diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/core.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/core.ts
index 97ee1178d046d..b5f0f8b977eb6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/core.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/core.ts
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ export class ReportingCore {
    */
   private getExportTypes(): ExportType[] {
     const { csv, pdf, png } = this.config.export_types;
-    const exportTypes: any[] = []; // hack around type error: Argument of type 'CsvSearchSourceExportType|CsvV2ExportType|PdfV1ExportType|PdfExportType|PngExportType' is not assignable to parameter of type 'never'
+    const exportTypes: ExportType[] = [];
 
     if (csv.enabled) {
       // NOTE: CsvSearchSourceExportType should be deprecated and replaced with V2 in the UI: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/151190