diff --git a/spec/request2_spec.rb b/spec/request2_spec.rb
index c97ccb2..b3fbe65 100644
--- a/spec/request2_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/request2_spec.rb
@@ -25,16 +25,11 @@ describe RestClient::Request do
 
   it 'closes payload if not nil' do
     test_file = File.new(File.join( File.dirname(File.expand_path(__FILE__)), 'master_shake.jpg'))
-    initial_count = tmp_count
 
     stub_request(:post, 'http://some/resource').with(:headers => {'Accept'=>'*/*; q=0.5, application/xml', 'Accept-Encoding'=>'gzip, deflate'}).to_return(:body => 'foo', :status => 200)
     RestClient::Request.execute(:url => 'http://some/resource', :method => :post, :payload => {:file => test_file})
 
-    tmp_count.should == initial_count
+    test_file.closed?.should be_true
   end
 
 end
-
-def tmp_count
-  Dir.glob(Dir::tmpdir + "/*").size
-end
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