diff --git a/app/controllers/categories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/categories_controller.rb
index 8481531b641..acb39e7cab2 100644
--- a/app/controllers/categories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/categories_controller.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class CategoriesController < ApplicationController
     parent_category = Category.find_by_slug(params[:parent_category_id]) || Category.find_by(id: params[:parent_category_id].to_i)
 
     category_options = {
-      is_homepage: current_homepage == "categories".freeze,
+      is_homepage: current_homepage == "categories",
       parent_category_id: params[:parent_category_id],
       include_topics: include_topics(parent_category)
     }
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ class CategoriesController < ApplicationController
           no_definitions: true
         }
 
-        if style == "categories_and_latest_topics".freeze
+        if style == "categories_and_latest_topics"
           @topic_list = TopicQuery.new(current_user, topic_options).list_latest
           @topic_list.more_topics_url = url_for(public_send("latest_path"))
-        elsif style == "categories_and_top_topics".freeze
+        elsif style == "categories_and_top_topics"
           @topic_list = TopicQuery.new(nil, topic_options).list_top_for(SiteSetting.top_page_default_timeframe.to_sym)
           @topic_list.more_topics_url = url_for(public_send("top_path"))
         end
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class CategoriesController < ApplicationController
     discourse_expires_in 1.minute
 
     category_options = {
-      is_homepage: current_homepage == "categories".freeze,
+      is_homepage: current_homepage == "categories",
       parent_category_id: params[:parent_category_id],
       include_topics: false
     }
@@ -354,8 +354,8 @@ class CategoriesController < ApplicationController
     view_context.mobile_view? ||
       params[:include_topics] ||
       (parent_category && parent_category.subcategory_list_includes_topics?) ||
-      style == "categories_with_featured_topics".freeze ||
-      style == "categories_boxes_with_topics".freeze ||
-      style == "categories_with_top_topics".freeze
+      style == "categories_with_featured_topics" ||
+      style == "categories_boxes_with_topics" ||
+      style == "categories_with_top_topics"
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/webhooks_controller.rb b/app/controllers/webhooks_controller.rb
index 320abe17feb..347ff52312b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/webhooks_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/webhooks_controller.rb
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ class WebhooksController < ActionController::Base
     events.each do |event|
       message_id = (event["smtp-id"] || "").tr("<>", "")
       to_address = event["email"]
-      if event["event"] == "bounce".freeze
+      if event["event"] == "bounce"
         if event["status"]["4."]
           process_bounce(message_id, to_address, SiteSetting.soft_bounce_score)
         else
           process_bounce(message_id, to_address, SiteSetting.hard_bounce_score)
         end
-      elsif event["event"] == "dropped".freeze
+      elsif event["event"] == "dropped"
         process_bounce(message_id, to_address, SiteSetting.hard_bounce_score)
       end
     end
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class WebhooksController < ActionController::Base
     events.each do |event|
       message_id = event["CustomID"]
       to_address = event["email"]
-      if event["event"] == "bounce".freeze
+      if event["event"] == "bounce"
         if event["hard_bounce"]
           process_bounce(message_id, to_address, SiteSetting.hard_bounce_score)
         else
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ class WebhooksController < ActionController::Base
     # only handle soft bounces, because hard bounces are also handled
     # by the "dropped" event and we don't want to increase bounce score twice
     # for the same message
-    if event == "bounced".freeze && params["error"]["4."]
+    if event == "bounced" && params["error"]["4."]
       process_bounce(message_id, to_address, SiteSetting.soft_bounce_score)
-    elsif event == "dropped".freeze
+    elsif event == "dropped"
       process_bounce(message_id, to_address, SiteSetting.hard_bounce_score)
     end
 
@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@ class WebhooksController < ActionController::Base
     to_address = data["recipient"]
     severity = data["severity"]
 
-    if data["event"] == "failed".freeze
-      if severity == "temporary".freeze
+    if data["event"] == "failed"
+      if severity == "temporary"
         process_bounce(message_id, to_address, SiteSetting.soft_bounce_score)
-      elsif severity == "permanent".freeze
+      elsif severity == "permanent"
         process_bounce(message_id, to_address, SiteSetting.hard_bounce_score)
       end
     end
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 00422273bbe..482b2477d3d 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   end
 
   def shared_session_key
-    if SiteSetting.long_polling_base_url != '/'.freeze && current_user
+    if SiteSetting.long_polling_base_url != '/' && current_user
       sk = "shared_session_key"
       return request.env[sk] if request.env[sk]
 
