diff --git a/share/functions/__fish_complete_gpg.fish b/share/functions/__fish_complete_gpg.fish
index 2c9f8e2c5..5eff5402a 100644
--- a/share/functions/__fish_complete_gpg.fish
+++ b/share/functions/__fish_complete_gpg.fish
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # impressive.
 
 function __fish_complete_gpg -d "Internal function for gpg completion code deduplication" -a __fish_complete_gpg_command
-    if string match -q 'gpg (GnuPG) 1.*' ($__fish_complete_gpg_command --version)
+    if string match -q 'gpg (GnuPG) 1.*' ($__fish_complete_gpg_command --version 2>/dev/null)
         complete -c $__fish_complete_gpg_command -l simple-sk-checksum -d 'Integrity protect secret keys by using a SHA-1 checksum'
         complete -c $__fish_complete_gpg_command -l no-sig-create-check -d "Do not verify each signature right after creation"
         complete -c $__fish_complete_gpg_command -l pgp2 -d "Set up all options to be as PGP 2.x compliant as possible"