diff --git a/.rubocop_todo.yml b/.rubocop_todo.yml
index 0a946b9d627dba3beeec49da3f14859602a6e934..8074162c89a63c97667bfe51d073262dad8fdc1f 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo.yml
@@ -107,11 +107,6 @@ Lint/MixedRegexpCaptureTypes:
 Lint/RedundantCopDisableDirective:
   Enabled: false
 
-# Offense count: 1
-Lint/SelfAssignment:
-  Exclude:
-    - 'spec/lib/gitlab/search_context/builder_spec.rb'
-
 # Offense count: 3
 Lint/StructNewOverride:
   Exclude:
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/search_context/builder_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/search_context/builder_spec.rb
index 079477115bbd115911ae64e26d2c18ca5fca2ac0..a09115f3f21e0002cbe2007a7030d532a1100e33 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/search_context/builder_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/search_context/builder_spec.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ def expected_search_url(project, group)
   def be_search_context(project: nil, group: nil, snippets: [], ref: nil)
     group = project ? project.group : group
     snippets.compact!
-    ref = ref
 
     have_attributes(
       project: project,