diff --git a/lib/facter/facter_dot_d.rb b/lib/facter/facter_dot_d.rb
index c4ac142e5..5025ed9e2 100644
--- a/lib/facter/facter_dot_d.rb
+++ b/lib/facter/facter_dot_d.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def initialize(dir = '/etc/facts.d', cache_file = File.join(Puppet[:libdir], 'fa
 
   def entries
     Dir.entries(@dir).reject { |f| f =~ %r{^\.|\.ttl$} }.sort.map { |f| File.join(@dir, f) }
-  rescue # rubocop:disable Lint/RescueWithoutErrorClass
+  rescue
     []
   end
 
@@ -113,14 +113,14 @@ def script_parser(file)
   def cache_save!
     cache = load_cache
     File.open(@cache_file, 'w', 0o600) { |f| f.write(YAML.dump(cache)) }
-  rescue # rubocop:disable Lint/HandleExceptions, Lint/RescueWithoutErrorClass
+  rescue # rubocop:disable Lint/HandleExceptions
   end
 
   def cache_store(file, data)
     load_cache
 
     @cache[file] = { :data => data, :stored => Time.now.to_i }
-  rescue # rubocop:disable Lint/HandleExceptions, Lint/RescueWithoutErrorClass
+  rescue # rubocop:disable Lint/HandleExceptions
   end
 
   def cache_lookup(file)
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def cache_lookup(file)
     return cache[file][:data] if ttl == -1
     return cache[file][:data] if (now - cache[file][:stored]) <= ttl
     return nil
-  rescue # rubocop:disable Lint/RescueWithoutErrorClass
+  rescue
     return nil
   end
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def cache_time(file)
     meta = file + '.ttl'
 
     return File.read(meta).chomp.to_i
-  rescue # rubocop:disable Lint/RescueWithoutErrorClass
+  rescue
     return 0
   end
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ def load_cache
                end
 
     return @cache
-  rescue # rubocop:disable Lint/RescueWithoutErrorClass
+  rescue
     @cache = {}
     return @cache
   end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/any2bool.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/any2bool.rb
index c59924a17..9eb634d7f 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/any2bool.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/any2bool.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ module Puppet::Parser::Functions
 
     valid_float = begin
                     !!Float(arg) # rubocop:disable Style/DoubleNegation : Could not find a better way to check if a boolean
-                  rescue # rubocop:disable Lint/RescueWithoutErrorClass
+                  rescue
                     false
                   end
 
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/dig44.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/dig44.rb
index e3fb8a39f..e7e78bfa2 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/dig44.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/dig44.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ module Puppet::Parser::Functions
       if structure.is_a? Array
         begin
           key = Integer key
-        rescue # rubocop:disable Lint/RescueWithoutErrorClass
+        rescue
           break
         end
       end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/uriescape.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/uriescape.rb
index 2c9ab32e4..8bcd586cf 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/uriescape.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/uriescape.rb
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ module Puppet::Parser::Functions
 
     result = if value.is_a?(Array)
                # Numbers in Puppet are often string-encoded which is troublesome ...
-               value.map { |i| i.is_a?(String) ? URI.escape(i) : i } # rubocop:disable Lint/UriEscapeUnescape
+               value.map { |i| i.is_a?(String) ? URI.escape(i) : i }
              else
-               URI.escape(value) # rubocop:disable Lint/UriEscapeUnescape
+               URI.escape(value)
              end
 
     return result
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/member_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/member_spec.rb
index 6effbde0c..5e5809d67 100755
--- a/spec/acceptance/member_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/member_spec.rb
@@ -26,25 +26,27 @@
     end
 
     describe 'members array of integers' do
-      it_behaves_like 'item found' do
-        let(:pp) do
-          <<-DOC
+      let(:pp) do
+        <<-DOC
             if member( [1,2,3,4], 4 ){
               notify { 'output correct': }
             }
-          DOC
-        end
+        DOC
+      end
+
+      it_behaves_like 'item found' do
       end
     end
     describe 'members of mixed array' do
-      it_behaves_like 'item found' do
-        let(:pp) do
-          <<-DOC
+      let(:pp) do
+        <<-DOC
             if member( ['a','4',3], 'a' ){
               notify { 'output correct': }
             }
-          DOC
-        end
+        DOC
+      end
+
+      it_behaves_like 'item found' do
       end
     end
     it 'members arrays without members'
diff --git a/spec/functions/private_spec.rb b/spec/functions/private_spec.rb
index 32bb2fd1b..1efc04512 100644
--- a/spec/functions/private_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/functions/private_spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     scope.expects(:warning).with("private() DEPRECATED: This function will cease to function on Puppet 4; please use assert_private() before upgrading to puppet 4 for backwards-compatibility, or migrate to the new parser's typing system.") # rubocop:disable Metrics/LineLength : unable to cut line to required length
     begin
       subject.call []
-    rescue # rubocop:disable Lint/HandleExceptions, Lint/RescueWithoutErrorClass
+    rescue # rubocop:disable Lint/HandleExceptions
       # ignore this
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/unit/puppet/type/file_line_spec.rb b/spec/unit/puppet/type/file_line_spec.rb
index 0fc10fea6..959bf69c6 100755
--- a/spec/unit/puppet/type/file_line_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/puppet/type/file_line_spec.rb
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@
     expect { Puppet::Type.type(:file_line).new(:name => 'foo', :path => tmp_path) }.to raise_error(Puppet::Error, %r{line is a required attribute})
   end
   it 'does not require that a line is specified when matching for absence' do
-    expect { Puppet::Type.type(:file_line).new(:name => 'foo', :path => tmp_path, :ensure => :absent, :match_for_absence => :true, :match => 'match') }.not_to raise_error # rubocop:disable Lint/BooleanSymbol, Metrics/LineLength
+    expect { Puppet::Type.type(:file_line).new(:name => 'foo', :path => tmp_path, :ensure => :absent, :match_for_absence => :true, :match => 'match') }.not_to raise_error # rubocop:disable Metrics/LineLength
   end
   it 'although if a line is specified anyway when matching for absence it still works and the line is silently ignored' do
-    expect { Puppet::Type.type(:file_line).new(:name => 'foo', :path => tmp_path, :line => 'i_am_irrelevant', :ensure => :absent, :match_for_absence => :true, :match => 'match') }.not_to raise_error # rubocop:disable Lint/BooleanSymbol, Metrics/LineLength
+    expect { Puppet::Type.type(:file_line).new(:name => 'foo', :path => tmp_path, :line => 'i_am_irrelevant', :ensure => :absent, :match_for_absence => :true, :match => 'match') }.not_to raise_error # rubocop:disable Metrics/LineLength
   end
   it 'requires that a file is specified' do
     expect { Puppet::Type.type(:file_line).new(:name => 'foo', :line => 'path') }.to raise_error(Puppet::Error, %r{path is a required attribute})
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     expect(file_line[:ensure]).to eq :present
   end
   it 'defaults to replace => true' do
-    expect(file_line[:replace]).to eq :true # rubocop:disable Lint/BooleanSymbol
+    expect(file_line[:replace]).to eq :true
   end
   it 'defaults to encoding => UTF-8' do
     expect(file_line[:encoding]).to eq 'UTF-8'