diff --git a/spec/ruby/language/fixtures/utf16-le-bom.rb b/spec/ruby/language/fixtures/utf16-le-bom.rb
index 935a9041fa..981016ea52 100644
Binary files a/spec/ruby/language/fixtures/utf16-le-bom.rb and b/spec/ruby/language/fixtures/utf16-le-bom.rb differ
diff --git a/spec/ruby/language/predefined/data_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/language/predefined/data_spec.rb
index e57184ce99..6a070c5d5e 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/language/predefined/data_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/language/predefined/data_spec.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,14 @@ describe "The DATA constant" do
   end
 
   it "is set even if there is no newline after __END__" do
-    ruby_exe(fixture(__FILE__, "no_newline_data.rb")).should == "30\n\"\"\n"
+    path = tmp("no_newline_data.rb")
+    code = File.read(fixture(__FILE__, "empty_data.rb"))
+    touch(path) { |f| f.write code.chomp }
+    begin
+      ruby_exe(path).should == "30\n\"\"\n"
+    ensure
+      rm_r path
+    end
   end
 
   it "rewinds to the head of the main script" do
diff --git a/spec/ruby/language/predefined/fixtures/no_newline_data.rb b/spec/ruby/language/predefined/fixtures/no_newline_data.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index c6d9bc6f1f..0000000000
--- a/spec/ruby/language/predefined/fixtures/no_newline_data.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-p DATA.pos
-p DATA.read
-__END__