1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/library/stringscanner/shared/extract_range_matched.rb b/spec/ruby/library/stringscanner/shared/extract_range_matched.rb
index fe695e8ac1..5c536f5c01 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/library/stringscanner/shared/extract_range_matched.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/library/stringscanner/shared/extract_range_matched.rb
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@ describe :extract_range_matched, shared: true do
     ch.should be_an_instance_of(String)
   end
 
-  it "taints the returned String if the input was tainted" do
-    str = 'abc'
-    str.taint
+  ruby_version_is ''...'2.7' do
+    it "taints the returned String if the input was tainted" do
+      str = 'abc'
+      str.taint
 
-    s = StringScanner.new(str)
-    s.scan(/\w{1}/)
-    s.send(@method).tainted?.should be_true
+      s = StringScanner.new(str)
+      s.scan(/\w{1}/)
+      s.send(@method).tainted?.should be_true
+    end
   end
 end