diff --git a/scripts/functions/environment b/scripts/functions/environment
index 3c9e709996..8536ce6d93 100644
--- a/scripts/functions/environment
+++ b/scripts/functions/environment
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ __rvm_expand_ruby_string()
 
 __rvm_become()
 {
-  local string="$1"
+  # set rvm_rvmrc_flag=0 to not create .rvmrc in random places of code
+  local string="$1" rvm_rvmrc_flag=0
 
   [[ -n "$string" ]] && rvm_ruby_string="$string"
 
@@ -310,4 +311,3 @@ __rvm_teardown()
 
   return 0
 }
-