diff --git a/phpcs.xml b/phpcs.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index f9102893b87..00000000000
--- a/phpcs.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<ruleset name="CakePHP">
-    <rule ref=".\vendor\cakephp\cakephp-codesniffer\CakePHP\ruleset.xml"/>
-    <file>./src</file>
-</ruleset>
diff --git a/phpcs.xml.dist b/phpcs.xml.dist
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed13fb26c0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpcs.xml.dist
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ruleset name="CakePHP Core">
+    <rule ref="./vendor/cakephp/cakephp-codesniffer/CakePHP/ruleset.xml"/>
+</ruleset>