diff --git a/core/io/encodings/encodings-tests.factor b/core/io/encodings/encodings-tests.factor
index 79922b019c..e6b180fde2 100755
--- a/core/io/encodings/encodings-tests.factor
+++ b/core/io/encodings/encodings-tests.factor
@@ -2,11 +2,8 @@ USING: io.files io.streams.string io
 tools.test kernel io.encodings.ascii ;
 IN: io.streams.encodings.tests
 
-: <resource-reader> ( resource -- stream )
-    resource-path ascii <file-reader> ;
-    
 [ { } ]
-[ "core/io/test/empty-file.txt" <resource-reader> lines ]
+[ "resource:core/io/test/empty-file.txt" ascii <file-reader> lines ]
 unit-test
 
 : lines-test ( stream -- line1 line2 )
@@ -16,21 +13,24 @@ unit-test
     "This is a line."
     "This is another line."
 ] [
-    "core/io/test/windows-eol.txt" <resource-reader> lines-test
+    "resource:core/io/test/windows-eol.txt"
+    ascii <file-reader> lines-test
 ] unit-test
 
 [
     "This is a line."
     "This is another line."
 ] [
-    "core/io/test/mac-os-eol.txt" <resource-reader> lines-test
+    "resource:core/io/test/mac-os-eol.txt"
+    ascii <file-reader> lines-test
 ] unit-test
 
 [
     "This is a line."
     "This is another line."
 ] [
-    "core/io/test/unix-eol.txt" <resource-reader> lines-test
+    "resource:core/io/test/unix-eol.txt"
+    ascii <file-reader> lines-test
 ] unit-test
 
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