diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9efcaf45896..efc291b17dd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Note: Can be used with `megalinter/megalinter@beta` in your GitHub Action mega-l
 - Fixes
   - Use latest version of npm
   - Generate JSON Schema HTML Documentation when building documentation ([#1287](https://github.com/megalinter/megalinter/issues/1287))
+  - rubocop: remove `--force-exclusion` from auto-added parameters ([#302](https://github.com/megalinter/megalinter/issues/302))
 
 - Linter versions upgrades
   - [cpplint](https://github.com/cpplint/cpplint) from 1.5.5 to **1.6.0** on 2022-02-20
diff --git a/megalinter/descriptors/ruby.megalinter-descriptor.yml b/megalinter/descriptors/ruby.megalinter-descriptor.yml
index c1c91538316..4beec856c86 100644
--- a/megalinter/descriptors/ruby.megalinter-descriptor.yml
+++ b/megalinter/descriptors/ruby.megalinter-descriptor.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ linters:
     linter_rules_inline_disable_url: https://docs.rubocop.org/rubocop/0.92/configuration.html#disabling-cops-within-source-code
     linter_megalinter_ref_url: https://docs.rubocop.org/rubocop/integration_with_other_tools.html#mega-linter-integration
     config_file_name: .ruby-lint.yml
-    cli_lint_extra_args:
-      - "--force-exclusion"
     cli_lint_fix_arg_name: "--safe-auto-correct"
     examples:
       - "rubocop --force-exclusion myfile.rb"