diff --git a/bootstrap.js b/bootstrap.js
index 88fc1ce3..8d7c1d44 100644
--- a/bootstrap.js
+++ b/bootstrap.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
   // tasks array.
   if (!grunt.option('no-validate')) {
     tasksDefault.push('validate');
+    tasksDefault.push('composer:test');
   }
 
   // Process .make files if configured.
diff --git a/example/composer.json b/example/composer.json
index 3f61cc81..251a4740 100644
--- a/example/composer.json
+++ b/example/composer.json
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
     "drupal/console": "~0.10",
     "phpmd/phpmd": "~2.1",
     "phpunit/phpunit": "~4.8",
-    "drupal/coder": "^8.2"
+    "drupal/coder": "^8.2",
+    "jakub-onderka/php-parallel-lint": "^0.9.2"
   },
   "conflict": {
     "drupal/drupal": "*"
@@ -33,7 +34,11 @@
   "minimum-stability": "dev",
   "prefer-stable": true,
   "scripts": {
-    "drupal-scaffold": "DrupalComposer\\DrupalScaffold\\Plugin::scaffold"
+    "drupal-scaffold": "DrupalComposer\\DrupalScaffold\\Plugin::scaffold",
+    "test": [
+      "parallel-lint src",
+      "phpcs --encoding=utf-8 -p --standard=phpcs.xml --report-full"
+    ]
   },
   "extra": {
     "installer-paths": {
diff --git a/example/phpcs.xml b/example/phpcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a07d80f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/phpcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ruleset name="example-gdt-project">
+  <description>PHP CodeSniffer configuration for example project.</description>
+  <file>./src</file>
+  <arg name="extensions" value="inc,install,module,php,profile,test,theme,yml"/>
+
+  <rule ref="vendor/drupal/coder/coder_sniffer/Drupal">
+  </rule>
+</ruleset>
diff --git a/tasks/composer.js b/tasks/composer.js
index 5ef8a39b..331298a9 100644
--- a/tasks/composer.js
+++ b/tasks/composer.js
@@ -28,11 +28,15 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
       }
     });
 
-    // Add the drupal-scaffold task if it is defined in the `composer.json`.
     var composer = JSON.parse(require('fs').readFileSync('./composer.json', 'utf8'));
     if (typeof composer.scripts !== 'undefined' && 'drupal-scaffold' in composer.scripts) {
+      // Add the drupal-scaffold task if it is defined in the `composer.json`.
       grunt.config(['composer', 'drupal-scaffold'], {});
     }
+    if (typeof composer.scripts !== 'undefined' && 'test' in composer.scripts) {
+      // Add the composer test task.
+      grunt.config(['composer', 'test'], {});
+    }
 
     Help.add({
       task: 'composer',
diff --git a/tasks/quality.js b/tasks/quality.js
index be6a1a94..c1c3b03c 100644
--- a/tasks/quality.js
+++ b/tasks/quality.js
@@ -32,78 +32,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     '!<%= config.srcPaths.drupal %>/{modules,profiles,libraries,static}/**/vendor/**'
   ];
 
