diff --git a/plugins/templates/before-script.yml b/plugins/templates/before-script.yml
index 7a9ac994d94e5ea5687f00ab7b0c0c963073c71f..84dacb59add69cd4dd88d51aa8deaa6945e8197d 100644
--- a/plugins/templates/before-script.yml
+++ b/plugins/templates/before-script.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,3 @@ before_script:
 
   # PHPUnit requirements
   - composer global require yoast/phpunit-polyfills
-
-  # Enable Xdebug for coverage reports
-  - echo "zend_extension=xdebug.so" > /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/xdebug.ini
-  - echo "xdebug.mode=coverage" >> /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/xdebug.ini