diff --git a/phpmd.xml b/phpmd.xml
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--- a/phpmd.xml
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@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<ruleset name="codemasher/php-qrcode PMD ruleset"
-		 xmlns="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0"
-		 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-		 xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0 http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd"
-		 xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd">
-	<description>codemasher/php-qrcode PMD ruleset</description>
-	<exclude-pattern>*/examples/*</exclude-pattern>
-	<exclude-pattern>*/tests/*</exclude-pattern>
-	<rule ref="rulesets/cleancode.xml">
-		<exclude name="BooleanArgumentFlag"/>
-	</rule>
-	<rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml/CyclomaticComplexity">
-		<priority>1</priority>
-		<properties>
-			<property name="maximum" value="200" />
-		</properties>
-	</rule>
-	<rule ref="rulesets/controversial.xml">
-		<exclude name="CamelCaseMethodName"/>
-		<exclude name="CamelCasePropertyName"/>
-		<exclude name="CamelCaseParameterName"/>
-		<exclude name="CamelCaseVariableName"/>
-	</rule>
-	<rule ref="rulesets/design.xml">
-	</rule>
-	<rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml">
-		<exclude name="LongVariable"/>
-		<exclude name="ShortVariable"/>
-	</rule>
-	<rule ref="rulesets/unusedcode.xml">
-		<exclude name="UnusedFormalParameter"/>
-	</rule>
-</ruleset>