1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/app/services/protected_branches/update_service.rb b/app/services/protected_branches/update_service.rb
index 89d8ba60134..4b3337a5c9d 100644
--- a/app/services/protected_branches/update_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/protected_branches/update_service.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 module ProtectedBranches
   class UpdateService < BaseService
-    attr_reader :protected_branch
-
     def execute(protected_branch)
       raise Gitlab::Access::AccessDeniedError unless can?(current_user, :admin_project, project)
 
-      @protected_branch = protected_branch
-      @protected_branch.update(params)
-      @protected_branch
+      protected_branch.update(params)
+      protected_branch
     end
   end
 end