diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/MainTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/MainTest.java
index 71b7c6423..62c8c0e08 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/MainTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/MainTest.java
@@ -435,8 +435,6 @@ public class MainTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testCreateListener_IllegalStateException() throws Exception {
-        Class<?>[] param = new Class<?>[1];
-        param[0] = File.class;
         Method method = Main.class.getDeclaredMethod("createListener", String.class, String.class);
         method.setAccessible(true);
         try {
@@ -454,8 +452,6 @@ public class MainTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testCreateListenerWithLocation_IllegalStateException() throws Exception {
-        Class<?>[] param = new Class<?>[1];
-        param[0] = File.class;
         Method method = Main.class.getDeclaredMethod("createListener", String.class, String.class);
         method.setAccessible(true);
         String outDir = "myfolder123";
@@ -509,8 +505,6 @@ public class MainTest {
     @Test
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public void testListFiles_notFile() throws Exception {
-        Class<?>[] param = new Class<?>[1];
-        param[0] = File.class;
         Method method = Main.class.getDeclaredMethod("listFiles", File.class);
         method.setAccessible(true);
 
@@ -526,8 +520,6 @@ public class MainTest {
     @Test
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public void testListFiles_DirectoryWithNull() throws Exception {
-        Class<?>[] param = new Class<?>[1];
-        param[0] = File.class;
         Method method = Main.class.getDeclaredMethod("listFiles", File.class);
         method.setAccessible(true);