diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index ceade6e5820..46cf0275f8d 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -171,10 +171,11 @@ Rails/FilePath:
 Rails/HttpStatus:
   EnforcedStyle: numeric
 
-# Reason: Allowed only in the `tootctl` CLI application code
+# Reason: Allowed in `tootctl` CLI code and in boot ENV checker
 # https://docs.rubocop.org/rubocop-rails/cops_rails.html#railsexit
 Rails/Exit:
   Exclude:
+    - 'config/boot.rb'
     - 'lib/mastodon/*_cli.rb'
     - 'lib/mastodon/cli_helper.rb'
     - 'lib/cli.rb'
diff --git a/.rubocop_todo.yml b/.rubocop_todo.yml
index de6857e071f..22412a053d0 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo.yml
@@ -712,12 +712,6 @@ Rails/DuplicateAssociation:
     - 'app/serializers/activitypub/collection_serializer.rb'
     - 'app/serializers/activitypub/note_serializer.rb'
 
-# Configuration parameters: Include.
-# Include: app/**/*.rb, config/**/*.rb, lib/**/*.rb
-Rails/Exit:
-  Exclude:
-    - 'config/boot.rb'
-
 # Configuration parameters: Include.
 # Include: app/models/**/*.rb
 Rails/HasAndBelongsToMany: