diff --git a/src/Context/RestContext.php b/src/Context/RestContext.php
index 1665b97d..97a201d7 100644
--- a/src/Context/RestContext.php
+++ b/src/Context/RestContext.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public function iSendARequestToWithParameters($method, $url, TableNode $data)
                 throw new \Exception("You must provide a 'key' and 'value' column in your table node.");
             }
 
-            if (\is_string($row['value']) && '@' == substr($row['value'], 0, 1)) {
+            if (str_starts_with($row['value'], '@')) {
                 $files[$row['key']] = rtrim($this->getMinkParameter('files_path'), \DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR).\DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.substr($row['value'], 1);
             } else {
                 $parameters[$row['key']] = $row['value'];
diff --git a/src/Extension.php b/src/Extension.php
index 92a1d92b..3b619597 100644
--- a/src/Extension.php
+++ b/src/Extension.php
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ public function getConfigKey()
 
     public function initialize(ExtensionManager $extensionManager): void
     {
-        if (\PHP_MAJOR_VERSION === 5) {
-            @trigger_error('The behatch context extension will drop support for PHP 5 in version 4.0', \E_USER_DEPRECATED);
-        }
     }
 
     public function process(ContainerBuilder $container): void