diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 3568d9d7b..6b348bc22 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -672,11 +672,13 @@ Style/SwapValues:
 
 Style/TopLevelMethodDefinition:
   Description: 'This cop looks for top-level method definitions.'
-  Enabled: true
-  Exclude:
-    - scripts/release
-    - scripts/stage_release
-    - 'spec/**/*_spec.rb'
+  Enabled: false
+# We're disabling it for the time being until a new version of rubocop 
+# (> 1.31.2) is released with a fix for false positives that are coming up.
+# These files below were the original files excluded from this rule.
+#  Exclude:
+#    - scripts/release
+#    - scripts/stage_release
 
 Style/TrailingCommaInArguments:
   Description: 'Checks for trailing comma in argument lists.'