diff --git a/R/Renderer.R b/R/Renderer.R
index 94072b51..6a4e6bee 100644
--- a/R/Renderer.R
+++ b/R/Renderer.R
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ Renderer <- R6::R6Class( # nolint: object_name_linter.
         yaml_header <- md_header(yaml::as.yaml(list(title = "Report")))
       }
 
-      if (requireNamespace("formatR", quietly = TRUE)) {
-        global_knitr[["tidy"]] <- TRUE
-      }
-
       private$report_type <- get_yaml_field(yaml_header, "output")
       format_code_block_function <- paste0(
         c(
diff --git a/R/zzz.R b/R/zzz.R
index 62f39049..e0876fe2 100644
--- a/R/zzz.R
+++ b/R/zzz.R
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   default_global_knitr <- list(teal.reporter.global_knitr = list(
     echo = TRUE,
     tidy.opts = list(width.cutoff = 60),
-    tidy = FALSE
+    tidy = requireNamespace("formatR", quietly = TRUE)
   ))
 
   if (!("teal.reporter.global_knitr" %in% names(op))) {