diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 87eeedc3..4e6c2ebe 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ test:7:
     before_script:
       - sh build/docker_install.sh > /dev/null
       - curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
-      - php composer.phar install --no-dev
+      - php composer.phar install --no-dev --ignore-platform-reqs
     image: php:7-alpine
     script:
       - phpunit -c build --coverage-text --colors=never
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ test:7.1:
     before_script:
       - sh build/docker_install.sh > /dev/null
       - curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
-      - php composer.phar install --no-dev
+      - php composer.phar install --no-dev --ignore-platform-reqs
     image: php:7.1-alpine
     script:
       - phpunit -c build --coverage-text --colors=never
diff --git a/build/docker_install.sh b/build/docker_install.sh
index 83344ee0..abcd62bd 100644
--- a/build/docker_install.sh
+++ b/build/docker_install.sh
@@ -15,16 +15,14 @@ apk upgrade --update && apk add --no-cache \
 	libxslt-dev \
 	zlib-dev
 	
+# Install phpunit, the tool that we will use for testing
+#curl -Lo /usr/local/bin/phpunit https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit.phar
+#chmod +x /usr/local/bin/phpunit
+
+# Install extensions
 # Install xdebug for coverage report
 docker-php-source extract
 pecl install xdebug
 docker-php-ext-enable xdebug
 docker-php-source delete
-
-# Install phpunit, the tool that we will use for testing
-curl -Lo /usr/local/bin/phpunit https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit.phar
-chmod +x /usr/local/bin/phpunit
-
-# Install extensions
-docker-php-ext-install xsl
 docker-php-ext-install zip
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