diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index ec42bff..2d50ca0 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ Metrics/ModuleLength:
 Style/WordArray:
   Enabled: false
 
+# RedundantBegin is causing lib/pool_manager & vsphere.rb to fail in Ruby 2.5+
+Style/RedundantBegin:
+  Enabled: false
+
 # Either sytnax for regex is ok
 Style/RegexpLiteral:
   Enabled: false
@@ -93,4 +97,4 @@ Naming/MethodParameterName:
 # Standard comparisons seem more readable
 Style/NumericPredicate:
   Enabled: true
-  EnforcedStyle: comparison
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+  EnforcedStyle: comparison