diff --git a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/proguard/gradle/plugin/android/AndroidPlugin.kt b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/proguard/gradle/plugin/android/AndroidPlugin.kt
index 921540ca..b43d25a9 100644
--- a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/proguard/gradle/plugin/android/AndroidPlugin.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/proguard/gradle/plugin/android/AndroidPlugin.kt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import java.io.File
 import org.gradle.api.GradleException
 import org.gradle.api.Plugin
 import org.gradle.api.Project
+import org.gradle.api.Task
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.Configuration
 import org.gradle.api.attributes.Attribute
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskProvider
@@ -68,29 +69,27 @@ class AndroidPlugin(private val androidExtension: BaseExtension) : Plugin<Projec
 
             when (androidExtension) {
                 is AppExtension -> androidExtension.applicationVariants.all { applicationVariant ->
-                    if (proguardBlock.configurations.hasVariantConfiguration(applicationVariant.name))
-                        verifyNotMinified(applicationVariant)
-
-                    collectConsumerRulesTask.dependsOn(createCollectConsumerRulesTask(
-                            project,
-                            applicationVariant,
-                            createConsumerRulesConfiguration(project, applicationVariant),
-                            File("${project.buildDir}/intermediates/proguard/configs")))
+                    setupVariant(proguardBlock, applicationVariant, collectConsumerRulesTask, project)
                 }
                 is LibraryExtension -> androidExtension.libraryVariants.all { libraryVariant ->
-                    if (proguardBlock.configurations.hasVariantConfiguration(libraryVariant.name))
-                        verifyNotMinified(libraryVariant)
-
-                    collectConsumerRulesTask.dependsOn(createCollectConsumerRulesTask(
-                            project,
-                            libraryVariant,
-                            createConsumerRulesConfiguration(project, libraryVariant),
-                            File("${project.buildDir}/intermediates/proguard/configs")))
+                    setupVariant(proguardBlock, libraryVariant, collectConsumerRulesTask, project)
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 
+    private fun setupVariant(proguardBlock: ProGuardAndroidExtension, variant: BaseVariant, collectConsumerRulesTask: TaskProvider<Task>, project: Project) {
+        if (proguardBlock.configurations.hasVariantConfiguration(variant.name)) {
+            verifyNotMinified(variant)
+
+            collectConsumerRulesTask.dependsOn(createCollectConsumerRulesTask(
+                    project,
+                    variant,
+                    createConsumerRulesConfiguration(project, variant),
+                    File("${project.buildDir}/intermediates/proguard/configs")))
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun createCollectConsumerRulesTask(
         project: Project,
         variant: BaseVariant,
diff --git a/gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/proguard/gradle/ConsumerRulesCollectionTest.kt b/gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/proguard/gradle/ConsumerRulesCollectionTest.kt
index 9b35c751..fd08963b 100644
--- a/gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/proguard/gradle/ConsumerRulesCollectionTest.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/proguard/gradle/ConsumerRulesCollectionTest.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package proguard.gradle
 
 import io.kotest.core.spec.style.FreeSpec
 import io.kotest.matchers.file.shouldExist
+import io.kotest.matchers.file.shouldNotExist
 import io.kotest.matchers.shouldBe
 import io.kotest.matchers.string.shouldContain
 import io.kotest.matchers.string.shouldNotContain
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ import testutils.createTestKitDir
 class ConsumerRulesCollectionTest : FreeSpec({
     val testKitDir = createTestKitDir()
 
-    "Given an Android project" - {
+    "Given an Android project with one configured variant" - {
         val project = autoClose(AndroidProject().apply {
             addModule(applicationModule("app", buildDotGradle = """
             plugins {
@@ -68,14 +69,14 @@ class ConsumerRulesCollectionTest : FreeSpec({
         }
 
         "When the tasks 'clean' and 'collectConsumerRulesDebug' are executed " - {
-            val result = createGradleRunner(project.rootDir, testKitDir, "clean", "collectConsumerRulesDebug").build()
+            val result = createGradleRunner(project.rootDir, testKitDir, "clean", "collectConsumerRulesDebug").buildAndFail()
 
-            "Then the task 'collectConsumerRulesDebug' is successful" {
-                result.task(":app:collectConsumerRulesDebug")?.outcome shouldBe TaskOutcome.SUCCESS
+            "Then the task 'collectConsumerRulesDebug' is not executed" {
+                result.task(":app:collectConsumerRulesDebug")?.outcome shouldBe null
             }
 
-            "Then a subdirectory of the build directory should contain the consumer rules" {
-                File("${project.rootDir}/app/build/intermediates/proguard/configs/debug/consumer-rules.pro").shouldExist()
+            "Then a subdirectory of the build directory should not contain the consumer rules" {
+                File("${project.rootDir}/app/build/intermediates/proguard/configs/debug/consumer-rules.pro").shouldNotExist()
             }
         }