diff --git a/spec/acceptance/cli_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/cli_spec.rb
index 70d40687..705e76ca 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/cli_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/cli_spec.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
       run_simple 'appraisal'
 
-      expect_file('gemfiles/1.0.0.gemfile').to be_exists
+      expect(file 'gemfiles/1.0.0.gemfile').to be_exists
     end
   end
 
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
 
       run_simple 'appraisal generate'
 
-      expect_file('gemfiles/1.0.0.gemfile').to be_exists
-      expect_file('gemfiles/1.1.0.gemfile').to be_exists
-      expect_file('gemfiles/1.0.0.gemfile').to contains <<-gemfile.strip_heredoc
+      expect(file 'gemfiles/1.0.0.gemfile').to be_exists
+      expect(file 'gemfiles/1.1.0.gemfile').to be_exists
+      expect(content_of 'gemfiles/1.0.0.gemfile').to eq <<-gemfile.strip_heredoc
         # This file was generated by Appraisal
 
         source "https://rubygems.org"
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
 
       run_simple 'appraisal install'
 
-      expect_file('gemfiles/1.0.0.gemfile.lock').to be_exists
-      expect_file('gemfiles/1.1.0.gemfile.lock').to be_exists
+      expect(file 'gemfiles/1.0.0.gemfile.lock').to be_exists
+      expect(file 'gemfiles/1.1.0.gemfile.lock').to be_exists
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/support/acceptance_test_helpers.rb b/spec/support/acceptance_test_helpers.rb
index e0c58c16..75cd2825 100644
--- a/spec/support/acceptance_test_helpers.rb
+++ b/spec/support/acceptance_test_helpers.rb
@@ -36,16 +36,16 @@ def build_gemfile(content)
     write_file 'Gemfile', content.strip_heredoc
   end
 
-  def expect_file(filename)
-    expect(filename)
+  def content_of(path)
+    file(path).read
   end
 
-  def contains(expected)
-    FileContentMatcher.new(expected)
+  def file(path)
+    Pathname.new(current_dir) + path
   end
 
   def be_exists
-    FileExistsMatcher.new
+    be_exist
   end
 
   private
@@ -80,30 +80,4 @@ def build_default_gemfile
       gem 'appraisal', :path => '#{PROJECT_ROOT}'
     Gemfile
   end
-
-  class FileExistsMatcher
-    include Aruba::Api
-
-    def matches?(expected)
-      @expected = expected
-      in_current_dir { File.exists?(@expected) }
-    end
-
-    def failure_message_for_should
-      "file #{@expected.inspect} does not exist.\n"
-    end
-
-    def failure_message_for_should_not
-      "file #{@expected.inspect} exists.\n"
-    end
-  end
-
-  class FileContentMatcher < RSpec::Matchers::BuiltIn::Eq
-    include Aruba::Api
-
-    def matches?(filename)
-      @actual = in_current_dir { File.read(filename) }
-      expected == actual
-    end
-  end
 end