diff --git a/sunspot_solr/lib/sunspot/solr/java.rb b/sunspot_solr/lib/sunspot/solr/java.rb
index 5eaf82fda..197e88da1 100644
--- a/sunspot_solr/lib/sunspot/solr/java.rb
+++ b/sunspot_solr/lib/sunspot/solr/java.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module Sunspot
   module Solr
     module Java
       def self.installed?
-        `java -version &> /dev/null`
+        `java -version`
         $?.success?
       end
     end