diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 3e8489ba..4ea37feb 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 # for example lib/tasks/capistrano.rake, and they will automatically be available to Rake.
 
 require File.expand_path('../config/application', __FILE__)
-require 'rubocop/rake_task'
 
-RuboCop::RakeTask.new
+if Rails.env.development? || Rails.env.test?
+  require 'rubocop/rake_task'
+  RuboCop::RakeTask.new
+end
 
 Lobsters::Application.load_tasks