diff --git a/.rubocop_todo.yml b/.rubocop_todo.yml
index d3b404c4bc2cdb65751fd6ff4d78f791d96c5b3a..21671ba56ae5d630ed06ba0888393c80e34fd406 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo.yml
@@ -213,13 +213,6 @@ RSpec/ReturnFromStub:
 RSpec/ScatteredLet:
   Enabled: false
 
-# Offense count: 10
-# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle.
-# SupportedStyles: symbols, strings
-RSpec/VariableDefinition:
-  Exclude:
-    - 'spec/initializers/mail_encoding_patch_spec.rb'
-
 # Offense count: 24
 # Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, IgnoredPatterns.
 # SupportedStyles: snake_case, camelCase
diff --git a/spec/initializers/mail_encoding_patch_spec.rb b/spec/initializers/mail_encoding_patch_spec.rb
index 52a0d041f488ababeb85c4facad6b52d41c2fb9b..e19a8737459bdacb70cc0c513f9a96b98e751c5a 100644
--- a/spec/initializers/mail_encoding_patch_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/initializers/mail_encoding_patch_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
+# rubocop:disable RSpec/VariableDefinition
 
 require 'fast_spec_helper'
 
@@ -205,3 +206,4 @@
     end
   end
 end
+# rubocop:enable RSpec/VariableDefinition