diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a0736a4d7..32c21e21d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -142,6 +142,6 @@ end
 
 group :test do
   gem 'database_cleaner'
-  gem 'simplecov'
+  gem 'simplecov', require: false
   gem 'webmock'
 end