diff --git a/phpunit.xml.dist b/phpunit.xml.dist
index 06aca8fe1d..1bf79ca26d 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml.dist
+++ b/phpunit.xml.dist
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
          convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
          convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
          stopOnFailure="false"
-         syntaxCheck="false"
          bootstrap="tests/bootstrap.php"
 >
     <testsuites>