diff --git a/test/ci-lint b/test/ci-lint
index 12ee34618a..dcff05f4e6 100755
--- a/test/ci-lint
+++ b/test/ci-lint
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 if [ -z "$TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE" ] ; then
-    find . -name '*.php' -not -path './vendor/*' | xargs -n1 -r php -l
+    FILES=`find . -name '*.php' -not -path './vendor/*'`
 else
-    git diff --name-only $TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE -- '*.php' | xargs -n1 -r php -l
+    FILES=`git diff --name-only $TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE -- '*.php'`
 fi
+
+for FILE in FILES ; do
+    php -l $FILE
+done