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
         'query-input' => 'required name=search_term_string',
       }
     }
-    content_tag(:script, MultiJson.dump(json).html_safe, type: 'application/ld+json'.freeze)
+    content_tag(:script, MultiJson.dump(json).html_safe, type: 'application/ld+json')
   end
 
   def gsub_emoji_to_unicode(str)
diff --git a/app/jobs/regular/bulk_user_title_update.rb b/app/jobs/regular/bulk_user_title_update.rb
index 97d3f68ad53..e98c024a2fa 100644
--- a/app/jobs/regular/bulk_user_title_update.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/regular/bulk_user_title_update.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 module Jobs
   class BulkUserTitleUpdate < ::Jobs::Base
-    UPDATE_ACTION = 'update'.freeze
-    RESET_ACTION = 'reset'.freeze
+    UPDATE_ACTION = 'update'
+    RESET_ACTION = 'reset'
 
     def execute(args)
       new_title = args[:new_title]
diff --git a/app/jobs/regular/emit_web_hook_event.rb b/app/jobs/regular/emit_web_hook_event.rb
index 3c7fc3414c1..94371eaa33b 100644
--- a/app/jobs/regular/emit_web_hook_event.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/regular/emit_web_hook_event.rb
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ require 'excon'
 
 module Jobs
   class EmitWebHookEvent < ::Jobs::Base
-    PING_EVENT = 'ping'.freeze
-    MAX_RETRY_COUNT = 4.freeze
+    PING_EVENT = 'ping'
+    MAX_RETRY_COUNT = 4
     RETRY_BACKOFF = 5
 
     def execute(args)
diff --git a/app/jobs/scheduled/bookmark_reminder_notifications.rb b/app/jobs/scheduled/bookmark_reminder_notifications.rb
index 991e0d23c1d..4dca47c1f6c 100644
--- a/app/jobs/scheduled/bookmark_reminder_notifications.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/scheduled/bookmark_reminder_notifications.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module Jobs
   # Any leftovers will be caught in the next run, because the reminder_at column
   # is set to NULL once a reminder has been sent.
   class BookmarkReminderNotifications < ::Jobs::Scheduled
-    JOB_RUN_NUMBER_KEY ||= 'jobs_bookmark_reminder_notifications_job_run_num'.freeze
+    JOB_RUN_NUMBER_KEY ||= 'jobs_bookmark_reminder_notifications_job_run_num'
     AT_DESKTOP_CONSISTENCY_RUN_NUMBER ||= 6
 
     every 5.minutes
diff --git a/app/jobs/scheduled/pending_queued_posts_reminder.rb b/app/jobs/scheduled/pending_queued_posts_reminder.rb
index 29bc6709570..c3a283bd53d 100644
--- a/app/jobs/scheduled/pending_queued_posts_reminder.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/scheduled/pending_queued_posts_reminder.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ module Jobs
     end
 
     def self.last_notified_key
-      "last_notified_queued_post_id".freeze
+      "last_notified_queued_post_id"
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/jobs/scheduled/pending_reviewables_reminder.rb b/app/jobs/scheduled/pending_reviewables_reminder.rb
index df7a6a8aa36..3cc4b124a0a 100644
--- a/app/jobs/scheduled/pending_reviewables_reminder.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/scheduled/pending_reviewables_reminder.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module Jobs
     end
 
     def self.last_notified_key
-      "last_notified_reviewable_id".freeze
+      "last_notified_reviewable_id"
     end
 
     def self.clear_key
diff --git a/app/jobs/scheduled/pending_users_reminder.rb b/app/jobs/scheduled/pending_users_reminder.rb
index 0c1be62ad86..33d212f3b2e 100644
--- a/app/jobs/scheduled/pending_users_reminder.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/scheduled/pending_users_reminder.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ module Jobs
     end
 
     def previous_newest_username_cache_key
-      "pending-users-reminder:newest-username".freeze
+      "pending-users-reminder:newest-username"
     end
 
   end
diff --git a/app/jobs/scheduled/poll_mailbox.rb b/app/jobs/scheduled/poll_mailbox.rb
index 178cbdb9bd7..8592ed3fe65 100644
--- a/app/jobs/scheduled/poll_mailbox.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/scheduled/poll_mailbox.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module Jobs
       Email::Processor.process!(popmail.pop)
     end
 
-    POLL_MAILBOX_TIMEOUT_ERROR_KEY ||= "poll_mailbox_timeout_error_key".freeze
+    POLL_MAILBOX_TIMEOUT_ERROR_KEY ||= "poll_mailbox_timeout_error_key"
 
     def poll_pop3
       pop3 = Net::POP3.new(SiteSetting.pop3_polling_host, SiteSetting.pop3_polling_port)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ module Jobs
       Discourse.handle_job_exception(e, error_context(@args, "Signing in to poll incoming emails."))
     end
 
-    POLL_MAILBOX_ERRORS_KEY ||= "poll_mailbox_errors".freeze
+    POLL_MAILBOX_ERRORS_KEY ||= "poll_mailbox_errors"
 
     def self.errors_in_past_24_hours
       Discourse.redis.zremrangebyscore(POLL_MAILBOX_ERRORS_KEY, 0, 24.hours.ago.to_i)
diff --git a/app/models/category_featured_topic.rb b/app/models/category_featured_topic.rb
index 2848383605b..cfad73d7d8b 100644
--- a/app/models/category_featured_topic.rb
+++ b/app/models/category_featured_topic.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class CategoryFeaturedTopic < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :category
   belongs_to :topic
 
