal?(h)
+      h.should == { one: 1, two: 2 }
+    end
   end
 
   ruby_version_is "3.1" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/language/keyword_arguments_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/language/keyword_arguments_spec.rb
index e2c816f622..ffb5b1fab0 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/language/keyword_arguments_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/language/keyword_arguments_spec.rb
@@ -87,13 +87,16 @@ describe "Keyword arguments" do
   end
 
   context "**" do
-    it "does not copy a non-empty Hash for a method taking (*args)" do
-      def m(*args)
-        args[0]
-      end
+    ruby_version_is "3.3" do
+      it "copies a non-empty Hash for a method taking (*args)" do
+        def m(*args)
+          args[0]
+        end
 
-      h = {a: 1}
-      m(**h).should.equal?(h)
+        h = {a: 1}
+        m(**h).should_not.equal?(h)
+        h.should == {a: 1}
+      end
     end
 
     it "copies the given Hash for a method taking (**kwargs)" do