diff --git a/includes/PHPVersionCheck.php b/includes/PHPVersionCheck.php
index 333d04065c6..41e88c29d81 100644
--- a/includes/PHPVersionCheck.php
+++ b/includes/PHPVersionCheck.php
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ function wfEntryPointCheck( $entryPoint ) {
 		wfPHPVersionError( $entryPoint, $mwVersion, $minimumVersionPHP, $phpVersion );
 	}
 
+	// @codingStandardsIgnoreStart MediaWiki.Usage.DirUsage.FunctionFound
 	if ( !file_exists( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/../vendor/autoload.php' ) ) {
+		// @codingStandardsIgnoreEnd
 		wfMissingVendorError( $entryPoint, $mwVersion );
 	}
 }
diff --git a/includes/PHPVersionError.php b/includes/PHPVersionError.php
index 007ea8941ed..9fbcf8955b4 100644
--- a/includes/PHPVersionError.php
+++ b/includes/PHPVersionError.php
@@ -21,4 +21,6 @@
  * @deprecated 1.25
  * @file
  */
+// @codingStandardsIgnoreStart MediaWiki.Usage.DirUsage.FunctionFound
 require_once dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/PHPVersionCheck.php';
+// @codingStandardsIgnoreEnd
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 67bd0c9aaea..24230923bcf 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@
 
 // Bail on old versions of PHP, or if composer has not been run yet to install
 // dependencies. Using dirname( __FILE__ ) here because __DIR__ is PHP5.3+.
+// @codingStandardsIgnoreStart MediaWiki.Usage.DirUsage.FunctionFound
 require_once dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/includes/PHPVersionCheck.php';
+// @codingStandardsIgnoreEnd
 wfEntryPointCheck( 'index.php' );
 
 require __DIR__ . '/includes/WebStart.php';
diff --git a/maintenance/Maintenance.php b/maintenance/Maintenance.php
index 8dad5dc1ff4..7825ce950dc 100644
--- a/maintenance/Maintenance.php
+++ b/maintenance/Maintenance.php
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
 
 // Bail on old versions of PHP, or if composer has not been run yet to install
 // dependencies. Using dirname( __FILE__ ) here because __DIR__ is PHP5.3+.
+// @codingStandardsIgnoreStart MediaWiki.Usage.DirUsage.FunctionFound
 require_once dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/../includes/PHPVersionCheck.php';
+// @codingStandardsIgnoreEnd
 wfEntryPointCheck( 'cli' );
 
 /**
diff --git a/maintenance/install.php b/maintenance/install.php
index 212e42ab386..ae3074a4c8b 100644
--- a/maintenance/install.php
+++ b/maintenance/install.php
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 
 // Checking for old versions of PHP is done in Maintenance.php
 // We need to use dirname( __FILE__ ) here cause __DIR__ is PHP5.3+
+// @codingStandardsIgnoreStart MediaWiki.Usage.DirUsage.FunctionFound
 require_once dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/Maintenance.php';
+// @codingStandardsIgnoreEnd
 
 define( 'MW_CONFIG_CALLBACK', 'Installer::overrideConfig' );
 define( 'MEDIAWIKI_INSTALL', true );
diff --git a/maintenance/populateFilearchiveSha1.php b/maintenance/populateFilearchiveSha1.php
index 850a5a5a4ed..a3099f96154 100644
--- a/maintenance/populateFilearchiveSha1.php
+++ b/maintenance/populateFilearchiveSha1.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * @ingroup Maintenance
  */
 
-require_once dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/Maintenance.php';
+require_once __DIR__ . '/Maintenance.php';
 
 /**
  * Maintenance script to populate the fa_sha1 field.
diff --git a/mw-config/index.php b/mw-config/index.php
index be811dc980c..31b201c4d24 100644
--- a/mw-config/index.php
+++ b/mw-config/index.php
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
 
 // Bail on old versions of PHP, or if composer has not been run yet to install
 // dependencies. Using dirname( __FILE__ ) here because __DIR__ is PHP5.3+.
+// @codingStandardsIgnoreStart MediaWiki.Usage.DirUsage.FunctionFound
 require_once dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/../includes/PHPVersionCheck.php';
+// @codingStandardsIgnoreEnd
 wfEntryPointCheck( 'mw-config/index.php' );
 
 define( 'MW_CONFIG_CALLBACK', 'Installer::overrideConfig' );
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/includes/resourceloader/ResourceLoaderFileModuleTest.php b/tests/phpunit/includes/resourceloader/ResourceLoaderFileModuleTest.php
index 9d97b28270c..a6d1d05effa 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/includes/resourceloader/ResourceLoaderFileModuleTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/includes/resourceloader/ResourceLoaderFileModuleTest.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class ResourceLoaderFileModuleTest extends ResourceLoaderTestCase {
 
 	private static function getModules() {
 		$base = array(
-			'localBasePath' => realpath( dirname( __FILE__ ) ),
+			'localBasePath' => realpath( __DIR__ ),
 		);
 
 		return array(