3 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/kernel/shared/kind_of.rb b/spec/ruby/core/kernel/shared/kind_of.rb
index e99f46aa14..690018d655 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/kernel/shared/kind_of.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/kernel/shared/kind_of.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require File.expand_path('../../fixtures/classes', __FILE__)
+require_relative '../fixtures/classes'
 
 describe :kernel_kind_of, shared: true do
   before :each do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/kernel/shared/method.rb b/spec/ruby/core/kernel/shared/method.rb
index 1566c6ab09..006ebbffb8 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/kernel/shared/method.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/kernel/shared/method.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require File.expand_path('../../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
 
 describe :kernel_method, shared: true do
   it "returns a method object for a valid method" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/kernel/shared/sprintf.rb b/spec/ruby/core/kernel/shared/sprintf.rb
index 9935d27db9..925c79e82b 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/kernel/shared/sprintf.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/kernel/shared/sprintf.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require File.expand_path('../../../../shared/hash/key_error', __FILE__)
+require_relative '../../../shared/hash/key_error'
 
 describe :kernel_sprintf, shared: true do
   def format(*args)