diff --git a/.phpcs.xml b/.phpcs.xml
index 3e6d391732..304acc8b34 100644
--- a/.phpcs.xml
+++ b/.phpcs.xml
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@
 	<file>.</file>
 	<arg name="extensions" value="php"/>
 	<arg name="encoding" value="UTF-8"/>
+	<exclude-pattern type="relative">^lib/ve/*</exclude-pattern>
 </ruleset>
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 605a68ecc7..6fb0f8eaac 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 			"phpcbf"
 		],
 		"phan": "phan -d . --long-progress-bar",
-		"phpcs": "phpcs -sp --cache --ignore=*/node_modules/"
+		"phpcs": "phpcs -sp --cache"
 	},
 	"config": {
 		"allow-plugins": {