diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/exec/shell_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/exec/shell_spec.rb
index 62036a79c..c3ed37532 100755
--- a/spec/unit/provider/exec/shell_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/provider/exec/shell_spec.rb
@@ -1,50 +1,46 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env rspec
 require 'spec_helper'
 
-provider_class = Puppet::Type.type(:exec).provider(:shell)
-
-describe provider_class, :unless => Puppet.features.microsoft_windows? do
-  before :each do
-    @resource = Puppet::Resource.new(:exec, 'foo')
-    @provider = provider_class.new(@resource)
-  end
+describe Puppet::Type.type(:exec).provider(:shell), :unless => Puppet.features.microsoft_windows? do
+  let :resource do Puppet::Resource.new(:exec, 'foo') end
+  let :provider do described_class.new(resource) end
 
   describe "#run" do
     it "should be able to run builtin shell commands" do
-      output, status = @provider.run("if [ 1 = 1 ]; then echo 'blah'; fi")
+      output, status = provider.run("if [ 1 = 1 ]; then echo 'blah'; fi")
       status.exitstatus.should == 0
       output.should == "blah\n"
     end
 
     it "should be able to run commands with single quotes in them" do
-      output, status = @provider.run("echo 'foo  bar'")
+      output, status = provider.run("echo 'foo  bar'")
       status.exitstatus.should == 0
       output.should == "foo  bar\n"
     end
 
     it "should be able to run commands with double quotes in them" do
-      output, status = @provider.run('echo "foo  bar"')
+      output, status = provider.run('echo "foo  bar"')
       status.exitstatus.should == 0
       output.should == "foo  bar\n"
     end
 
     it "should be able to run multiple commands separated by a semicolon" do
-      output, status = @provider.run("echo 'foo' ; echo 'bar'")
+      output, status = provider.run("echo 'foo' ; echo 'bar'")
       status.exitstatus.should == 0
       output.should == "foo\nbar\n"
     end
 
     it "should be able to read values from the environment parameter" do
-      @resource[:environment] = "FOO=bar"
-      output, status = @provider.run("echo $FOO")
+      resource[:environment] = "FOO=bar"
+      output, status = provider.run("echo $FOO")
       status.exitstatus.should == 0
       output.should == "bar\n"
     end
   end
 
   describe "#validatecmd" do
     it "should always return true because builtins don't need path or to be fully qualified" do
-      @provider.validatecmd('whateverdoesntmatter').should == true
+      provider.validatecmd('whateverdoesntmatter').should == true
     end
   end
 end