diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 2665a743..8189e48e 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ AllCops:
   - lib/jekyll/renderer.rb
   - lib/jekyll/site.rb
   - lib/jekyll/static_file.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/url.rb
   - lib/jekyll/utils.rb
   - lib/jekyll.rb
   - features/step_definitions.rb
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/url.rb b/lib/jekyll/url.rb
index 09975e3d..c736c0a6 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/url.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/url.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require 'uri'
+require "uri"
 
 # Public: Methods that generate a URL for a resource such as a Post or a Page.
 #
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ module Jekyll
 
     def generate_url_from_hash(template)
       @placeholders.inject(template) do |result, token|
-        break result if result.index(':').nil?
+        break result if result.index(":").nil?
         if token.last.nil?
-          # Remove leading '/' to avoid generating urls with `//`
-          result.gsub(/\/:#{token.first}/, '')
+          # Remove leading "/" to avoid generating urls with `//`
+          result.gsub(%r!/:#{token.first}!, "")
         else
           result.gsub(/:#{token.first}/, self.class.escape_path(token.last))
         end
@@ -78,21 +78,21 @@ module Jekyll
     end
 
     def generate_url_from_drop(template)
-      template.gsub(/:([a-z_]+)/.freeze) do |match|
-        replacement = @placeholders.public_send(match.sub(':'.freeze, ''.freeze))
+      template.gsub(/:([a-z_]+)/) do |match|
+        replacement = @placeholders.public_send(match.sub(":".freeze, "".freeze))
         if replacement.nil?
-          ''.freeze
+          "".freeze
         else
           self.class.escape_path(replacement)
         end
-      end.gsub(/\/\//.freeze, '/'.freeze)
+      end.gsub(%r!//!, "/".freeze)
     end
 
     # Returns a sanitized String URL, stripping "../../" and multiples of "/",
     # as well as the beginning "/" so we can enforce and ensure it.
 
     def sanitize_url(str)
-      "/" + str.gsub(/\/{2,}/, "/").gsub(/\.+\/|\A\/+/, "")
+      "/" + str.gsub(%r!/{2,}!, "/").gsub(%r!\.+\/|\A\/+!, "")
     end
 
     # Escapes a path to be a valid URL path segment
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ module Jekyll
     #
     # Returns the escaped path.
     def self.escape_path(path)
-      # Because URI.escape doesn't escape '?', '[' and ']' by default,
+      # Because URI.escape doesn't escape "?", "[" and "]" by default,
       # specify unsafe string (except unreserved, sub-delims, ":", "@" and "/").
       #
       # URI path segment is defined in RFC 3986 as follows:
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ module Jekyll
       #   pct-encoded   = "%" HEXDIG HEXDIG
       #   sub-delims    = "!" / "$" / "&" / "'" / "(" / ")"
       #                 / "*" / "+" / "," / ";" / "="
-      URI.escape(path, /[^a-zA-Z\d\-._~!$&'()*+,;=:@\/]/).encode('utf-8')
+      URI.escape(path, %r{[^a-zA-Z\d\-._~!$&'()*+,;=:@\/]}).encode("utf-8")
     end
 
     # Unescapes a URL path segment
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ module Jekyll
     #
     # Returns the unescaped path.
     def self.unescape_path(path)
-      URI.unescape(path.encode('utf-8'))
+      URI.unescape(path.encode("utf-8"))
     end
   end
 end