diff --git a/spec/ruby/library/yaml/fixtures/common.rb b/spec/ruby/library/yaml/fixtures/common.rb
index 1d868806f1..f7fb4037e7 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/library/yaml/fixtures/common.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/library/yaml/fixtures/common.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-begin
-  require 'syck'
-rescue LoadError
-  # do nothing
-end
-
 require 'yaml'
 
 $test_file = tmp("yaml_test_file")
diff --git a/spec/ruby/library/yaml/load_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/library/yaml/load_spec.rb
index a84b6097c7..56700a85f9 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/library/yaml/load_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/library/yaml/load_spec.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 require_relative 'shared/load'
 
-ruby_version_is ""..."3.1" do
-  describe "YAML.load" do
-    it_behaves_like :yaml_load, :load
+describe "YAML.load" do
+  it_behaves_like :yaml_load_safe, :load
+
+  guard -> { Psych::VERSION < "4.0.0" } do
+    it_behaves_like :yaml_load_unsafe, :load
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/library/yaml/shared/load.rb b/spec/ruby/library/yaml/shared/load.rb
index 5e7b455462..185a5a60cd 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/library/yaml/shared/load.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/library/yaml/shared/load.rb
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 require_relative '../fixtures/common'
 require_relative '../fixtures/strings'
 
-describe :yaml_load, shared: true do
-  after :each do
-    rm_r $test_file
-  end
-
+describe :yaml_load_safe, shared: true do
   it "returns a document from current io stream when io provided" do
     File.open($test_file, 'w') do |io|
       YAML.dump( ['badger', 'elephant', 'tiger'], io )
     end
     File.open($test_file) { |yf| YAML.send(@method,  yf ) }.should == ['badger', 'elephant', 'tiger']
+  ensure
+    rm_r $test_file
   end
 
   it "loads strings" do
@@ -90,6 +88,14 @@ describe :yaml_load, shared: true do
     YAML.send(@method, block_seq).should == [[["one", "two", "three"]]]
   end
 
+  it "loads a symbol key that contains spaces" do
+    string = ":user name: This is the user name."
+    expected = { :"user name" => "This is the user name."}
+    YAML.send(@method, string).should == expected
+  end
+end
+
+describe :yaml_load_unsafe, shared: true do
   it "works on complex keys" do
     require 'date'
     expected = {
@@ -101,12 +107,6 @@ describe :yaml_load, shared: true do
     YAML.send(@method, $complex_key_1).should == expected
   end
 
-  it "loads a symbol key that contains spaces" do
-    string = ":user name: This is the user name."
-    expected = { :"user name" => "This is the user name."}
-    YAML.send(@method, string).should == expected
-  end
-
   describe "with iso8601 timestamp" do
     it "computes the microseconds" do
       [ [YAML.send(@method, "2011-03-22t23:32:11.2233+01:00"),   223300],
diff --git a/spec/ruby/library/yaml/unsafe_load_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/library/yaml/unsafe_load_spec.rb
index 66eaf859c1..385cd2a6e2 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/library/yaml/unsafe_load_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/library/yaml/unsafe_load_spec.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 require_relative 'shared/load'
 
-ruby_version_is "3.1" do
+guard -> { Psych::VERSION >= "4.0.0" } do
   describe "YAML.unsafe_load" do
-    it_behaves_like :yaml_load, :unsafe_load
+    it_behaves_like :yaml_load_safe, :unsafe_load
+    it_behaves_like :yaml_load_unsafe, :unsafe_load
   end
 end