diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 4189be7b..198cb1e6 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -7,51 +7,28 @@ AllCops:
   - lib/jekyll/collection.rb
   - lib/jekyll/command.rb
   - lib/jekyll/configuration.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/converter.rb
   - lib/jekyll/converters/identity.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/converters/markdown
   - lib/jekyll/converters/markdown/kramdown_parser.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/converters/markdown/rdiscount_parser.rb
   - lib/jekyll/converters/markdown/redcarpet_parser.rb
   - lib/jekyll/converters/markdown.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/converters/smartypants.rb
   - lib/jekyll/convertible.rb
   - lib/jekyll/deprecator.rb
   - lib/jekyll/document.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/drops/collection_drop.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/drops/document_drop.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/drops/drop.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/drops/jekyll_drop.rb
   - lib/jekyll/drops/site_drop.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/drops/unified_payload_drop.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/drops/url_drop.rb
   - lib/jekyll/entry_filter.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/errors.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/excerpt.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/external.rb
   - lib/jekyll/filters.rb
   - lib/jekyll/frontmatter_defaults.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/generator.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/hooks.rb
   - lib/jekyll/layout.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/liquid_extensions.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/liquid_renderer/file.rb
   - lib/jekyll/liquid_renderer/table.rb
   - lib/jekyll/liquid_renderer.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/log_adapter.rb
   - lib/jekyll/page.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/plugin.rb
   - lib/jekyll/plugin_manager.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/publisher.rb
   - lib/jekyll/reader.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/readers/collection_reader.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/readers/data_reader.rb
   - lib/jekyll/readers/layout_reader.rb
   - lib/jekyll/readers/page_reader.rb
   - lib/jekyll/readers/post_reader.rb
   - lib/jekyll/readers/static_file_reader.rb
   - lib/jekyll/regenerator.rb
-  - lib/jekyll/related_posts.rb
   - lib/jekyll/renderer.rb
   - lib/jekyll/site.rb
   - lib/jekyll/static_file.rb
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/converters/markdown/rdiscount_parser.rb b/lib/jekyll/converters/markdown/rdiscount_parser.rb
index daf8874e..f1679e79 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/converters/markdown/rdiscount_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/converters/markdown/rdiscount_parser.rb
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ module Jekyll
         def initialize(config)
           Jekyll::External.require_with_graceful_fail "rdiscount"
           @config = config
-          @rdiscount_extensions = @config['rdiscount']['extensions'].map(&:to_sym)
+          @rdiscount_extensions = @config["rdiscount"]["extensions"].map(&:to_sym)
         end
 
         def convert(content)
           rd = RDiscount.new(content, *@rdiscount_extensions)
           html = rd.to_html
-          if @config['rdiscount']['toc_token']
-            html = replace_generated_toc(rd, html, @config['rdiscount']['toc_token'])
+          if @config["rdiscount"]["toc_token"]
+            html = replace_generated_toc(rd, html, @config["rdiscount"]["toc_token"])
           end
           html
         end
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module Jekyll
         def replace_generated_toc(rd, html, toc_token)
           if rd.generate_toc && html.include?(toc_token)
             utf8_toc = rd.toc_content
-            utf8_toc.force_encoding('utf-8') if utf8_toc.respond_to?(:force_encoding)
+            utf8_toc.force_encoding("utf-8") if utf8_toc.respond_to?(:force_encoding)
             html.gsub(toc_token, utf8_toc)
           else
             html
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/drops/document_drop.rb b/lib/jekyll/drops/document_drop.rb
index 4eb9e50c..6ec840f5 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/drops/document_drop.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/drops/document_drop.rb
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ module Jekyll
       end
 
       def excerpt
-        fallback_data['excerpt'].to_s
+        fallback_data["excerpt"].to_s
       end
 
       def <=>(other)
         return nil unless other.is_a? DocumentDrop
-        cmp = self['date'] <=> other['date']
-        cmp = self['path'] <=> other['path'] if cmp.nil? || cmp == 0
+        cmp = self["date"] <=> other["date"]
+        cmp = self["path"] <=> other["path"] if cmp.nil? || cmp == 0
         cmp
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/drops/drop.rb b/lib/jekyll/drops/drop.rb
index d1bffcc5..81714309 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/drops/drop.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/drops/drop.rb
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ module Jekyll
       #
       # Returns the mutability of the class
       def self.mutable(is_mutable = nil)
-        if is_mutable
-          @is_mutable = is_mutable
-        else
-          @is_mutable = false
-        end
+        @is_mutable = if is_mutable
+                        is_mutable
+                      else
+                        false
+                      end
       end
 
