diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
index 6915e5c0b1ba3648aa2142556c471024390568ec..12a0823fbb56ce0e4e0e176fa785acba632b6bb0 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
          convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
          processIsolation="false"
          stopOnFailure="false"
-         syntaxCheck="false"
          bootstrap="./tests/bootstrap.php">
     <testsuites>
         <testsuite name="Unit tests">