diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 96dcfe5..cca3e40 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -50,5 +50,8 @@ Style/FrozenStringLiteralComment:
 Style/HashSyntax:
   Enabled: true
 
+Style/RedundantBegin:
+  Enabled: true
+
 Style/RedundantFreeze:
   Enabled: true
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index ad377bf..553cb88 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@ if RUBY_ENGINE == "ruby"
 end
 
 def safe_require(name)
-  begin
-    require name
-  rescue LoadError
-    nil
-  end
+  require name
+rescue LoadError
+  nil
 end
 
 safe_require "connection_pool"