diff --git a/deploy-staging.sh b/deploy-staging.sh
index e68e91c4..871d98a7 100755
--- a/deploy-staging.sh
+++ b/deploy-staging.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-for cmd in find xargs php git; do
-	command -v $cmd >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "I require $cmd but it's not installed.  Aborting."; exit 1; }
-done
+if [ "$1" != '--without-validation' ]; then
+	for cmd in find xargs php git; do
+		command -v $cmd >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "I require $cmd but it's not installed.  Aborting."; exit 1; }
+	done
 
-
-find . -name "*.php" -print0 | grep -va archive | xargs -0 -n1 php -l
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	echo "not deploying b0rken code ;)"
-	exit 1
+	find . -name "*.php" | grep -v archive | xargs -n1 php -l
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo "not deploying b0rken code ;)"
+		exit 1
+	fi
 fi
 
 echo ""
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 8b9ae764..864d4f38 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-for cmd in find xargs php git; do
-	command -v $cmd >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "I require $cmd but it's not installed.  Aborting."; exit 1; }
-done
+if [ "$1" != '--without-validation' ]; then
+	for cmd in find xargs php git; do
+		command -v $cmd >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "I require $cmd but it's not installed.  Aborting."; exit 1; }
+	done
 
-
-find . -name "*.php" | grep -v archive | xargs -n1 php -l
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	echo "not deploying b0rken code ;)"
-	exit 1
+	find . -name "*.php" | grep -v archive | xargs -n1 php -l
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo "not deploying b0rken code ;)"
+		exit 1
+	fi
 fi
 
 echo ""