diff --git a/modules/build.gradle b/modules/build.gradle
index 8501a5bf4caf81..69d9b98d67701c 100644
--- a/modules/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/build.gradle
@@ -981,15 +981,12 @@ private void _transformToJakarta(FileCollection jarFiles, File outputDir, Task t
 		Class<?> jakartaTransformerCLIClass = Class.forName("org.eclipse.transformer.cli.JakartaTransformerCLI")
 
 		Object jakartaTransformerCLIClassConstructor = jakartaTransformerCLIClass.getConstructor(PrintStream, PrintStream, String[].class)
+		Object runMethod = jakartaTransformerCLIClass.getMethod("run")
 
 		PrintStream errorPrintStream = new PrintStream(new ByteArrayOutputStream())
 		PrintStream standardPrintStream = new PrintStream(new ByteArrayOutputStream())
 
-		Object jakartaTransformerCLIInstance = jakartaTransformerCLIClassConstructor.newInstance(standardPrintStream, errorPrintStream, [jarFile.absolutePath, file.absolutePath] as String[])
-
-		Object runMethod = jakartaTransformerCLIClass.getMethod("run")
-
-		Object resultCode = runMethod.invoke(jakartaTransformerCLIInstance)
+		Object resultCode = runMethod.invoke(jakartaTransformerCLIClassConstructor.newInstance(standardPrintStream, errorPrintStream, [jarFile.absolutePath, file.absolutePath] as String[]))
 
 		if (resultCode == org.eclipse.transformer.Transformer.ResultCode.SUCCESS_RC) {
 			task.logger.lifecycle "Jakarta: ${task.project.name}:${task.name} ${FileUtil.relativize(jarFile, task.project.rootProject.projectDir.parentFile.parentFile)} -> ${FileUtil.relativize(file, task.project.projectDir.parentFile)}"