diff --git a/spec/fixtures/hiera/hiera_bad_18.yaml b/spec/fixtures/hiera/hiera_bad_18.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e8518b..0000000
--- a/spec/fixtures/hiera/hiera_bad_18.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-!!!str
-foo
diff --git a/spec/puppet-syntax/hiera_spec.rb b/spec/puppet-syntax/hiera_spec.rb
index bbecdfb..333c706 100644
--- a/spec/puppet-syntax/hiera_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/puppet-syntax/hiera_spec.rb
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
   end
 
   it "should return an error from invalid YAML" do
-    hiera_yaml = RUBY_VERSION =~ /1.8/ ? 'hiera_bad_18.yaml' : 'hiera_bad.yaml'
-    files = fixture_hiera(hiera_yaml)
+    files = fixture_hiera('hiera_bad.yaml')
     expected = /ERROR: Failed to parse #{files[0]}:/
     res = subject.check(files)
     expect(res.size).to be == 1