-  NEXT_CATEGORY_ID_KEY = 'category-featured-topic:next-category-id'.freeze
+  NEXT_CATEGORY_ID_KEY = 'category-featured-topic:next-category-id'
   DEFAULT_BATCH_SIZE = 100
 
   # Populates the category featured topics.
diff --git a/app/models/category_list.rb b/app/models/category_list.rb
index 35dcaa7d3aa..5c81c1afbce 100644
--- a/app/models/category_list.rb
+++ b/app/models/category_list.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class CategoryList
   end
 
   def preload_key
-    "categories_list".freeze
+    "categories_list"
   end
 
   def self.order_categories(categories)
diff --git a/app/models/concerns/category_hashtag.rb b/app/models/concerns/category_hashtag.rb
index 95b1521c251..c6745b01166 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/category_hashtag.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/category_hashtag.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 module CategoryHashtag
   extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
-  SEPARATOR = ":".freeze
+  SEPARATOR = ":"
 
   class_methods do
     def query_from_hashtag_slug(category_slug)
diff --git a/app/models/emoji.rb b/app/models/emoji.rb
index e57fc3b81a4..cfd121b76ec 100644
--- a/app/models/emoji.rb
+++ b/app/models/emoji.rb
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ class Emoji
 
   def self.replacement_code(code)
     code
-      .split('-'.freeze)
+      .split('-')
       .map!(&:hex)
-      .pack("U*".freeze)
+      .pack("U*")
   end
 
   def self.unicode_replacements
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class Emoji
         replacements[code] = name
         if is_tonable_emojis.include?(name)
           fitzpatrick_scales.each_with_index do |scale, index|
-            toned_code = code.codepoints.insert(1, scale).pack("U*".freeze)
+            toned_code = code.codepoints.insert(1, scale).pack("U*")
             replacements[toned_code] = "#{name}:t#{index + 2}"
           end
         end
diff --git a/app/models/topic.rb b/app/models/topic.rb
index dbc6c44d155..aaeca3f1453 100644
--- a/app/models/topic.rb
+++ b/app/models/topic.rb
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class Topic < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   after_save do
-    banner = "banner".freeze
+    banner = "banner"
 
     if archetype_before_last_save == banner || archetype == banner
       ApplicationController.banner_json_cache.clear
diff --git a/app/models/topic_link.rb b/app/models/topic_link.rb
index 2fc9fd0b84e..f913dc64595 100644
--- a/app/models/topic_link.rb
+++ b/app/models/topic_link.rb
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class TopicLink < ActiveRecord::Base
         uri = UrlHelper.relaxed_parse(u.url)
         [u, uri]
       end
-      .reject { |_, p| p.nil? || "mailto".freeze == p.scheme }
+      .reject { |_, p| p.nil? || "mailto" == p.scheme }
       .uniq { |_, p| p }
       .each do |link, parsed|
 
diff --git a/app/models/topic_tracking_state.rb b/app/models/topic_tracking_state.rb
index 91838da99bb..df6516c382d 100644
--- a/app/models/topic_tracking_state.rb
+++ b/app/models/topic_tracking_state.rb
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ class TopicTrackingState
   include ActiveModel::SerializerSupport
 
   CHANNEL = "/user-tracking"
-  UNREAD_MESSAGE_TYPE = "unread".freeze
-  LATEST_MESSAGE_TYPE = "latest".freeze
-  MUTED_MESSAGE_TYPE = "muted".freeze
+  UNREAD_MESSAGE_TYPE = "unread"
+  LATEST_MESSAGE_TYPE = "latest"
+  MUTED_MESSAGE_TYPE = "muted"
 
   attr_accessor :user_id,
                 :topic_id,
diff --git a/app/models/upload.rb b/app/models/upload.rb
index 4cd7b926ced..cb4cf458afc 100644
--- a/app/models/upload.rb
+++ b/app/models/upload.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class Upload < ActiveRecord::Base
   SHA1_LENGTH = 40
   SEEDED_ID_THRESHOLD = 0
   URL_REGEX ||= /(\/original\/\dX[\/\.\w]*\/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)[\.\w]*)/
-  SECURE_MEDIA_ROUTE = "secure-media-uploads".freeze
+  SECURE_MEDIA_ROUTE = "secure-media-uploads"
 
   belongs_to :user
   belongs_to :access_control_post, class_name: 'Post'
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 562291438f0..0beec5739aa 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   EMAIL = %r{([^@]+)@([^\.]+)}
-  FROM_STAGED = "from_staged".freeze
+  FROM_STAGED = "from_staged"
 
   def self.new_from_params(params)
     user = User.new
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
     notification = notifications.visible.order('notifications.created_at desc').first
     json = NotificationSerializer.new(notification).as_json if notification
 
-    sql = (<<~SQL).freeze
+    sql = (<<~SQL)
        SELECT * FROM (
          SELECT n.id, n.read FROM notifications n
          LEFT JOIN topics t ON n.topic_id = t.id
diff --git a/app/serializers/incoming_email_details_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/incoming_email_details_serializer.rb
index 420951bb8bb..d248a3ac588 100644
--- a/app/serializers/incoming_email_details_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/incoming_email_details_serializer.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class IncomingEmailDetailsSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
     @mail = Mail.new(incoming_email.raw)
   end
 
