1 files changed, 18 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/library/rexml/document/encoding_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/library/rexml/document/encoding_spec.rb
index 343e0ee45f..aa140b0f6f 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/library/rexml/document/encoding_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/library/rexml/document/encoding_spec.rb
@@ -1,22 +1,25 @@
-require 'rexml/document'
 require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
 
-describe "REXML::Document#encoding" do
-  before :each do
-    @doc = REXML::Document.new
-  end
+ruby_version_is ''...'2.8' do
+  require 'rexml/document'
 
-  it "returns encoding from XML declaration" do
-    @doc.add REXML::XMLDecl.new(nil, "UTF-16", nil)
-    @doc.encoding.should == "UTF-16"
-  end
+  describe "REXML::Document#encoding" do
+    before :each do
+      @doc = REXML::Document.new
+    end
 
-  it "returns encoding from XML declaration (for UTF-16 as well)" do
-    @doc.add REXML::XMLDecl.new("1.0", "UTF-8", nil)
-    @doc.encoding.should == "UTF-8"
-  end
+    it "returns encoding from XML declaration" do
+      @doc.add REXML::XMLDecl.new(nil, "UTF-16", nil)
+      @doc.encoding.should == "UTF-16"
+    end
+
+    it "returns encoding from XML declaration (for UTF-16 as well)" do
+      @doc.add REXML::XMLDecl.new("1.0", "UTF-8", nil)
+      @doc.encoding.should == "UTF-8"
+    end
 
-  it "uses UTF-8 as default encoding" do
-    @doc.encoding.should == "UTF-8"
+    it "uses UTF-8 as default encoding" do
+      @doc.encoding.should == "UTF-8"
+    end
   end
 end