1 files changed, 15 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/library/rexml/attributes/element_reference_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/library/rexml/attributes/element_reference_spec.rb
index dac7952669..86e0c57fc9 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/library/rexml/attributes/element_reference_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/library/rexml/attributes/element_reference_spec.rb
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
-require 'rexml/document'
 
-describe "REXML::Attributes#[]" do
-  before :each do
-    @e = REXML::Element.new("root")
-    @lang = REXML::Attribute.new("language", "english")
-    @e.attributes << @lang
-  end
+ruby_version_is ''...'2.8' do
+  require 'rexml/document'
 
-  it "returns the value of an attribute" do
-    @e.attributes["language"].should == "english"
-  end
+  describe "REXML::Attributes#[]" do
+    before :each do
+      @e = REXML::Element.new("root")
+      @lang = REXML::Attribute.new("language", "english")
+      @e.attributes << @lang
+    end
+
+    it "returns the value of an attribute" do
+      @e.attributes["language"].should == "english"
+    end
 
-  it "returns nil if the attribute does not exist" do
-    @e.attributes["chunky bacon"].should == nil
+    it "returns nil if the attribute does not exist" do
+      @e.attributes["chunky bacon"].should == nil
+    end
   end
 end