diff --git a/RoboFile.php b/RoboFile.php
index 10ba222a21..892c719607 100644
--- a/RoboFile.php
+++ b/RoboFile.php
@@ -407,7 +407,6 @@ class RoboFile extends \Robo\Tasks {
 
     return $this
       ->taskExec($task)
-      ->rawArg('--runtime-set testVersion 7.1-8.0')
       ->arg('--ignore=' . implode(',', $foldersToIgnore))
       ->rawArg($stringFilesToCheck)
       ->run();
diff --git a/tasks/code_sniffer/MailPoet/ruleset.xml b/tasks/code_sniffer/MailPoet/ruleset.xml
index 3e3f6d2e34..b6e59c57f4 100644
--- a/tasks/code_sniffer/MailPoet/ruleset.xml
+++ b/tasks/code_sniffer/MailPoet/ruleset.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   <config name="installed_paths" value="tasks/code_sniffer/vendor/squizlabs/php_codesniffer,tasks/code_sniffer/vendor/phpcompatibility/php-compatibility,tasks/code_sniffer/vendor/slevomat/coding-standard"/>
   <description>MailPoet specific rule set</description>
   <exclude-pattern>*/phpstan/woocommerce.php</exclude-pattern>
+  <config name="testVersion" value="7.1-"/>
 
   <!-- Files -->
   <rule ref="Generic.Files.ByteOrderMark"/> <!-- Disallow usage of BOMs -->