diff --git a/.phpcs.xml b/.phpcs.xml
index b44638d5..91aaf452 100644
--- a/.phpcs.xml
+++ b/.phpcs.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 	<rule ref="./vendor/mediawiki/mediawiki-codesniffer/MediaWiki">
 		<exclude name="MediaWiki.Commenting.FunctionComment.MissingDocumentationProtected" />
 		<exclude name="MediaWiki.Commenting.FunctionComment.MissingDocumentationPublic" />
-		<exclude name="MediaWiki.Commenting.FunctionComment.MissingParamComment" />
 	</rule>
 	<file>.</file>
 	<arg name="extensions" value="php,php5,inc" />
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 34d46e45..650c4999 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"require-dev": {
 		"jakub-onderka/php-parallel-lint": "1.0.0",
-		"mediawiki/mediawiki-codesniffer": "16.0.1",
+		"mediawiki/mediawiki-codesniffer": "17.0.0",
 		"jakub-onderka/php-console-highlighter": "0.3.2",
 		"mediawiki/minus-x": "0.3.1"
 	},