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diff --git a/lib/utf8.rb b/lib/utf8.rb
index c6e1918af..e669d8aae 100644
--- a/lib/utf8.rb
+++ b/lib/utf8.rb
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ module UTF8
   ##
   # Checks that a string is valid UTF-8 by trying to convert it to UTF-8
   # using the iconv library, which is in the standard library.
-  if String.new.respond_to?("valid_encoding?")
+  if ''.respond_to?("valid_encoding?")
     def self.valid?(str)
       return true if str.nil?
-      return str.valid_encoding?
+      str.valid_encoding?
     end
   else
     require 'iconv'