diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 6e2de1ec..37c5b299 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 group :development do
   gem "rake"
-  gem "rake-compiler"
+  gem "rake-compiler", ">= 0.4.1"
   gem "test-unit"
   gem "test-unit-ruby-core"
 end
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 32b7dd4a..caaa1b58 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |t|
     t.ruby_opts << "--debug=frozen-string-literal" if RUBY_ENGINE != "truffleruby"
   end
 end
-gem 'rake-compiler', '>= 0.4.1'
 
 def java?
   /java/ === RUBY_PLATFORM