1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/software_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/software_spec.rb
index 986dc5354..8e42e20da 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/software_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/software_spec.rb
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ class SoftwareSpec
 
   def option(name, description = "")
     opt = PREDEFINED_OPTIONS.fetch(name) do
-      if Symbol === name
+      if name.is_a?(Symbol)
         opoo "Passing arbitrary symbols to `option` is deprecated: #{name.inspect}"
         puts "Symbols are reserved for future use, please pass a string instead"
         name = name.to_s
       end
-      unless String === name
+      unless name.is_a?(String)
         raise ArgumentError, "option name must be string or symbol; got a #{name.class}: #{name}"
       end
       raise ArgumentError, "option name is required" if name.empty?