diff --git a/phpunit.xml.dist b/phpunit.xml.dist
index 20eaefb12..bb3b94774 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml.dist
+++ b/phpunit.xml.dist
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
          convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
          processIsolation="false"
          stopOnFailure="false"
-         syntaxCheck="false"
          bootstrap="tests/bootstrap.php"
 >
     <testsuites>