diff --git a/lib/tasks/cucumber.rake b/lib/tasks/cucumber.rake
index 244b948c2..c3f358d77 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/cucumber.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/cucumber.rake
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ begin
       t.binary = vendored_cucumber_bin # If nil, the gem's binary is used.
       t.fork = true # You may get faster startup if you set this to false
       t.profile = 'default'
-      t.cucumber_opts =  "features --exclude features/uri-tests/*"
+      t.cucumber_opts =  "--exclude features/uri-tests/*"
     end
 
     Cucumber::Rake::Task.new(:wip, 'Run features that are being worked on') do |t|