-  EMAIL_RECEIVER_ERROR_PREFIX = "Email::Receiver::".freeze
+  EMAIL_RECEIVER_ERROR_PREFIX = "Email::Receiver::"
 
   def error
     @error_string.presence || I18n.t("emails.incoming.unrecognized_error")
diff --git a/app/services/badge_granter.rb b/app/services/badge_granter.rb
index 26b9262a3af..afa1a3cc3d3 100644
--- a/app/services/badge_granter.rb
+++ b/app/services/badge_granter.rb
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class BadgeGranter
   end
 
   def self.queue_key
-    "badge_queue".freeze
+    "badge_queue"
   end
 
   # Options:
diff --git a/config/initializers/100-silence_logger.rb b/config/initializers/100-silence_logger.rb
index 38fdbef5aad..3a900d24e37 100644
--- a/config/initializers/100-silence_logger.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/100-silence_logger.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class SilenceLogger < Rails::Rack::Logger
-  PATH_INFO = 'PATH_INFO'.freeze
-  HTTP_X_SILENCE_LOGGER = 'HTTP_X_SILENCE_LOGGER'.freeze
+  PATH_INFO = 'PATH_INFO'
+  HTTP_X_SILENCE_LOGGER = 'HTTP_X_SILENCE_LOGGER'
 
   def initialize(app, opts = {})
     @app = app
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ class SilenceLogger < Rails::Rack::Logger
 end
 
 silenced = [
-  "/mini-profiler-resources/results".freeze,
-  "/mini-profiler-resources/includes.js".freeze,
-  "/mini-profiler-resources/includes.css".freeze,
-  "/mini-profiler-resources/jquery.tmpl.js".freeze
+  "/mini-profiler-resources/results",
+  "/mini-profiler-resources/includes.js",
+  "/mini-profiler-resources/includes.css",
+  "/mini-profiler-resources/jquery.tmpl.js"
 ]
 Rails.configuration.middleware.swap Rails::Rack::Logger, SilenceLogger, silenced: silenced
diff --git a/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_fallback_adapter.rb b/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_fallback_adapter.rb
index ce37de7c14e..b8bfb629099 100644
--- a/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_fallback_adapter.rb
+++ b/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_fallback_adapter.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class PostgreSQLFallbackHandler
   attr_reader :masters_down
   attr_accessor :initialized
 
-  DATABASE_DOWN_CHANNEL = '/global/database_down'.freeze
+  DATABASE_DOWN_CHANNEL = '/global/database_down'
 
   def initialize
     @masters_down = DistributedCache.new('masters_down', namespace: false)
diff --git a/lib/badge_posts_view_manager.rb b/lib/badge_posts_view_manager.rb
index 52ef2084c33..13b5d096072 100644
--- a/lib/badge_posts_view_manager.rb
+++ b/lib/badge_posts_view_manager.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class BadgePostsViewManager
-  VIEW_NAME = "badge_posts".freeze
+  VIEW_NAME = "badge_posts"
 
   def self.create!
     sql = <<~SQL
diff --git a/lib/base62.rb b/lib/base62.rb
index f745922e634..70728c6a52d 100644
--- a/lib/base62.rb
+++ b/lib/base62.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Modified version of: https://github.com/steventen/base62-rb
 
 module Base62
-  KEYS ||= "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ".freeze
+  KEYS ||= "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
   KEYS_HASH ||= KEYS.each_char.with_index.to_h
   BASE ||= KEYS.length
 
diff --git a/lib/bookmark_reminder_notification_handler.rb b/lib/bookmark_reminder_notification_handler.rb
index 3354be39494..e129b4ac195 100644
--- a/lib/bookmark_reminder_notification_handler.rb
+++ b/lib/bookmark_reminder_notification_handler.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class BookmarkReminderNotificationHandler
-  PENDING_AT_DESKTOP_KEY_PREFIX ||= 'pending_at_desktop_bookmark_reminder_user_'.freeze
+  PENDING_AT_DESKTOP_KEY_PREFIX ||= 'pending_at_desktop_bookmark_reminder_user_'
   PENDING_AT_DESKTOP_EXPIRY_DAYS ||= 20
 
   def self.send_notification(bookmark)
diff --git a/lib/discourse.rb b/lib/discourse.rb
index 07810010b69..9bdbc2b3024 100644
--- a/lib/discourse.rb
+++ b/lib/discourse.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ module Discourse
     end
 
     def self.pretty_logs(logs)
-      logs.join("\n".freeze)
+      logs.join("\n")
     end
 
     def self.atomic_write_file(destination, contents)
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ module Discourse
     warning
   end
 
