diff --git a/.php-cs-fixer.dist.php b/.php-cs-fixer.dist.php
index 54d58e6f..314307ef 100644
--- a/.php-cs-fixer.dist.php
+++ b/.php-cs-fixer.dist.php
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ return $config->setRiskyAllowed(true)
         'declare_strict_types' => true,
         // Keep argument formatting for now.
         'method_argument_space' => ['on_multiline' => 'ignore'],
-        'binary_operator_spaces' => [
-            'default' => 'at_least_single_space',
-            // Work around https://github.com/PHP-CS-Fixer/PHP-CS-Fixer/issues/7303.
-            'operators' => ['=' => null],
-        ],
         'phpdoc_align' => ['align' => 'left'],
         'phpdoc_trim' => true,
         'no_empty_phpdoc' => true,
diff --git a/lib/PhpParser/NodeTraverser.php b/lib/PhpParser/NodeTraverser.php
index 854e2445..f5b868a1 100644
--- a/lib/PhpParser/NodeTraverser.php
+++ b/lib/PhpParser/NodeTraverser.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class NodeTraverser implements NodeTraverserInterface {
      *
      * @param NodeVisitor ...$visitors Node visitors
      */
-    public function __construct(NodeVisitor... $visitors) {
+    public function __construct(NodeVisitor ...$visitors) {
         $this->visitors = $visitors;
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/PhpParser/ParserAbstract.php b/lib/PhpParser/ParserAbstract.php
index 48092c59..f0b1a50b 100644
--- a/lib/PhpParser/ParserAbstract.php
+++ b/lib/PhpParser/ParserAbstract.php
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ abstract class ParserAbstract implements Parser {
         } else {
             // For semicolon namespaces we have to move the statements after a namespace declaration into ->stmts
             $resultStmts = [];
-            $targetStmts =& $resultStmts;
+            $targetStmts = &$resultStmts;
             $lastNs = null;
             foreach ($stmts as $stmt) {
                 if ($stmt instanceof Node\Stmt\Namespace_) {
@@ -590,12 +590,12 @@ abstract class ParserAbstract implements Parser {
                     }
                     if ($stmt->stmts === null) {
                         $stmt->stmts = [];
-                        $targetStmts =& $stmt->stmts;
+                        $targetStmts = &$stmt->stmts;
                         $resultStmts[] = $stmt;
                     } else {
                         // This handles the invalid case of mixed style namespaces
                         $resultStmts[] = $stmt;
-                        $targetStmts =& $resultStmts;
+                        $targetStmts = &$resultStmts;
                     }
                     $lastNs = $stmt;
                 } elseif ($stmt instanceof Node\Stmt\HaltCompiler) {
diff --git a/test/PhpParser/NodeAbstractTest.php b/test/PhpParser/NodeAbstractTest.php
index aff38817..420c7dce 100644
--- a/test/PhpParser/NodeAbstractTest.php
+++ b/test/PhpParser/NodeAbstractTest.php
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class NodeAbstractTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase {
         $this->assertSame('newValue', $node->subNode1);
 
         // indirect modification
-        $subNode =& $node->subNode1;
+        $subNode = &$node->subNode1;
         $subNode = 'newNewValue';
         $this->assertSame('newNewValue', $node->subNode1);