diff --git a/docbookcs.xml b/docbookcs.xml
index 7c874f321686..30f1967095f4 100644
--- a/docbookcs.xml
+++ b/docbookcs.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
  </project>
 
  <sniffs>
-  <sniff class="DocbookCS\Sniff\SimparaSniff" />
   <sniff class="DocbookCS\Sniff\ExceptionNameSniff" />
   <sniff class="DocbookCS\Sniff\AttributeOrderSniff" />
   <sniff class="DocbookCS\Sniff\WhitespaceSniff" />