diff --git a/phpcs.xml.dist b/phpcs.xml.dist
index f9eeba2..52a38fd 100644
--- a/phpcs.xml.dist
+++ b/phpcs.xml.dist
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     <description>CodeSniffer ruleset for SilverStripe coding conventions.</description>
 
     <file>src</file>
-    <file>tests</file>
 
     <!-- base rules are PSR-2 -->
     <rule ref="PSR2" >