-  SIDEKIQ_NAMESPACE ||= 'sidekiq'.freeze
+  SIDEKIQ_NAMESPACE ||= 'sidekiq'
 
   def self.sidekiq_redis_config
     conf = GlobalSetting.redis_config.dup
diff --git a/lib/discourse_redis.rb b/lib/discourse_redis.rb
index 728e244db74..ff946cacfb5 100644
--- a/lib/discourse_redis.rb
+++ b/lib/discourse_redis.rb
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ class DiscourseRedis
   class FallbackHandler
     include Singleton
 
-    MASTER_ROLE_STATUS = "role:master".freeze
-    MASTER_LOADING_STATUS = "loading:1".freeze
-    MASTER_LOADED_STATUS = "loading:0".freeze
-    CONNECTION_TYPES = %w{normal pubsub}.each(&:freeze)
+    MASTER_ROLE_STATUS = "role:master"
+    MASTER_LOADING_STATUS = "loading:1"
+    MASTER_LOADED_STATUS = "loading:0"
+    CONNECTION_TYPES = %w{normal pubsub}
 
     def initialize
       @master = true
diff --git a/lib/email/message_builder.rb b/lib/email/message_builder.rb
index 4dafa6bbf95..611cdca115d 100644
--- a/lib/email/message_builder.rb
+++ b/lib/email/message_builder.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module Email
   class MessageBuilder
     attr_reader :template_args
 
-    ALLOW_REPLY_BY_EMAIL_HEADER = 'X-Discourse-Allow-Reply-By-Email'.freeze
+    ALLOW_REPLY_BY_EMAIL_HEADER = 'X-Discourse-Allow-Reply-By-Email'
 
     def initialize(to, opts = nil)
       @to = to
diff --git a/lib/email/styles.rb b/lib/email/styles.rb
index 4d299fcff32..34845f9df6f 100644
--- a/lib/email/styles.rb
+++ b/lib/email/styles.rb
@@ -337,8 +337,8 @@ module Email
 
     def strip_classes_and_ids
       @fragment.css('*').each do |element|
-        element.delete('class'.freeze)
-        element.delete('id'.freeze)
+        element.delete('class')
+        element.delete('id')
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/file_store/base_store.rb b/lib/file_store/base_store.rb
index c3752be1557..6307465a8fc 100644
--- a/lib/file_store/base_store.rb
+++ b/lib/file_store/base_store.rb
@@ -121,14 +121,14 @@ module FileStore
           File.extname(upload.original_filename)
         end
 
-      get_path_for("original".freeze, upload.id, upload.sha1, extension)
+      get_path_for("original", upload.id, upload.sha1, extension)
     end
 
     def get_path_for_optimized_image(optimized_image)
       upload = optimized_image.upload
       version = optimized_image.version || 1
       extension = "_#{version}_#{optimized_image.width}x#{optimized_image.height}#{optimized_image.extension}"
-      get_path_for("optimized".freeze, upload.id, upload.sha1, extension)
+      get_path_for("optimized", upload.id, upload.sha1, extension)
     end
 
     CACHE_DIR ||= "#{Rails.root}/tmp/download_cache/"
diff --git a/lib/html_prettify.rb b/lib/html_prettify.rb
index db3bd14e08f..06a00099b2b 100644
--- a/lib/html_prettify.rb
+++ b/lib/html_prettify.rb
@@ -240,11 +240,11 @@ class HtmlPrettify < String
   def educate_fractions(str)
     str.gsub(/(\s+|^)(1\/4|1\/2|3\/4)([,.;\s]|$)/) do
       frac =
-        if $2 == "1/2".freeze
+        if $2 == "1/2"
           entity(:frac12)
-        elsif $2 == "1/4".freeze
+        elsif $2 == "1/4"
           entity(:frac14)
-        elsif $2 == "3/4".freeze
+        elsif $2 == "3/4"
           entity(:frac34)
         end
       "#{$1}#{frac}#{$3}"
diff --git a/lib/migration/base_dropper.rb b/lib/migration/base_dropper.rb
index 2ea01131e2f..b88a5ba3576 100644
--- a/lib/migration/base_dropper.rb
+++ b/lib/migration/base_dropper.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 module Migration
   class BaseDropper
-    FUNCTION_SCHEMA_NAME ||= "discourse_functions".freeze
+    FUNCTION_SCHEMA_NAME ||= "discourse_functions"
 
     def self.create_readonly_function(table_name, column_name = nil)
       DB.exec <<~SQL
diff --git a/lib/plain_text_to_markdown.rb b/lib/plain_text_to_markdown.rb
index f365731130b..5cbe78a9347 100644
--- a/lib/plain_text_to_markdown.rb
+++ b/lib/plain_text_to_markdown.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class PlainTextToMarkdown
-  SIGNATURE_SEPARATOR ||= "-- ".freeze
+  SIGNATURE_SEPARATOR ||= "-- "
 
   def initialize(plaintext, opts = {})
     @plaintext = plaintext
diff --git a/lib/post_creator.rb b/lib/post_creator.rb
index fab3de19543..6f91e35b5d8 100644
--- a/lib/post_creator.rb
+++ b/lib/post_creator.rb
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ class PostCreator
   end
 
   def self.track_post_stats
-    Rails.env != "test".freeze || @track_post_stats
+    Rails.env != "test" || @track_post_stats
   end
 
   def self.track_post_stats=(val)
diff --git a/lib/pretty_text.rb b/lib/pretty_text.rb
index 0843f32348f..8f260089efe 100644
--- a/lib/pretty_text.rb
+++ b/lib/pretty_text.rb
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ module PrettyText
 
