1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/test/core_ext/string_ext_test.rb b/activesupport/test/core_ext/string_ext_test.rb
index ea21e445e2..759b0ddcd6 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/core_ext/string_ext_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/core_ext/string_ext_test.rb
@@ -245,11 +245,9 @@ class CoreExtStringMultibyteTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
         assert_kind_of ActiveSupport::Multibyte.proxy_class, UNICODE_STRING.mb_chars
       end
     end
-  end
-
-  if RUBY_VERSION >= '1.9'
-    def test_mb_chars_returns_string
-      assert_kind_of String, UNICODE_STRING.mb_chars
+  else
+    def test_mb_chars_returns_instance_of_proxy_class
+      assert_kind_of ActiveSupport::Multibyte.proxy_class, UNICODE_STRING.mb_chars
     end
   end
 end