diff --git a/lib/standard/plugin/merges_plugins_into_rubocop_config.rb b/lib/standard/plugin/merges_plugins_into_rubocop_config.rb
index 6883c566..1a297c26 100644
--- a/lib/standard/plugin/merges_plugins_into_rubocop_config.rb
+++ b/lib/standard/plugin/merges_plugins_into_rubocop_config.rb
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def blank_rubocop_config(example_config)
       end
 
       def except(hash_or_config, keys)
-        hash_or_config.to_h.reject { |key, _| keys.include?(key) }.to_h
+        hash_or_config.to_h.except(*keys).to_h
       end
 
       # Always deletes nil entries, always overwrites arrays