diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/kernel/srand_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/kernel/srand_spec.rb
index 6774d19284..90c1d09b82 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/kernel/srand_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/kernel/srand_spec.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe "Kernel.srand" do
   end
 
   it "returns the previous seed value on the first call" do
-    ruby_exe('p srand(10)', options: '--disable-gems').chomp.should =~ /\A\d+\z/
+    ruby_exe('print srand(10)', options: '--disable-gems').should =~ /\A\d+\z/
   end
 
   it "seeds the RNG correctly and repeatably" do
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_literal.rb b/test/ruby/test_literal.rb
index 8c3256c034..99dd3a0c56 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_literal.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_literal.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class TestRubyLiteral < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal '5', 0b101.inspect
     assert_instance_of Integer, 0b101
     assert_raise(SyntaxError) { eval("0b") }
-    assert_equal '123456789012345678901234567890', 123456789012345678901234567890.inspect
+    assert_equal '123456789012345678901234567890', 123456789012345678901234567890.to_s
     assert_instance_of Integer, 123456789012345678901234567890
     assert_instance_of Float, 1.3
     assert_equal '2', eval("0x00+2").inspect
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_process.rb b/test/ruby/test_process.rb
index bd2413b74c..91d554ea32 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_process.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_process.rb
@@ -208,39 +208,39 @@ class TestProcess < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
     n = max
     IO.popen([RUBY, "-e",
-             "p Process.getrlimit(:CORE)", :rlimit_core=>n]) {|io|
-      assert_equal("[#{n}, #{n}]\n", io.read)
+             "puts Process.getrlimit(:CORE)", :rlimit_core=>n]) {|io|
+      assert_equal("#{n}\n#{n}\n", io.read)
     }
 
     n = 0
     IO.popen([RUBY, "-e",
-             "p Process.getrlimit(:CORE)", :rlimit_core=>n]) {|io|
-      assert_equal("[#{n}, #{n}]\n", io.read)
+             "puts Process.getrlimit(:CORE)", :rlimit_core=>n]) {|io|
+      assert_equal("#{n}\n#{n}\n", io.read)
     }
 
     n = max
     IO.popen([RUBY, "-e",
-             "p Process.getrlimit(:CORE)", :rlimit_core=>[n]]) {|io|
-      assert_equal("[#{n}, #{n}]", io.read.chomp)
+             "puts Process.getrlimit(:CORE)", :rlimit_core=>[n]]) {|io|
+      assert_equal("#{n}\n#{n}\n", io.read)
     }
 
     m, n = 0, max
     IO.popen([RUBY, "-e",
-             "p Process.getrlimit(:CORE)", :rlimit_core=>[m,n]]) {|io|
-      assert_equal("[#{m}, #{n}]", io.read.chomp)
+             "puts Process.getrlimit(:CORE)", :rlimit_core=>[m,n]]) {|io|
+      assert_equal("#{m}\n#{n}\n", io.read)
     }
 
     m, n = 0, 0
     IO.popen([RUBY, "-e",
-             "p Process.getrlimit(:CORE)", :rlimit_core=>[m,n]]) {|io|
-      assert_equal("[#{m}, #{n}]", io.read.chomp)
+             "puts Process.getrlimit(:CORE)", :rlimit_core=>[m,n]]) {|io|
+      assert_equal("#{m}\n#{n}\n", io.read)
     }
 
     n = max
     IO.popen([RUBY, "-e",
-      "p Process.getrlimit(:CORE), Process.getrlimit(:CPU)",
+      "puts Process.getrlimit(:CORE), Process.getrlimit(:CPU)",
       :rlimit_core=>n, :rlimit_cpu=>3600]) {|io|
-      assert_equal("[#{n}, #{n}]\n[3600, 3600]", io.read.chomp)
+      assert_equal("#{n}\n#{n}\n""3600\n3600\n", io.read)
     }
 
     assert_raise(ArgumentError) do