diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 9f30587..8031856 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": "^7.1",
         "silverstripe/framework": "~3.7",
         "monolog/monolog": "~1.15"
     },