diff --git a/utils/gitlab-ci/phpmd-ruleset.xml b/utils/gitlab-ci/phpmd-ruleset.xml
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+<ruleset name="basic-rules"
+         xmlns="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0
+                      http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd"
+         xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd">
+
+	<description>phpmd</description>
+
+	<!-- phpmd author is a bit weird i guess -->
+
+	<rule ref="rulesets/unusedcode.xml" />
+
+</ruleset>	
+