diff --git a/features/step_definitions/custom_web_steps.rb b/features/step_definitions/custom_web_steps.rb
index ac2e49931..3918ccd2b 100644
--- a/features/step_definitions/custom_web_steps.rb
+++ b/features/step_definitions/custom_web_steps.rb
@@ -216,11 +216,7 @@ Then /^the "([^"]*)" field(?: within "([^"]*)")? should be filled with "([^"]*)"
     field = find_field(field)
     field_value = (field.tag_name == 'textarea') ? field.text : field.value
     field_value = field_value.first if field_value.is_a? Array
-    if field_value.respond_to? :should
-      field_value.should == value
-    else
-      assert_equal(value, field_value)
-    end
+    field_value.should == value
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/features/step_definitions/web_steps.rb b/features/step_definitions/web_steps.rb
index cb39b4d59..e43b12da9 100644
--- a/features/step_definitions/web_steps.rb
+++ b/features/step_definitions/web_steps.rb
@@ -119,22 +119,14 @@ end
 Then /^(?:|I )should see \/([^\/]*)\/(?: within "([^"]*)")?$/ do |regexp, selector|
   regexp = Regexp.new(regexp)
   with_scope(selector) do
-    if page.respond_to? :should
-      page.should have_xpath('//*', :text => regexp)
-    else
-      assert page.has_xpath?('//*', :text => regexp)
-    end
+    page.should have_xpath('//*', :text => regexp)
   end
 end
 
 Then /^(?:|I )should not see (\".+?\"[\s]*)(?:[\s]+within[\s]* "([^"]*)")?$/ do |vars,selector|
   vars.scan(/"([^"]+?)"/).flatten.each do |text|
     with_scope(selector) do
-      if page.respond_to? :should
-        page.should have_no_content(text)
-      else
-        assert page.has_no_content?(text)
-      end
+      page.should have_no_content(text)
     end
   end
 end
@@ -142,11 +134,7 @@ end
 Then /^(?:|I )should not see \/([^\/]*)\/(?: within "([^"]*)")?$/ do |regexp, selector|
   regexp = Regexp.new(regexp)
   with_scope(selector) do
-    if page.respond_to? :should
-      page.should have_no_xpath('//*', :text => regexp)
-    else
-      assert page.has_no_xpath?('//*', :text => regexp)
-    end
+    page.should have_no_xpath('//*', :text => regexp)
   end
 end
 
@@ -154,11 +142,7 @@ Then /^the "([^"]*)" field(?: within "([^"]*)")? should contain "([^"]*)"$/ do |
   with_scope(selector) do
     field = find_field(field)
     field_value = (field.tag_name == 'textarea') ? field.text : field.value
-    if field_value.respond_to? :should
-      field_value.should =~ /#{value}/
-    else
-      assert_match(/#{value}/, field_value)
-    end
+    field_value.should =~ /#{value}/
   end
 end
 
@@ -166,33 +150,21 @@ Then /^the "([^"]*)" field(?: within "([^"]*)")? should not contain "([^"]*)"$/
   with_scope(selector) do
     field = find_field(field)
     field_value = (field.tag_name == 'textarea') ? field.text : field.value
-    if field_value.respond_to? :should_not
-      field_value.should_not =~ /#{value}/
-    else
-      assert_no_match(/#{value}/, field_value)
-    end
+    field_value.should_not =~ /#{value}/
   end
 end
 
 Then /^the "([^"]*)" checkbox(?: within "([^"]*)")? should be checked$/ do |label, selector|
   with_scope(selector) do
     field_checked = find_field(label)['checked']
-    if field_checked.respond_to? :should
-      field_checked.should be_true
-    else
-      assert field_checked
-    end
+    field_checked.should be_true
   end
 end
 
 Then /^the "([^"]*)" checkbox(?: within "([^"]*)")? should not be checked$/ do |label, selector|
   with_scope(selector) do
     field_checked = find_field(label)['checked']
-    if field_checked.respond_to? :should
-      field_checked.should be_false
-    else
-      assert !field_checked
-    end
+    field_checked.should be_false
   end
 end
 
@@ -206,12 +178,7 @@ Then /^(?:|I )should have the following query string:$/ do |expected_pairs|
   actual_params = query ? CGI.parse(query) : {}
   expected_params = {}
   expected_pairs.rows_hash.each_pair{|k,v| expected_params[k] = v.split(',')}
-
-  if actual_params.respond_to? :should
-    actual_params.should == expected_params
-  else
-    assert_equal expected_params, actual_params
-  end
+  actual_params.should == expected_params
 end
 
 Then /^show me the page$/ do