-  // Include common sites and theme locations in phplint validation.
-  var phplintPatterns = defaultPatterns.slice(0);
-  phplintPatterns.unshift([
-    '<%= config.srcPaths.drupal %>/sites/*/*.{php,inc}',
-    '<%= config.srcPaths.drupal %>/sites/*/*/*.{php,inc}',
-    '<%= config.srcPaths.drupal %>/themes/*/template.php',
-    '<%= config.srcPaths.drupal %>/themes/*/templates/**/*.php',
-    '<%= config.srcPaths.drupal %>/themes/*/includes/**/*.{inc,php}'
-  ]);
-
-  grunt.config('phplint', {
-    all: grunt.config.get('config.phplint.dir') ? grunt.config.get('config.phplint.dir') : phplintPatterns
-  });
-  validate.push('phplint:all');
-
-  // Exclude templates by default from phpcs validation.
-  var phpcsPatterns = defaultPatterns.slice(0);
-  phpcsPatterns.unshift('<%= config.srcPaths.drupal %>/{modules,profiles,libraries,static}/**/*.yml');
-  phpcsPatterns.push('!<%= config.srcPaths.drupal %>/{modules,profiles,libraries,static}/**/*.tpl.php');
-
-  var phpcsConfig = grunt.config.get('config.phpcs');
-  if (phpcsConfig) {
-    var phpcs = phpcsConfig.dir || phpcsPatterns;
-    var phpStandard = phpcsConfig.standard ||
-      'vendor/drupal/coder/coder_sniffer/Drupal,vendor/drupal/coder/coder_sniffer/DrupalPractice';
-    var ignoreError = grunt.config('config.validate.ignoreError');
-
-    grunt.config('phpcs', {
-      analyze: {
-        src: phpcs
-      },
-      drupal: {
-        src: phpcs
-      },
-      validate: {
-        src: phpcs,
-        options: {
-          report: phpcsConfig.validateReport || 'full',
-          reportFile: false
-        }
-      },
-      full: {
-        src: phpcs,
-        options: {
-          report: 'full',
-          reportFile: false
-        }
-      },
-      summary: {
-        src: phpcs,
-        options: {
-          report: 'summary',
-          reportFile: false
-        }
-      },
-      gitblame: {
-        src: phpcs,
-        options: {
-          report: 'gitblame',
-          reportFile: false
-        }
-      },
-      options: {
-        bin: phpcsConfig.path || 'vendor/bin/phpcs',
-        standard: phpStandard,
-        ignoreExitCode: ignoreError,
-        report: 'checkstyle',
-        reportFile: '<%= config.buildPaths.reports %>/phpcs.xml'
-      }
-    });
-  }
-
   var phpmdConfig = grunt.config.get('config.phpmd');
   if (phpmdConfig) {
     var excludePaths = grunt.config('config.phpmd.excludePaths');
@@ -188,15 +116,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
   };
 
   grunt.registerTask('validate', 'Validate the quality of custom code.', function(mode) {
-    phpcsConfig = grunt.config.get('phpcs');
-    var files;
-    if (phpcsConfig && phpcsConfig.validate) {
-      files = filesToProcess(phpcsConfig.validate.src);
-      if (files.length) {
-        grunt.config.set('phpcs.validate.src', files);
-        validate.push('phpcs:validate');
-      }
-    }
     eslintConfig = grunt.config.get('eslint');
     var eslintIgnoreError = grunt.config.get('config.validate.ignoreError') === undefined ? false : grunt.config.get('config.validate.ignoreError');
     var eslintName = eslintIgnoreError ? 'force:eslint' : 'eslint';
@@ -226,15 +145,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
   });
 
   grunt.registerTask('analyze', 'Generate reports on code quality for use by Jenkins or other visualization tools.', function() {
-    phpcsConfig = grunt.config.get('phpcs');
-    var files;
-    if (phpcsConfig.analyze) {
-      files = filesToProcess(phpcsConfig.analyze.src);
-      if (files.length) {
-        grunt.config.set('phpcs.analyze', files);
-        analyze.push('phpcs:analyze');
-      }
-    }
     eslintConfig = grunt.config.get('eslint');
     var eslintIgnoreError = grunt.config.get('config.validate.ignoreError') === undefined ? false : grunt.config.get('config.validate.ignoreError');
     var eslintName = eslintIgnoreError ? 'force:eslint' : 'eslint';
diff --git a/test/test_assets/composer.json b/test/test_assets/composer.json
index b71903d7..09ebe1f9 100644
--- a/test/test_assets/composer.json
+++ b/test/test_assets/composer.json
@@ -12,7 +12,14 @@
         "drupal/drupal-extension": "~3.0",
         "drush/drush": "^8",
         "drupal/coder": "^8.2",
-        "phpmd/phpmd": "~2.1"
+        "phpmd/phpmd": "~2.1",
+        "jakub-onderka/php-parallel-lint": "^0.9.2"
+    },
+    "scripts": {
+      "test": [
+        "parallel-lint src",
+        "phpcs --encoding=utf-8 -p --standard=phpcs.xml --report-full"
+      ]
     },
     "require": {
         "roave/security-advisories": "dev-master"