1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/library/rexml/attribute/to_string_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/library/rexml/attribute/to_string_spec.rb
index 420913afeb..f26c5b85f0 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/library/rexml/attribute/to_string_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/library/rexml/attribute/to_string_spec.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
-require 'rexml/document'
 
-describe "REXML::Attribute#to_string" do
-  it "returns the attribute as XML" do
-    attr = REXML::Attribute.new("name", "value")
-    attr_empty = REXML::Attribute.new("name")
-    attr_ns = REXML::Attribute.new("xmlns:ns", "http://uri")
+ruby_version_is ''...'2.8' do
+  require 'rexml/document'
 
-    attr.to_string.should == "name='value'"
-    attr_empty.to_string.should == "name=''"
-    attr_ns.to_string.should == "xmlns:ns='http://uri'"
+  describe "REXML::Attribute#to_string" do
+    it "returns the attribute as XML" do
+      attr = REXML::Attribute.new("name", "value")
+      attr_empty = REXML::Attribute.new("name")
+      attr_ns = REXML::Attribute.new("xmlns:ns", "http://uri")
+
+      attr.to_string.should == "name='value'"
+      attr_empty.to_string.should == "name=''"
+      attr_ns.to_string.should == "xmlns:ns='http://uri'"
+    end
   end
 end