diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bbdfd1bddcb..93bd5d12cb5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -51,5 +51,5 @@ moodle-plugin-ci.phar
 .eslintignore
 .stylelintignore
 /jsdoc
-.phpcs.xml
+phpcs.xml
 jsconfig.json
diff --git a/.grunt/tasks/ignorefiles.js b/.grunt/tasks/ignorefiles.js
index 0330cab36ea..7d34649d2e5 100644
--- a/.grunt/tasks/ignorefiles.js
+++ b/.grunt/tasks/ignorefiles.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ module.exports = grunt => {
                 {
                     rule: {
                         _attrs: {
-                            ref: './.phpcs.xml.dist',
+                            ref: './phpcs.xml.dist',
                         },
                     },
                 },
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ module.exports = grunt => {
             });
         });
 
-        grunt.file.write('.phpcs.xml', toXML(config, {
+        grunt.file.write('phpcs.xml', toXML(config, {
             header: true,
             indent: '  ',
         }) + "\n");
diff --git a/.phpcs.xml.dist b/phpcs.xml.dist
similarity index 100%
rename from .phpcs.xml.dist
rename to phpcs.xml.dist