diff --git a/openapi-generator/templates/php/.gitattributes b/openapi-generator/templates/php/.gitattributes
index ad8db7363..321917627 100644
--- a/openapi-generator/templates/php/.gitattributes
+++ b/openapi-generator/templates/php/.gitattributes
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@
 .gitattributes export-ignore
 .gitignore export-ignore
 .openapi-generator-ignore export-ignore
-.php_cs export-ignore
 git_push.sh export-ignore
 phpunit.xml.dist export-ignore
diff --git a/openapi-generator/templates/php/.php_cs b/openapi-generator/templates/php/.php_cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fbe53ec5..000000000
--- a/openapi-generator/templates/php/.php_cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-return PhpCsFixer\Config::create()
-    ->setUsingCache(true)
-    ->setRules([
-        '@PSR2' => true,
-        'ordered_imports' => true,
-        'phpdoc_order' => true,
-        'array_syntax' => [ 'syntax' => 'short' ],
-        'strict_comparison' => true,
-        'strict_param' => true,
-        'no_trailing_whitespace' => false,
-        'no_trailing_whitespace_in_comment' => false,
-        'braces' => false,
-        'single_blank_line_at_eof' => false,
-        'blank_line_after_namespace' => false,
-    ])
-    ->setFinder(
-        PhpCsFixer\Finder::create()
-        ->exclude('test')
-        ->exclude('tests')
-        ->in(__DIR__)
-    );
diff --git a/openapi-generator/templates/php/composer.mustache b/openapi-generator/templates/php/composer.mustache
index efa407b58..fa82e16f0 100644
--- a/openapi-generator/templates/php/composer.mustache
+++ b/openapi-generator/templates/php/composer.mustache
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@
         "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.9"
     },
     "require-dev": {
-        "phpunit/phpunit": "^12.1",
-        "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "~2.6",
-        "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer": "~2.12"
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "^12.1"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": { "{{escapedInvokerPackage}}\\" : "{{srcBasePath}}/" }