       def self.mutable?
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ module Jekyll
       #
       # Returns a pretty generation of the hash representation of the Drop.
       def inspect
-        require 'json'
+        require "json"
         JSON.pretty_generate to_h
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/drops/url_drop.rb b/lib/jekyll/drops/url_drop.rb
index 2815edf7..04e48a20 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/drops/url_drop.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/drops/url_drop.rb
@@ -19,20 +19,20 @@ module Jekyll
       end
 
       def title
-        Utils.slugify(@obj.data['slug'], :mode => "pretty", :cased => true) ||
+        Utils.slugify(@obj.data["slug"], :mode => "pretty", :cased => true) ||
           Utils.slugify(@obj.basename_without_ext, :mode => "pretty", :cased => true)
       end
 
       def slug
-        Utils.slugify(@obj.data['slug']) || Utils.slugify(@obj.basename_without_ext)
+        Utils.slugify(@obj.data["slug"]) || Utils.slugify(@obj.basename_without_ext)
       end
 
       def categories
         category_set = Set.new
-        Array(@obj.data['categories']).each do |category|
+        Array(@obj.data["categories"]).each do |category|
           category_set << category.to_s.downcase
         end
-        category_set.to_a.join('/')
+        category_set.to_a.join("/")
       end
 
       def year
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/excerpt.rb b/lib/jekyll/excerpt.rb
index f5884d68..f6425892 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/excerpt.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/excerpt.rb
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ module Jekyll
     end
 
     def to_liquid
-      doc.data['excerpt'] = nil
+      doc.data["excerpt"] = nil
       @to_liquid ||= doc.to_liquid
-      doc.data['excerpt'] = self
+      doc.data["excerpt"] = self
       @to_liquid
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/external.rb b/lib/jekyll/external.rb
index 69b8d1eb..561cbb4d 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/external.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/external.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module Jekyll
             require name
           rescue LoadError
             Jekyll.logger.debug "Couldn't load #{name}. Skipping."
-            block.call(name) if block
+            yield(name) if block
             false
           end
         end
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ module Jekyll
       def require_with_graceful_fail(names)
         Array(names).each do |name|
           begin
-            Jekyll.logger.debug "Requiring:", "#{name}"
+            Jekyll.logger.debug "Requiring:", name.to_s
             require name
           rescue LoadError => e
             Jekyll.logger.error "Dependency Error:", <<-MSG
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ The full error message from Ruby is: '#{e.message}'
 
 If you run into trouble, you can find helpful resources at http://jekyllrb.com/help/!
             MSG
-            raise Jekyll::Errors::MissingDependencyException.new(name)
+            raise Jekyll::Errors::MissingDependencyException, name
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/hooks.rb b/lib/jekyll/hooks.rb
index 6d8fcd8d..c9a4f794 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/hooks.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/hooks.rb
@@ -4,38 +4,38 @@ module Jekyll
 
     # compatibility layer for octopress-hooks users
     PRIORITY_MAP = {
-      :low => 10,
+      :low    => 10,
       :normal => 20,
-      :high => 30
+      :high   => 30
     }.freeze
 
     # initial empty hooks
     @registry = {
-      :site => {
-        :after_init => [],
+      :site      => {
+        :after_init  => [],
         :after_reset => [],
-        :post_read => [],
-        :pre_render => [],
+        :post_read   => [],
+        :pre_render  => [],
         :post_render => [],
-        :post_write => []
+        :post_write  => []
       },
-      :pages => {
-        :post_init => [],
-        :pre_render => [],
+      :pages     => {
+        :post_init   => [],
+        :pre_render  => [],
         :post_render => [],
-        :post_write => []
+        :post_write  => []
       },
-      :posts => {
-        :post_init => [],
-        :pre_render => [],
+      :posts     => {
+        :post_init   => [],
+        :pre_render  => [],
         :post_render => [],
-        :post_write => []
+        :post_write  => []
       },
       :documents => {
-        :post_init => [],
-        :pre_render => [],
+        :post_init   => [],
+        :pre_render  => [],
         :post_render => [],
-        :post_write => []
+        :post_write  => []
       }
     }
 