     # extract all links
     doc.css("a").each do |a|
-      if a["href"].present? && a["href"][0] != "#".freeze
+      if a["href"].present? && a["href"][0] != "#"
         links << DetectedLink.new(a["href"], false)
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/quote_comparer.rb b/lib/quote_comparer.rb
index e3aeb797172..5da2891a7e1 100644
--- a/lib/quote_comparer.rb
+++ b/lib/quote_comparer.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 class QuoteComparer
   def self.whitespace
-    " \t\r\n".freeze
+    " \t\r\n"
   end
 
   def initialize(topic_id, post_number, text)
diff --git a/lib/s3_helper.rb b/lib/s3_helper.rb
index a1f921e9afa..ccc0da333ac 100644
--- a/lib/s3_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/s3_helper.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class S3Helper
   end
 
   def self.get_bucket_and_folder_path(s3_bucket_name)
-    s3_bucket_name.downcase.split("/".freeze, 2)
+    s3_bucket_name.downcase.split("/", 2)
   end
 
   def upload(file, path, options = {})
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class S3Helper
         options[:copy_source] = File.join(@s3_bucket_name, source)
       elsif @s3_bucket_folder_path
         folder, filename = begin
-          source.split("/".freeze, 2)
+          source.split("/", 2)
         end
         options[:copy_source] = File.join(@s3_bucket_name, folder, multisite_upload_path, filename)
       else
diff --git a/lib/site_setting_extension.rb b/lib/site_setting_extension.rb
index 2c651d0b612..64fe9d6d443 100644
--- a/lib/site_setting_extension.rb
+++ b/lib/site_setting_extension.rb
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ module SiteSettingExtension
       if GlobalSetting.respond_to?(name)
         val = GlobalSetting.public_send(name)
 
-        unless val.nil? || (val == ''.freeze)
+        unless val.nil? || (val == '')
           shadowed_val = val
           hidden_settings << name
           shadowed_settings << name
diff --git a/lib/topic_query.rb b/lib/topic_query.rb
index fa851e916ab..35bc7347feb 100644
--- a/lib/topic_query.rb
+++ b/lib/topic_query.rb
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ class TopicQuery
 
   def latest_results(options = {})
     result = default_results(options)
-    result = remove_muted_topics(result, @user) unless options && options[:state] == "muted".freeze
+    result = remove_muted_topics(result, @user) unless options && options[:state] == "muted"
     result = remove_muted_categories(result, @user, exclude: options[:category])
     result = remove_muted_tags(result, @user, options)
     result = apply_shared_drafts(result, get_category_id(options[:category]), options)
diff --git a/lib/twitter_api.rb b/lib/twitter_api.rb
index 8b9f0887673..2cef9c0847f 100644
--- a/lib/twitter_api.rb
+++ b/lib/twitter_api.rb
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class TwitterApi
     end
 
     unless defined? BASE_URL
-      BASE_URL = 'https://api.twitter.com'.freeze
+      BASE_URL = 'https://api.twitter.com'
     end
 
     def twitter_get(uri)
diff --git a/lib/validators/censored_words_validator.rb b/lib/validators/censored_words_validator.rb
index b65f6620e34..0c72e51a311 100644
--- a/lib/validators/censored_words_validator.rb
+++ b/lib/validators/censored_words_validator.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class CensoredWordsValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
   def join_censored_words(censored_words)
     censored_words.map!(&:downcase)
     censored_words.uniq!
-    censored_words.join(", ".freeze)
+    censored_words.join(", ")
   end
 
   def censored_words_regexp
diff --git a/lib/validators/regex_setting_validator.rb b/lib/validators/regex_setting_validator.rb
index aec1dbc1a6e..a0d85b9e5ee 100644
--- a/lib/validators/regex_setting_validator.rb
+++ b/lib/validators/regex_setting_validator.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 class RegexSettingValidator
 
-  LOREM = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam eget sem non elit tincidunt rhoncus.'.freeze
+  LOREM = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam eget sem non elit tincidunt rhoncus.'
 
   def initialize(opts = {})
     @opts = opts
diff --git a/lib/webauthn.rb b/lib/webauthn.rb
index 56705cfa233..4734b660ca9 100644
--- a/lib/webauthn.rb
+++ b/lib/webauthn.rb
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ require 'webauthn/security_key_registration_service'
 require 'webauthn/security_key_authentication_service'
 
 module Webauthn
-  ACCEPTABLE_REGISTRATION_TYPE = "webauthn.create".freeze
-  ACCEPTABLE_AUTHENTICATION_TYPE = "webauthn.get".freeze
+  ACCEPTABLE_REGISTRATION_TYPE = "webauthn.create"
+  ACCEPTABLE_AUTHENTICATION_TYPE = "webauthn.get"
 
