1 files changed, 21 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/library/rexml/attribute/namespace_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/library/rexml/attribute/namespace_spec.rb
index 9d50770735..9b0ff1e9c2 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/library/rexml/attribute/namespace_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/library/rexml/attribute/namespace_spec.rb
@@ -1,24 +1,27 @@
 require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
-require 'rexml/document'
 
-describe "REXML::Attribute#namespace" do
-  it "returns the namespace url" do
-    e = REXML::Element.new("root")
-    e.add_attribute REXML::Attribute.new("xmlns:ns", "http://some_uri")
-    e.namespace("ns").should == "http://some_uri"
-  end
+ruby_version_is ''...'2.8' do
+  require 'rexml/document'
 
-  it "returns nil if namespace is not defined" do
-    e = REXML::Element.new("root")
-    e.add_attribute REXML::Attribute.new("test", "value")
-    e.namespace("test").should == nil
-    e.namespace("ns").should == nil
-  end
+  describe "REXML::Attribute#namespace" do
+    it "returns the namespace url" do
+      e = REXML::Element.new("root")
+      e.add_attribute REXML::Attribute.new("xmlns:ns", "http://some_uri")
+      e.namespace("ns").should == "http://some_uri"
+    end
+
+    it "returns nil if namespace is not defined" do
+      e = REXML::Element.new("root")
+      e.add_attribute REXML::Attribute.new("test", "value")
+      e.namespace("test").should == nil
+      e.namespace("ns").should == nil
+    end
 
-  it "defaults arg to nil" do
-    e = REXML::Element.new("root")
-    e.add_attribute REXML::Attribute.new("xmlns:ns", "http://some_uri")
-    e.namespace.should == ""
-    e.namespace("ns").should == "http://some_uri"
+    it "defaults arg to nil" do
+      e = REXML::Element.new("root")
+      e.add_attribute REXML::Attribute.new("xmlns:ns", "http://some_uri")
+      e.namespace.should == ""
+      e.namespace("ns").should == "http://some_uri"
+    end
   end
 end