diff --git a/build/rules/test-acceptance.mk b/build/rules/test-acceptance.mk
index 69a475282bec..a8ecca203f2a 100644
--- a/build/rules/test-acceptance.mk
+++ b/build/rules/test-acceptance.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ acceptance_test_deps=vendor-bin/behat/vendor
 
 # bin file definitions
 BEHAT_BIN=vendor-bin/behat/vendor/bin/behat
+PHP_CODESNIFFER=vendor-bin/php_codesniffer/vendor/bin/phpcs
 
 .PHONY: test-acceptance-api
 test-acceptance-api: ## Run API acceptance tests
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ test-acceptance-webui: ## Run webUI acceptance tests
 test-acceptance-webui: $(acceptance_test_deps)
 	BEHAT_BIN=$(BEHAT_BIN) ../../tests/acceptance/run.sh --remote --type webui
 
+.PHONY: test-acceptance-style
+test-acceptance-style: ## Run php_codesniffer and check acceptance test code-style
+test-acceptance-style: vendor-bin/php_codesniffer/vendor
+	$(PHP_CODESNIFFER) --runtime-set ignore_warnings_on_exit --standard=phpcs.xml tests/acceptance
+
 #
 # Dependency management
 #--------------------------------------
@@ -36,3 +42,9 @@ vendor-bin/behat/vendor: vendor/bamarni/composer-bin-plugin vendor-bin/behat/com
 
 vendor-bin/behat/composer.lock: vendor-bin/behat/composer.json
 	@echo behat composer.lock is not up to date.
+
+vendor-bin/php_codesniffer/vendor: vendor/bamarni/composer-bin-plugin vendor-bin/php_codesniffer/composer.lock
+	composer bin php_codesniffer install --no-progress
+
+vendor-bin/php_codesniffer/composer.lock: vendor-bin/php_codesniffer/composer.json
+	@echo php_codesniffer composer.lock is not up to date.
diff --git a/build/rules/test-php.mk b/build/rules/test-php.mk
index b905d4078eea..e0aaf6f4fb2c 100644
--- a/build/rules/test-php.mk
+++ b/build/rules/test-php.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ include $(RELATIVE_PATH)check-composer.mk
 PHPUNIT=php -d zend.enable_gc=0  "$(PWD)/../../lib/composer/bin/phpunit"
 PHPUNITDBG=phpdbg -qrr -d memory_limit=4096M -d zend.enable_gc=0 "$(PWD)/../../lib/composer/bin/phpunit"
 PHP_CS_FIXER=php -d zend.enable_gc=0 vendor-bin/owncloud-codestyle/vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer
-PHP_CODESNIFFER=vendor-bin/php_codesniffer/vendor/bin/phpcs
 PHAN=php -d zend.enable_gc=0 vendor-bin/phan/vendor/bin/phan
 PHPSTAN=php -d zend.enable_gc=0 vendor-bin/phpstan/vendor/bin/phpstan
 
@@ -25,9 +24,8 @@ test-php-unit-dbg:
 
 .PHONY: test-php-style
 test-php-style: ## Run php-cs-fixer and check owncloud code-style
-test-php-style: vendor-bin/owncloud-codestyle/vendor vendor-bin/php_codesniffer/vendor
+test-php-style: vendor-bin/owncloud-codestyle/vendor
 	$(PHP_CS_FIXER) fix -v --diff --diff-format udiff --allow-risky yes --dry-run
-	$(PHP_CODESNIFFER) --runtime-set ignore_warnings_on_exit --standard=phpcs.xml tests/acceptance
 
 .PHONY: test-php-style-fix
 test-php-style-fix: ## Run php-cs-fixer and fix code style issues
@@ -56,12 +54,6 @@ vendor-bin/owncloud-codestyle/vendor: vendor/bamarni/composer-bin-plugin vendor-
 vendor-bin/owncloud-codestyle/composer.lock: vendor-bin/owncloud-codestyle/composer.json
 	@echo owncloud-codestyle composer.lock is not up to date.
 
-vendor-bin/php_codesniffer/vendor: vendor/bamarni/composer-bin-plugin vendor-bin/php_codesniffer/composer.lock
-	composer bin php_codesniffer install --no-progress
-
-vendor-bin/php_codesniffer/composer.lock: vendor-bin/php_codesniffer/composer.json
-	@echo php_codesniffer composer.lock is not up to date.
-
 vendor-bin/phan/vendor: vendor/bamarni/composer-bin-plugin vendor-bin/phan/composer.lock
 	composer bin phan install --no-progress