diff --git a/lib/requirejs/rails/engine.rb b/lib/requirejs/rails/engine.rb
index 7608877a..abe90950 100644
--- a/lib/requirejs/rails/engine.rb
+++ b/lib/requirejs/rails/engine.rb
@@ -52,18 +52,16 @@ class Engine < ::Rails::Engine
 
       # Are we running in the precompilation Rake task? If so, we need to adjust certain environmental configuration
       # values.
-      if defined?(Rake) && Rake.application.top_level_tasks.include?("requirejs:precompile:all")
+      if defined?(Rake) && defined?(Rake.application) && Rake.application.top_level_tasks.include?("requirejs:precompile:all")
         initializer "requirejs.modify_environment_config", after: "load_environment_config", group: :all do |app|
-          app.configure do
-            # If we don't set this to true, sprockets-rails will assign `Rails.application.assets` to `nil`.
-            config.assets.compile = true
+          # If we don't set this to true, sprockets-rails will assign `Rails.application.assets` to `nil`.
+          app.config.assets.compile = true
 
-            # Don't compress JavaScripts fed into the r.js optimizer.
-            config.assets.js_compressor = false
+          # Don't compress JavaScripts fed into the r.js optimizer.
+          app.config.assets.js_compressor = false
 
-            # Don't use any cache to retrieve assets.
-            config.assets.cache = nil
-          end
+          # Don't use any cache to retrieve assets.
+          app.config.assets.cache = nil
         end
       end