--- a/phpunit.xml.dist
+++ b/phpunit.xml.dist
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
          convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
          convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
          processIsolation="false"
-         stopOnFailure="false"
-         syntaxCheck="false">
+         stopOnFailure="false">
     <logging>
         <log type="coverage-clover" target="coverage.xml" />
     </logging>