   # -7   - ES256
   # -257 - RS256 (Windows Hello supported alg.)
diff --git a/script/bulk_import/base.rb b/script/bulk_import/base.rb
index 8af89155e1c..9fc7b1cd17a 100644
--- a/script/bulk_import/base.rb
+++ b/script/bulk_import/base.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module BulkImport; end
 
 class BulkImport::Base
 
-  NOW ||= "now()".freeze
+  NOW ||= "now()"
   PRIVATE_OFFSET ||= 2**30
 
   # rubocop:disable Layout/HashAlignment
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ class BulkImport::Base
           imported_ids << mapped[:imported_id] unless mapped[:imported_id].nil?
           imported_ids |= mapped[:imported_ids] unless mapped[:imported_ids].nil?
           @raw_connection.put_copy_data columns.map { |c| processed[c] }
-          print "\r%7d - %6d/sec".freeze % [imported_ids.size, imported_ids.size.to_f / (Time.now - start)] if imported_ids.size % 5000 == 0
+          print "\r%7d - %6d/sec" % [imported_ids.size, imported_ids.size.to_f / (Time.now - start)] if imported_ids.size % 5000 == 0
         rescue => e
           puts "\n"
           puts "ERROR: #{e.inspect}"
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ class BulkImport::Base
     end
 
     if imported_ids.size > 0
-      print "\r%7d - %6d/sec".freeze % [imported_ids.size, imported_ids.size.to_f / (Time.now - start)]
+      print "\r%7d - %6d/sec" % [imported_ids.size, imported_ids.size.to_f / (Time.now - start)]
       puts
     end
 
diff --git a/script/bulk_import/discourse_merger.rb b/script/bulk_import/discourse_merger.rb
index 9029bdb28a8..35ff800822c 100644
--- a/script/bulk_import/discourse_merger.rb
+++ b/script/bulk_import/discourse_merger.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require_relative "base"
 
 class BulkImport::DiscourseMerger < BulkImport::Base
 
-  NOW ||= "now()".freeze
+  NOW ||= "now()"
   CUSTOM_FIELDS = ['category', 'group', 'post', 'topic', 'user']
 
   # DB_NAME: name of database being merged into the current local db
diff --git a/script/bulk_import/vanilla.rb b/script/bulk_import/vanilla.rb
index 2efed5f31f7..71307dba0ac 100644
--- a/script/bulk_import/vanilla.rb
+++ b/script/bulk_import/vanilla.rb
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class BulkImport::Vanilla < BulkImport::Base
 
       User.find_each do |u|
         count += 1
-        print "\r%7d - %6d/sec".freeze % [count, count.to_f / (Time.now - start)]
+        print "\r%7d - %6d/sec" % [count, count.to_f / (Time.now - start)]
 
         next unless u.custom_fields["import_id"]
 
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ class BulkImport::Vanilla < BulkImport::Base
 
       Post.where("raw LIKE '%/us.v-cdn.net/%' OR raw LIKE '%[attachment%'").find_each do |post|
         count += 1
-        print "\r%7d - %6d/sec".freeze % [count, count.to_f / (Time.now - start)]
+        print "\r%7d - %6d/sec" % [count, count.to_f / (Time.now - start)]
         new_raw = post.raw.dup
 
         new_raw.gsub!(attachment_regex) do |s|
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ class BulkImport::Vanilla < BulkImport::Base
           )
         end
 
-        print "\r%7d - %6d/sec".freeze % [count, count.to_f / (Time.now - start)] if count % 5000 == 0
+        print "\r%7d - %6d/sec" % [count, count.to_f / (Time.now - start)] if count % 5000 == 0
       end
     end
 
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ class BulkImport::Vanilla < BulkImport::Base
           end
         end
 
-        print "\r%7d - %6d/sec".freeze % [count, count.to_f / (Time.now - start)] if count % 5000 == 0
+        print "\r%7d - %6d/sec" % [count, count.to_f / (Time.now - start)] if count % 5000 == 0
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/script/bulk_import/vbulletin.rb b/script/bulk_import/vbulletin.rb
index fef661fa91b..b437137c384 100644
--- a/script/bulk_import/vbulletin.rb
+++ b/script/bulk_import/vbulletin.rb
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ class BulkImport::VBulletin < BulkImport::Base
       count = 0
 
