diff --git a/lib/roby/app/rake.rb b/lib/roby/app/rake.rb
index 33da246af..8628da73a 100644
--- a/lib/roby/app/rake.rb
+++ b/lib/roby/app/rake.rb
@@ -815,7 +815,8 @@ def self.define_rubocop_if_enabled(
             end
 
             def self.detect_rubocop?
-                run_rubocop("--version", out: :close)
+                # Do NOT use out: :close here, it breaks bundler in some ways
+                run_rubocop("--version", out: "/dev/null")
                 true
             rescue Errno::ENOENT
                 false