diff --git a/phpunit.xml.dist b/phpunit.xml.dist
index 5ec1bac..f8e8ff2 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml.dist
+++ b/phpunit.xml.dist
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
          convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
          processIsolation="false"
          stopOnFailure="false"
-         syntaxCheck="false"
          beStrictAboutTestsThatDoNotTestAnything="false"
          bootstrap="tests/phpunit/bootstrap.php"
 >