diff --git a/.github/workflows/code_analysis.yaml b/.github/workflows/code_analysis.yaml
index e536767d..c8b1b08a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code_analysis.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code_analysis.yaml
@@ -55,9 +55,4 @@ jobs:
             # composer install cache - https://github.com/ramsey/composer-install
             -   uses: "ramsey/composer-install@v3"
 
-            # Override code from symplify/coding-standard shipped with ECS
-            -   run: |
-                    rm -rf vendor/symplify/easy-coding-standard/vendor/symplify/coding-standard/src
-                    ln -s $PWD/src vendor/symplify/easy-coding-standard/vendor/symplify/coding-standard/
-
             -   run: ${{ matrix.actions.run }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e3a83490..2a6368e2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 [![Downloads](https://img.shields.io/packagist/dt/symplify/coding-standard.svg?style=flat-square)](https://packagist.org/packages/symplify/coding-standard/stats)
 
+> [!WARNING]
+> **This package is deprecated.** Use [Easy Coding Standard (ECS)](https://github.com/easy-coding-standard/easy-coding-standard) instead, where these rules and coding standard work out of the box—no extra setup needed.
+
 Coding standard rules for clean, consistent, and readable PHP code. No configuration needed—just install and let it handle the rest.
 
 They run best with [ECS](https://github.com/symplify/easy-coding-standard).
diff --git a/src/Fixer/Annotation/RemoveMethodNameDuplicateDescriptionFixer.php b/src/Fixer/Annotation/RemoveMethodNameDuplicateDescriptionFixer.php
index 3fcc29e0..6ece9c59 100644
--- a/src/Fixer/Annotation/RemoveMethodNameDuplicateDescriptionFixer.php
+++ b/src/Fixer/Annotation/RemoveMethodNameDuplicateDescriptionFixer.php
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ public function fix(SplFileInfo $fileInfo, Tokens $tokens): void
 
             $docblockLines = explode("\n", $originalDocContent);
             foreach ($docblockLines as $key => $docblockLine) {
-                $spacelessDocblockLine = Regex::replace($docblockLine, '#[\s\n]+#', '');
-                if (strtolower($spacelessDocblockLine) !== strtolower('*' . $methodName)) {
+                if (! $this->isMethodNameDescriptionLine($docblockLine, $methodName)) {
                     continue;
                 }
 
@@ -86,4 +85,20 @@ public function fix(SplFileInfo $fileInfo, Tokens $tokens): void
             $tokens[$index] = new Token([T_DOC_COMMENT, implode("\n", $docblockLines)]);
         }
     }
+
+    private function isMethodNameDescriptionLine(string $docblockLine, string $methodName): bool
+    {
+        $normalizedLine = strtolower(ltrim(trim($docblockLine), '*'));
+
+        // drop articles, so "Get the API helper" still matches getApiHelper()
+        $words = array_filter(
+            explode(' ', $normalizedLine),
+            static fn (string $word): bool => ! in_array(trim($word, '.,!:;'), ['a', 'an', 'the'], true)
+        );
+
+        // strip whitespace and trailing punctuation
+        $spacelessLine = Regex::replace(implode(' ', $words), '#[^a-z0-9]+#', '');
+
+        return $spacelessLine === strtolower($methodName);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Fixer/Annotation/RemoveMethodNameDuplicateDescriptionFixer/Fixture/with_articles.php.inc b/tests/Fixer/Annotation/RemoveMethodNameDuplicateDescriptionFixer/Fixture/with_articles.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ad42dda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Fixer/Annotation/RemoveMethodNameDuplicateDescriptionFixer/Fixture/with_articles.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Symplify\CodingStandard\Tests\Fixer\Annotation\RemoveMethodNameDuplicateDescriptionFixer\Fixture;
+
+final class WithArticles
+{
+    /**
+     * Get the API helper.
+     *
+     * @return object
+     */
+    public function getApiHelper()
+    {
+    }
+}
+
+?>
+-----
+<?php
+
+namespace Symplify\CodingStandard\Tests\Fixer\Annotation\RemoveMethodNameDuplicateDescriptionFixer\Fixture;
+
+final class WithArticles
+{
+    /**
+     *
+     * @return object
+     */
+    public function getApiHelper()
+    {
+    }
+}
+
+?>