diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
index 4cfc6b8f..99dde47b 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
          convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
          processIsolation="false"
          stopOnFailure="false"
-         syntaxCheck="false"
          bootstrap="test/bootstrap.php"
     >
     <testsuites>