diff --git a/manifests/server/grant.pp b/manifests/server/grant.pp
index aeb265fe51..4221d65dea 100644
--- a/manifests/server/grant.pp
+++ b/manifests/server/grant.pp
@@ -432,6 +432,9 @@
     default: {
       $_granted_object = $_object_name
       $_togrant_object = $_object_name
+      # if $_togrant_object_only not set, set it to a default value $_togrant_object
+      # allows an Array or String to be passed as $_object_name i.e. [$schema, $table] or $table
+      $_togrant_object_only = $_togrant_object
     }
   }
 
@@ -449,9 +452,9 @@
 
   $_onlyif = $onlyif_function ? {
     'table_exists'    => "SELECT true FROM pg_tables WHERE tablename = '${_togrant_object_only}'",
-    'language_exists' => "SELECT true from pg_language WHERE lanname = '${_togrant_object_only}}'",
+    'language_exists' => "SELECT true from pg_language WHERE lanname = '${_togrant_object_only}'",
     'role_exists'     => "SELECT 1 FROM pg_roles WHERE rolname = '${role}' or '${role}' = 'PUBLIC'",
-    'function_exists' => "SELECT true FROM pg_proc WHERE (oid::regprocedure)::text = '${_togrant_object_only}}${arguments}'",
+    'function_exists' => "SELECT true FROM pg_proc WHERE (oid::regprocedure)::text = '${_togrant_object_only}${arguments}'",
     default           => undef,
   }
 
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper_acceptance_local.rb b/spec/spec_helper_acceptance_local.rb
index b70a812737..d6ef2bf3f6 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper_acceptance_local.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper_acceptance_local.rb
@@ -16,17 +16,9 @@ def unindent
 RSpec.configure do |c|
   c.before :suite do
     install_dependencies
-    turn_off_strict_error
   end
 end
 
-def turn_off_strict_error
-  # this is only temporary fix until we finish adding support for puppet 8
-  # strict=warning is defaulted on puppet versions below 8, whereas puppet 8 has strict=error by default
-  # error is caused by 'onlyif_exists' in spec/acceptance/server/grant_spec.rb L78 (works when removed, but not what we want to test)
-  LitmusHelper.instance.run_shell("echo 'strict=warning\nstrict_variables=false' >> /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/puppet.conf")
-end
-
 def export_locales(locale)
   LitmusHelper.instance.run_shell('echo export PATH="/opt/puppetlabs/bin:$PATH" > ~/.bashrc')
   LitmusHelper.instance.run_shell('echo export LC_ALL="C" > /etc/profile.d/my-custom.lang.sh')