diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/jdom.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/jdom.rb
index 6c222b83ba..93a8474c05 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/jdom.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/jdom.rb
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
       hash = get_attributes(element)
 
       child_nodes = element.child_nodes
-      if child_nodes.length > 0
+      if child_nodes.any?
         for i in 0...child_nodes.length
           child = child_nodes.item(i)
           merge_element!(hash, child) unless child.node_type == Node.TEXT_NODE
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/nokogiri.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/nokogiri.rb
index 04ec9e8ab8..fb539e9c88 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/nokogiri.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/xml_mini/nokogiri.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
       else
         data.ungetc(char)
         doc = Nokogiri::XML(data)
-        raise doc.errors.first if doc.errors.length > 0
+        raise doc.errors.first if doc.errors.any?
         doc.to_hash
       end
     end