1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/test/core_ext/object/instance_variables_test.rb b/activesupport/test/core_ext/object/instance_variables_test.rb
index a3d8daab5b..9052d209a3 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/core_ext/object/instance_variables_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/core_ext/object/instance_variables_test.rb
@@ -19,15 +19,15 @@ class ObjectInstanceVariableTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   end
 
   def test_instance_exec_passes_arguments_to_block
-    assert_equal %w(hello goodbye), "hello".dup.instance_exec("goodbye") { |v| [self, v] }
+    assert_equal %w(hello goodbye), (+"hello").instance_exec("goodbye") { |v| [self, v] }
   end
 
   def test_instance_exec_with_frozen_obj
-    assert_equal %w(olleh goodbye), "hello".freeze.instance_exec("goodbye") { |v| [reverse, v] }
+    assert_equal %w(olleh goodbye), "hello".instance_exec("goodbye") { |v| [reverse, v] }
   end
 
   def test_instance_exec_nested
-    assert_equal %w(goodbye olleh bar), "hello".dup.instance_exec("goodbye") { |arg|
+    assert_equal %w(goodbye olleh bar), (+"hello").instance_exec("goodbye") { |arg|
       [arg] + instance_exec("bar") { |v| [reverse, v] } }
   end
 end