       Dir.foreach(AVATAR_DIR) do |item|
-        print "\r%7d - %6d/sec".freeze % [count, count.to_f / (Time.now - start)]
+        print "\r%7d - %6d/sec" % [count, count.to_f / (Time.now - start)]
 
         next if item == ('.') || item == ('..') || item == ('.DS_Store')
         next unless item =~ /avatar(\d+)_(\d).gif/
diff --git a/script/import_scripts/mbox/support/indexer.rb b/script/import_scripts/mbox/support/indexer.rb
index 7017c2a59fd..dc6e092c294 100644
--- a/script/import_scripts/mbox/support/indexer.rb
+++ b/script/import_scripts/mbox/support/indexer.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ module ImportScripts::Mbox
 
     private
 
-    METADATA_FILENAME = 'metadata.yml'.freeze
+    METADATA_FILENAME = 'metadata.yml'
     IGNORED_FILE_EXTENSIONS = ['.dbindex', '.dbnames', '.digest', '.subjects', '.yml']
 
     def index_category(directory)
diff --git a/spec/components/discourse_tagging_spec.rb b/spec/components/discourse_tagging_spec.rb
index 35ff67a9a9a..b8d328f9800 100644
--- a/spec/components/discourse_tagging_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/discourse_tagging_spec.rb
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ describe DiscourseTagging do
 
     describe "clean_tag" do
       it "downcases new tags if setting enabled" do
-        expect(DiscourseTagging.clean_tag("HeLlO".freeze)).to eq("hello")
+        expect(DiscourseTagging.clean_tag("HeLlO")).to eq("hello")
 
         SiteSetting.force_lowercase_tags = false
         expect(DiscourseTagging.clean_tag("HeLlO")).to eq("HeLlO")
diff --git a/spec/support/webauthn_integration_helpers.rb b/spec/support/webauthn_integration_helpers.rb
index d6a32ffd354..09310d0f575 100644
--- a/spec/support/webauthn_integration_helpers.rb
+++ b/spec/support/webauthn_integration_helpers.rb
@@ -19,23 +19,23 @@ module WebauthnIntegrationHelpers
   # simulate_localhost_webautn_challenge for a real example.
   def valid_security_key_data
     {
-      credential_id: "9GiFosW50+s+juyJlyxKEVAsk3gZLo9XWIhX47eC4gHfDsldF3TWR43Tcl/+3gLTL5t1TjpmcbKA2DUV2eKrBw==".freeze,
-      public_key: "pQECAyYgASFYIPMGM1OpSuCU5uks+BulAdfVxdlJiYcgGac5Y+LnLXC9Ilgghy0BKvRvptmQdtWz33Jjnf8Y6+HD85XdRiqmo1KMGPE=".freeze
+      credential_id: "9GiFosW50+s+juyJlyxKEVAsk3gZLo9XWIhX47eC4gHfDsldF3TWR43Tcl/+3gLTL5t1TjpmcbKA2DUV2eKrBw==",
+      public_key: "pQECAyYgASFYIPMGM1OpSuCU5uks+BulAdfVxdlJiYcgGac5Y+LnLXC9Ilgghy0BKvRvptmQdtWz33Jjnf8Y6+HD85XdRiqmo1KMGPE="
     }
   end
 
   def valid_security_key_auth_post_data
     {
-      signature: "MEYCIQC5xyUQvF4qTPZ2yX7crp/IEs1E/4wqhXgxC1EVAumhfgIhAIC/7w4BVEy+ew6vMYISahtnnIqbqsPZosBeTUSI8Y4j".freeze,
-      clientData: "eyJjaGFsbGVuZ2UiOiJOR1UzWW1Zek0yWTBNelkyWkdFM05EVTNZak5qWldVNFpUWTNOakJoTm1NMFlqVTVORFptTlRrd016Vm1ZMlZpTURVd01UZzJOemcxTW1RMSIsIm9yaWdpbiI6Imh0dHA6Ly9sb2NhbGhvc3Q6MzAwMCIsInR5cGUiOiJ3ZWJhdXRobi5nZXQifQ==".freeze,
-      authenticatorData: "SZYN5YgOjGh0NBcPZHZgW4/krrmihjLHmVzzuoMdl2MBAAAA2Q==".freeze,
+      signature: "MEYCIQC5xyUQvF4qTPZ2yX7crp/IEs1E/4wqhXgxC1EVAumhfgIhAIC/7w4BVEy+ew6vMYISahtnnIqbqsPZosBeTUSI8Y4j",
+      clientData: "eyJjaGFsbGVuZ2UiOiJOR1UzWW1Zek0yWTBNelkyWkdFM05EVTNZak5qWldVNFpUWTNOakJoTm1NMFlqVTVORFptTlRrd016Vm1ZMlZpTURVd01UZzJOemcxTW1RMSIsIm9yaWdpbiI6Imh0dHA6Ly9sb2NhbGhvc3Q6MzAwMCIsInR5cGUiOiJ3ZWJhdXRobi5nZXQifQ==",
+      authenticatorData: "SZYN5YgOjGh0NBcPZHZgW4/krrmihjLHmVzzuoMdl2MBAAAA2Q==",
       credentialId: valid_security_key_data[:credential_id]
     }
   end
 
   def valid_security_key_challenge_data
     {
-      challenge: "4e7bf33f4366da7457b3cee8e6760a6c4b5946f59035fceb0501867852d5".freeze
+      challenge: "4e7bf33f4366da7457b3cee8e6760a6c4b5946f59035fceb0501867852d5"
     }
   end