diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/mojo/spotbugs/XDocsReporter.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/mojo/spotbugs/XDocsReporter.groovy
index 3252d8f3..80b49728 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/mojo/spotbugs/XDocsReporter.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/mojo/spotbugs/XDocsReporter.groovy
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ class XDocsReporter {
         }
 
         outputWriter << xmlBuilder.bind(xdoc)
-        outputWriter.flush()
         outputWriter.close()
     }