diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/bin/simple-phpunit.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/bin/simple-phpunit.php
index 7cfd6665d14bd..c2a3efeb59b3d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/bin/simple-phpunit.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/bin/simple-phpunit.php
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@
     }
 }
 
+if ('disabled' === $getEnvVar('SYMFONY_DEPRECATIONS_HELPER')) {
+    putenv('SYMFONY_DEPRECATIONS_HELPER=disabled');
+}
+
 $COMPOSER = file_exists($COMPOSER = $oldPwd.'/composer.phar')
     || ($COMPOSER = rtrim('\\' === \DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR ? preg_replace('/[\r\n].*/', '', `where.exe composer.phar`) : `which composer.phar 2> /dev/null`))
     || ($COMPOSER = rtrim('\\' === \DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR ? preg_replace('/[\r\n].*/', '', `where.exe composer`) : `which composer 2> /dev/null`))