diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/readall.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/readall.rb
index df8644b832..81eaba37d5 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/readall.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/readall.rb
@@ -17,17 +17,19 @@ module Homebrew
       end
 
       failed = false
-      workers = (0...Hardware::CPU.cores).map do
-        Thread.new do
-          begin
-            while rb = ruby_files.pop(true)
-              nostdout { failed = true unless system RUBY_PATH, "-c", "-w", rb }
+      nostdout do
+        workers = (0...Hardware::CPU.cores).map do
+          Thread.new do
+            begin
+              while rb = ruby_files.pop(true)
+                failed = true unless system RUBY_PATH, "-c", "-w", rb
+              end
+            rescue ThreadError # ignore empty queue error
             end
-          rescue ThreadError # ignore empty queue error
           end
         end
+        workers.map(&:join)
       end
-      workers.map(&:join)
       Homebrew.failed = failed
     end