diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index fc484d8..27c70e2 100755
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ task :changelog do
   # Automatically generate a changelog for this project. Only loaded if
   # the necessary gem is installed. By default its picking up the version from
   # inspec.yml. You can override that behavior with `rake changelog to=1.2.0`
-  begin
     require 'yaml'
     metadata = YAML.load_file('inspec.yml')
     v = ENV['to'] || metadata['version']