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ module Jekyll
     # register a single hook to be called later, internal API
     def self.register_one(owner, event, priority, &block)
       @registry[owner] ||={
-        :post_init => [],
-        :pre_render => [],
+        :post_init   => [],
+        :pre_render  => [],
         :post_render => [],
-        :post_write => []
+        :post_write  => []
       }
 
       unless @registry[owner][event]
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/liquid_renderer/file.rb b/lib/jekyll/liquid_renderer/file.rb
index 7dcca1b6..63686d8f 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/liquid_renderer/file.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/liquid_renderer/file.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module Jekyll
 
       def parse(content)
         measure_time do
-          @template = Liquid::Template.parse(content, line_numbers: true)
+          @template = Liquid::Template.parse(content, :line_numbers => true)
         end
 
         self
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/log_adapter.rb b/lib/jekyll/log_adapter.rb
index df0cfdc4..8ac67451 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/log_adapter.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/log_adapter.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module Jekyll
       :info  => ::Logger::INFO,
       :warn  => ::Logger::WARN,
       :error => ::Logger::ERROR
-    }
+    }.freeze
 
     # Public: Create a new instance of a log writer
     #
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ module Jekyll
     #
     # Returns the formatted message
     def message(topic, message)
-      msg = formatted_topic(topic) + message.to_s.gsub(/\s+/, ' ')
+      msg = formatted_topic(topic) + message.to_s.gsub(/\s+/, " ")
       messages << msg
       msg
     end
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/plugin.rb b/lib/jekyll/plugin.rb
index 1fb91058..bcc1bf7e 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/plugin.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/plugin.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 module Jekyll
   class Plugin
     PRIORITIES = {
-      :low => -10,
+      :low     => -10,
       :highest => 100,
-      :lowest => -100,
-      :normal => 0,
-      :high => 10
-    }
+      :lowest  => -100,
+      :normal  => 0,
+      :high    => 10
+    }.freeze
 
     #
 
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/publisher.rb b/lib/jekyll/publisher.rb
index cc739627..0b67b8c6 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/publisher.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/publisher.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module Jekyll
     private
 
     def can_be_published?(thing)
-      thing.data.fetch('published', true) || @site.unpublished
+      thing.data.fetch("published", true) || @site.unpublished
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/readers/data_reader.rb b/lib/jekyll/readers/data_reader.rb
index 796c0d29..e7e46bdc 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/readers/data_reader.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/readers/data_reader.rb
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ module Jekyll
       return unless File.directory?(dir) && !@entry_filter.symlink?(dir)
 
       entries = Dir.chdir(dir) do
-        Dir['*.{yaml,yml,json,csv}'] + Dir['*'].select { |fn| File.directory?(fn) }
+        Dir["*.{yaml,yml,json,csv}"] + Dir["*"].select { |fn| File.directory?(fn) }
       end
 
       entries.each do |entry|
         path = @site.in_source_dir(dir, entry)
         next if @entry_filter.symlink?(path)
 
-        key = sanitize_filename(File.basename(entry, '.*'))
+        key = sanitize_filename(File.basename(entry, ".*"))
         if File.directory?(path)
           read_data_to(path, data[key] = {})
         else
@@ -51,20 +51,20 @@ module Jekyll
     # Returns the contents of the data file.
     def read_data_file(path)
       case File.extname(path).downcase
-      when '.csv'
+      when ".csv"
         CSV.read(path, {
-                         :headers => true,
-                         :encoding => site.config['encoding']
-                     }).map(&:to_hash)
+          :headers  => true,
+          :encoding => site.config["encoding"]
+        }).map(&:to_hash)
       else
         SafeYAML.load_file(path)
       end
     end
 
     def sanitize_filename(name)
-      name.gsub!(/[^\w\s-]+/, '')
+      name.gsub!(/[^\w\s-]+/, "")
       name.gsub!(/(^|\b\s)\s+($|\s?\b)/, '\\1\\2')
-      name.gsub(/\s+/, '_')
+      name.gsub(/\s+/, "_")
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/related_posts.rb b/lib/jekyll/related_posts.rb
index 51ae8d8f..cde1742c 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/related_posts.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/related_posts.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module Jekyll
     def initialize(post)
       @post = post
       @site = post.site
-      Jekyll::External.require_with_graceful_fail('classifier-reborn') if site.lsi
+      Jekyll::External.require_with_graceful_fail("classifier-reborn") if site.lsi
     end
 
     def build