diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index a5599b1..dd0d8ed 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 		"irc": "irc://irc.freenode.org/mediawiki"
 	},
 	"require": {
-		"php": ">=5.5.9",
 		"composer/installers": ">1.0.12"
 	},
 	"extra": {