diff --git a/src/Rakefile b/src/Rakefile
index d1e01fb1a..ea6f9700d 100644
--- a/src/Rakefile
+++ b/src/Rakefile
@@ -4,19 +4,21 @@ require "rake/testtask"
 
 task :default => :test
 
-if RUBY_VERSION < '1.8'
-  task :test_with_coveralls => :test
-else
+if RUBY_VERSION > '1.8.x'
   require 'coveralls/rake/task'
   Coveralls::RakeTask.new
   task :test_with_coveralls => [:test, 'coveralls:push']
+else
+  task :test_with_coveralls => :test
 end
 
 desc 'Clean coverage resuts'
 task :clean_coverage do
-  require 'simplecov'
-  resultset_path = SimpleCov::ResultMerger.resultset_path
-  FileUtils.rm resultset_path if File.exist? resultset_path
+  if RUBY_VERSION > '1.8.x'
+    require 'simplecov'
+    resultset_path = SimpleCov::ResultMerger.resultset_path
+    FileUtils.rm resultset_path if File.exist? resultset_path
+  end
 end
 
 namespace :test do
diff --git a/src/test/setup.rb b/src/test/setup.rb
index e59e749a7..a96b7765c 100644
--- a/src/test/setup.rb
+++ b/src/test/setup.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if RUBY_VERSION > '1.8'
+if RUBY_VERSION > '1.8.x'
   require 'simplecov'
 
   if /--enable-frozen-string-literal/.match(ENV['RUBYOPT'])