diff --git a/build/tasks/spec-task.coffee b/build/tasks/spec-task.coffee
index 47a289f89..b12adb50f 100644
--- a/build/tasks/spec-task.coffee
+++ b/build/tasks/spec-task.coffee
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
       else
         async.parallel
 
-    specs =
+    runSpecs =
       if process.env.ATOM_SPECS_TASK is 'packages'
         [runPackageSpecs]
       else if process.env.ATOM_SPECS_TASK is 'core'
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
       else
         [runCoreSpecs, runPackageSpecs]
 
-    method specs, (error, results) ->
+    method runSpecs, (error, results) ->
       [coreSpecFailed, failedPackages] = results
       elapsedTime = Math.round((Date.now() - startTime) / 100) / 10
       grunt.log.ok("Total spec time: #{elapsedTime}s using #{concurrency} cores")