diff --git a/.php-cs-fixer.dist.php b/.php-cs-fixer.dist.php
index 0e786c4c8a5..e16e47480cc 100644
--- a/.php-cs-fixer.dist.php
+++ b/.php-cs-fixer.dist.php
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
         'modernize_strpos' => true, // needs PHP 8+ or polyfill
         'no_useless_concat_operator' => false, // TODO switch back on when the `src/Console/Application.php` no longer needs the concat
         'numeric_literal_separator' => true,
-        'string_implicit_backslashes' => true, // https://github.com/PHP-CS-Fixer/PHP-CS-Fixer/pull/7786
     ])
     ->setFinder(
         (new Finder())
diff --git a/doc/ruleSets/PhpCsFixer.rst b/doc/ruleSets/PhpCsFixer.rst
index c9bb1a3254d..8a0ab5b0e1a 100644
--- a/doc/ruleSets/PhpCsFixer.rst
+++ b/doc/ruleSets/PhpCsFixer.rst
@@ -66,10 +66,7 @@ Rules
 - `self_static_accessor <./../rules/class_notation/self_static_accessor.rst>`_
 - `single_line_comment_style <./../rules/comment/single_line_comment_style.rst>`_
 - `single_line_empty_body <./../rules/basic/single_line_empty_body.rst>`_
-- `string_implicit_backslashes <./../rules/string_notation/string_implicit_backslashes.rst>`_ with config:
-
-  ``['single_quoted' => 'ignore']``
-
+- `string_implicit_backslashes <./../rules/string_notation/string_implicit_backslashes.rst>`_
 - `whitespace_after_comma_in_array <./../rules/array_notation/whitespace_after_comma_in_array.rst>`_ with config:
 
   ``['ensure_single_space' => true]``
diff --git a/doc/rules/string_notation/string_implicit_backslashes.rst b/doc/rules/string_notation/string_implicit_backslashes.rst
index c615ca80148..a4fd82061f1 100644
--- a/doc/rules/string_notation/string_implicit_backslashes.rst
+++ b/doc/rules/string_notation/string_implicit_backslashes.rst
@@ -144,10 +144,7 @@ Rule sets
 
 The rule is part of the following rule set:
 
-- `@PhpCsFixer <./../../ruleSets/PhpCsFixer.rst>`_ with config:
-
-  ``['single_quoted' => 'ignore']``
-
+- `@PhpCsFixer <./../../ruleSets/PhpCsFixer.rst>`_
 
 References
 ----------
diff --git a/src/RuleSet/Sets/PhpCsFixerSet.php b/src/RuleSet/Sets/PhpCsFixerSet.php
index e90a02dd807..8770cbada8b 100644
--- a/src/RuleSet/Sets/PhpCsFixerSet.php
+++ b/src/RuleSet/Sets/PhpCsFixerSet.php
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public function getRules(): array
             'single_line_comment_style' => true,
             'single_line_empty_body' => true,
             'single_line_throw' => false,
-            'string_implicit_backslashes' => ['single_quoted' => 'ignore'],
+            'string_implicit_backslashes' => true,
             'whitespace_after_comma_in_array' => ['ensure_single_space' => true],
         ];
     }