diff --git a/.rubocop_todo.yml b/.rubocop_todo.yml
index ccdfa8a..71efb07 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo.yml
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@
 # Note that changes in the inspected code, or installation of new
 # versions of RuboCop, may require this file to be generated again.
 
-# Offense count: 1
-Lint/IneffectiveAccessModifier:
-  Exclude:
-    - 'lib/jekyll-gist/gist_tag.rb'
-
 # Offense count: 1
 Lint/ShadowedException:
   Exclude:
@@ -21,11 +16,3 @@ Lint/ShadowedException:
 Metrics/AbcSize:
   Exclude:
     - 'lib/jekyll-gist/gist_tag.rb'
-
-# Offense count: 1
-# Cop supports --auto-correct.
-# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle.
-# SupportedStyles: short, verbose
-Style/PreferredHashMethods:
-  Exclude:
-    - 'lib/jekyll-gist/gist_tag.rb'
diff --git a/lib/jekyll-gist/gist_tag.rb b/lib/jekyll-gist/gist_tag.rb
index b8742e8..3655459 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll-gist/gist_tag.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll-gist/gist_tag.rb
@@ -10,16 +10,22 @@
 module Jekyll
   module Gist
     class GistTag < Liquid::Tag
+      def self.client
+        @client ||= Octokit::Client.new :access_token => ENV["JEKYLL_GITHUB_TOKEN"]
+      end
+
       def render(context)
         @encoding = context.registers[:site].config["encoding"] || "utf-8"
         @settings = context.registers[:site].config["gist"]
         if (tag_contents = determine_arguments(@markup.strip))
-          gist_id = tag_contents[0]
+          gist_id  = tag_contents[0]
           filename = tag_contents[1]
-          gist_id = context[gist_id] if context_contains_key?(context, gist_id)
-          filename = context[filename] if context_contains_key?(context, filename)
+          gist_id  = context[gist_id]  if context.key?(gist_id)
+          filename = context[filename] if context.key?(filename)
+
           noscript_tag = gist_noscript_tag(gist_id, filename)
-          script_tag = gist_script_tag(gist_id, filename)
+          script_tag   = gist_script_tag(gist_id, filename)
+
           "#{noscript_tag}#{script_tag}"
         else
           raise ArgumentError, <<~ERROR
@@ -44,17 +50,10 @@ def determine_arguments(input)
         [matched[1].strip, matched[2].strip] if matched && matched.length >= 3
       end
 
-      def context_contains_key?(context, key)
-        if context.respond_to?(:has_key?)
-          context.has_key?(key)
-        else
-          context.key?(key)
-        end
-      end
-
       def gist_script_tag(gist_id, filename = nil)
         url = "https://gist.github.com/#{gist_id}.js"
         url = "#{url}?file=#{filename}" unless filename.to_s.empty?
+
         "<script src=\"#{url}\"> </script>"
       end
 
@@ -62,18 +61,14 @@ def gist_noscript_tag(gist_id, filename = nil)
         return if @settings && @settings["noscript"] == false
 
         code = fetch_raw_code(gist_id, filename)
-        if !code.nil?
+        if code
           code = code.force_encoding(@encoding)
-          code = CGI.escapeHTML(code)
-
-          # CGI.escapeHTML behavior differs in Ruby < 2.0
-          # See https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-gist/pull/28
-          code = code.gsub("'", "&#39;") if RUBY_VERSION < "2.0"
+          code = CGI.escapeHTML(code).gsub("'", "&#39;")
 
           "<noscript><pre>#{code}</pre></noscript>"
         else
-          Jekyll.logger.warn "Warning:", "The <noscript> tag for your gist #{gist_id} "
-          Jekyll.logger.warn "", "could not be generated. This will affect users who do "
+          Jekyll.logger.warn "Warning:", "The <noscript> tag for your gist #{gist_id}"
+          Jekyll.logger.warn "", "could not be generated. This will affect users who do"
           Jekyll.logger.warn "", "not have JavaScript enabled in their browsers."
         end
       end
@@ -84,6 +79,7 @@ def fetch_raw_code(gist_id, filename = nil)
         url = "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/#{gist_id}/raw"
         url = "#{url}/#{filename}" unless filename.to_s.empty?
         uri = URI(url)
+
         Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port,
                         :use_ssl => uri.scheme == "https",
                         :read_timeout => 3, :open_timeout => 3) do |http|
@@ -97,7 +93,6 @@ def fetch_raw_code(gist_id, filename = nil)
 
       def code_from_api(gist_id, filename = nil)
         gist = GistTag.client.gist gist_id
-
         file = if filename.to_s.empty?
                  # No file specified, return the value of the first key/value pair
                  gist.files.first[1]
@@ -111,10 +106,6 @@ def code_from_api(gist_id, filename = nil)
 
         file[:content] if file
       end
-
-      def self.client
-        @client ||= Octokit::Client.new :access_token => ENV["JEKYLL_GITHUB_TOKEN"]
-      end
     end
   end
 end