3 files changed, 5 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rexml/encodings/ISO-8859-1.rb b/lib/rexml/encodings/ISO-8859-1.rb
index 32ddfbc90..f4e4527c2 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/encodings/ISO-8859-1.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/encodings/ISO-8859-1.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module REXML
   module Encoding
-    @@__REXML_encoding_methods =<<-'EOL'
+    @@__REXML_encoding_methods = %q~
     # Convert from UTF-8
     def encode content
       array_utf8 = content.unpack('U*')
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ module REXML
     def decode(str)
       str.unpack('C*').pack('U*')
     end
-    EOL
+    ~
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/rexml/encodings/SHIFT_JIS.rb b/lib/rexml/encodings/SHIFT_JIS.rb
index 27e456940..e355704a7 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/encodings/SHIFT_JIS.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/encodings/SHIFT_JIS.rb
@@ -1,33 +1 @@
-begin
-	require 'uconv'
-
-	module REXML
-		module Encoding
-			def to_shift_jis content
-				Uconv::u8tosjis(content)
-			end
-
-			def from_shift_jis(str)
-				Uconv::sjistou8(str)
-			end
-		end
-	end
-rescue LoadError
-  begin
-	require 'iconv'
-	module REXML
-		module Encoding
-			def from_shift_jis(str)
-				return Iconv::iconv("utf-8", "shift_jis", str).join('')
-			end
-
-			def to_shift_jis content
-				return Iconv::iconv("shift_jis", "utf-8", content).join('')
-			end
-		end
-	end
-  rescue LoadError
-	raise "uconv or iconv is required for Japanese encoding support."
-  end
-
-end
+require 'rexml/encodings/SHIFT-JIS'
diff --git a/lib/rexml/encodings/US-ASCII.rb b/lib/rexml/encodings/US-ASCII.rb
index 32ddfbc90..f4e4527c2 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/encodings/US-ASCII.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/encodings/US-ASCII.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module REXML
   module Encoding
-    @@__REXML_encoding_methods =<<-'EOL'
+    @@__REXML_encoding_methods = %q~
     # Convert from UTF-8
     def encode content
       array_utf8 = content.unpack('U*')
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ module REXML
     def decode(str)
       str.unpack('C*').pack('U*')
     end
-    EOL
+    ~
   end
 end