Remove deprecated elements

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ The format of this change log follows the advice given at [Keep a CHANGELOG](htt
 - Automated fixes for the following sniffs were removed as they can cause unwanted changes:
    - `moodle.NamingConventions.ValidFunctionName`
    - `moodle.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName`
+### Changed
+- Dropped the following deprecated sniffs:
+  - `Squiz.Classes.DuplicateProperty` - JS only
+  - `Generic.Functions.CallTimePassByReference` - PHP support dropped in PHP 5.4
+### Fixed
+- Update incorrect use of legacy ruleset format.
 
 ## [v3.5.2] - 2025-08-14
 ### Fixed

moodle/Tests/MoodleStandardTest.php

@@ -716,31 +716,6 @@ public function testPHPCompatibilityFunctionUseRemovedFunctions() {
         $this->verifyCsResults();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Test call time pass by reference.
-     *
-     * @covers \PHPCompatibility\Sniffs\Syntax\ForbiddenCallTimePassByReferenceSniff
-     */
-    public function testPHPCompatibilitySyntaxForbiddenCallTimePassByReference() {
-
-        // Define the standard, sniff and fixture to use.
-        $this->setStandard('moodle');
-        $this->setSniff('PHPCompatibility.Syntax.ForbiddenCallTimePassByReference');
-        $this->setFixture(__DIR__ . '/fixtures/phpcompatibility_php_forbiddencalltimepassbyreference.php');
-
-        // Define expected results (errors and warnings). Format, array of:
-        // - line => number of problems,  or
-        // - line => array of contents for message / source problem matching.
-        // - line => string of contents for message / source problem matching (only 1).
-        $this->setErrors([
-            6 => ['call-time pass-by-reference is deprecated'],
-            7 => ['@Source: PHPCompat']]);
-        $this->setWarnings([]);
-
-        // Let's do all the hard work!
-        $this->verifyCsResults();
-    }
-
     /**
      * Test variable naming standards
      *

moodle/ruleset.xml

@@ -83,18 +83,18 @@
 
     <rule ref="Generic.ControlStructures.InlineControlStructure"/>
 
-    <rule ref="Generic.Functions.CallTimePassByReference"/>
     <rule ref="Generic.Functions.OpeningFunctionBraceKernighanRitchie"/>
 
     <rule ref="Generic.NamingConventions.ConstructorName"/>
 
     <rule ref="Generic.WhiteSpace.ScopeIndent">
         <properties>
-            <property name="ignoreIndentationTokens" type="array" value="T_CLOSE_TAG"/>
+            <property name="ignoreIndentationTokens" type="array">
+                <element value="T_CLOSE_TAG"/>
+            </property>
         </properties>
     </rule>
 
-    <rule ref="Squiz.Classes.DuplicateProperty"/>
     <rule ref="Squiz.Classes.LowercaseClassKeywords"/>
     <rule ref="Squiz.Classes.SelfMemberReference"/>