4 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/chars.rb b/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/chars.rb
index c1cf324dc5..6a2fdb483f 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/chars.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/chars.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
-require File.expand_path('../../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
-require File.expand_path('../../fixtures/classes', __FILE__)
+require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
+require_relative '../fixtures/classes'
 
 describe :string_chars, shared: true do
   it "passes each char in self to the given block" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/each_char_without_block.rb b/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/each_char_without_block.rb
index 40808cfd9f..397100ce0e 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/each_char_without_block.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/each_char_without_block.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
-require File.expand_path('../../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
-require File.expand_path('../../fixtures/classes', __FILE__)
+require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
+require_relative '../fixtures/classes'
 
 describe :string_each_char_without_block, shared: true do
   describe "when no block is given" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/eql.rb b/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/eql.rb
index 92dfa91923..85b861f4f1 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/eql.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/eql.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- encoding: binary -*-
-require File.expand_path('../../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
-require File.expand_path('../../fixtures/classes', __FILE__)
+require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
+require_relative '../fixtures/classes'
 
 describe :string_eql_value, shared: true do
   it "returns true if self <=> string returns 0" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/equal_value.rb b/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/equal_value.rb
index 6df76478c7..d797cb1483 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/equal_value.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/string/shared/equal_value.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-require File.expand_path('../../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
-require File.expand_path('../../fixtures/classes', __FILE__)
+require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
+require_relative '../fixtures/classes'
 
 describe :string_equal_value, shared: true do
   it "returns false if obj does not respond to to_str" do