diff --git a/subprojects/code-quality/src/main/groovy/org/gradle/api/plugins/quality/CodeNarc.groovy b/subprojects/code-quality/src/main/groovy/org/gradle/api/plugins/quality/CodeNarc.groovy
index f60d5cc28e47..f984b1725d68 100644
--- a/subprojects/code-quality/src/main/groovy/org/gradle/api/plugins/quality/CodeNarc.groovy
+++ b/subprojects/code-quality/src/main/groovy/org/gradle/api/plugins/quality/CodeNarc.groovy
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ class CodeNarc extends SourceTask implements VerificationTask, Reporting<CodeNar
         }
     }
 
-    File reportFile
-
     @OutputFile @Optional
     File getReportFile() {
         reports.firstEnabled?.destination
@@ -70,7 +68,6 @@ class CodeNarc extends SourceTask implements VerificationTask, Reporting<CodeNar
         reports.firstEnabled?.destination = reportFile
     }
 
-
     private final CodeNarcReportsImpl reports = ReportContainerBuilder.forTask(CodeNarcReportsImpl, TaskGeneratedReport, this).build() {
         singleFile "xml"
         singleFile "html"