diff --git a/.ci/pitest-suppressions/pitest-coding-1-suppressions.xml b/.ci/pitest-suppressions/pitest-coding-1-suppressions.xml
index 87b789614ce..e3bb01fbde1 100644
--- a/.ci/pitest-suppressions/pitest-coding-1-suppressions.xml
+++ b/.ci/pitest-suppressions/pitest-coding-1-suppressions.xml
@@ -108,15 +108,6 @@
     <lineContent>switch (blockWithVariableUsage.getType()) {</lineContent>
   </mutation>
 
-  <mutation unstable="false">
-    <sourceFile>VariableDeclarationUsageDistanceCheck.java</sourceFile>
-    <mutatedClass>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.coding.VariableDeclarationUsageDistanceCheck</mutatedClass>
-    <mutatedMethod>calculateDistanceInSingleScope</mutatedMethod>
-    <mutator>org.pitest.mutationtest.engine.gregor.mutators.RemoveConditionalMutator_EQUAL_ELSE</mutator>
-    <description>removed conditional - replaced equality check with false</description>
-    <lineContent>if (!firstUsageFound) {</lineContent>
-  </mutation>
-
   <mutation unstable="false">
     <sourceFile>VariableDeclarationUsageDistanceCheck.java</sourceFile>
     <mutatedClass>com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.coding.VariableDeclarationUsageDistanceCheck</mutatedClass>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/VariableDeclarationUsageDistanceCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/VariableDeclarationUsageDistanceCheck.java
index 322c2e10cd7..01b38a36690 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/VariableDeclarationUsageDistanceCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/VariableDeclarationUsageDistanceCheck.java
@@ -522,6 +522,8 @@ else if (!instanceName.equals(initInstanceName)) {
      * @param variableIdentAst
      *        Variable which distance is calculated for.
      * @return entry which contains expression with variable usage and distance.
+     *         If variable usage is not found, then the expression node is null,
+     *         although the distance can be greater than zero.
      */
     private static Entry<DetailAST, Integer> calculateDistanceInSingleScope(
             DetailAST semicolonAst, DetailAST variableIdentAst) {
@@ -544,11 +546,6 @@ else if (currentAst.getType() != TokenTypes.VARIABLE_DEF) {
             currentAst = currentAst.getNextSibling();
         }
 
-        // If variable wasn't used after its declaration, distance is 0.
-        if (!firstUsageFound) {
-            dist = 0;
-        }
-
         return new SimpleEntry<>(variableUsageAst, dist);
     }