diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index a1079243f246..41c507a1aed6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -335,13 +335,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
           configureFlags = [
             "--with-iconv${lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "=${libiconv}"}"
           ];
-          patches = lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder php.version "8.0") [
-            # Header path defaults to FHS location, preventing the configure script from detecting errno support.
-            (fetchpatch {
-              url = "https://github.com/fossar/nix-phps/raw/263861a8c9bdafd7abe44db6db4ef0179643680c/pkgs/iconv-header-path.patch";
-              sha256 = "7GHnEUu+hcsQ4h3itDwk6p46ZKfib9JZ2XpWlXrdn6E=";
-            })
-          ];
           doCheck = false;
         }
         {
@@ -355,7 +348,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
           name = "intl";
           buildInputs = [ icu64 ];
         }
-        { name = "json"; enable = lib.versionOlder php.version "8.0"; }
         {
           name = "ldap";
           buildInputs = [ openldap cyrus_sasl ];
@@ -371,9 +363,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
         }
         {
           name = "mbstring";
-          buildInputs = [ oniguruma ] ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionAtLeast php.version "8.0") [
-            pcre2
-          ];
+          buildInputs = [ oniguruma pcre2 ];
           doCheck = false;
         }
         {
@@ -406,11 +396,9 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
             '')
           ];
         }
-        # oci8 (7.4, 7.3, 7.2)
-        # odbc (7.4, 7.3, 7.2)
         {
           name = "opcache";
-          buildInputs = [ pcre2 ] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin && lib.versionAtLeast php.version "8.0") [
+          buildInputs = [ pcre2 ] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [
             valgrind.dev
           ];
           zendExtension = true;
@@ -433,14 +421,12 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
           enable = (!stdenv.isDarwin);
           doCheck = false;
         }
-        # pdo_firebird (7.4, 7.3, 7.2)
         {
           name = "pdo_mysql";
           internalDeps = with php.extensions; [ pdo mysqlnd ];
           configureFlags = [ "--with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd" "PHP_MYSQL_SOCK=/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock" ];
           doCheck = false;
         }
-        # pdo_oci (7.4, 7.3, 7.2)
         {
           name = "pdo_odbc";
           internalDeps = [ php.extensions.pdo ];
@@ -490,7 +476,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
           '';
           doCheck = false;
         }
-        { name = "session"; doCheck = lib.versionOlder php.version "8.0"; }
+        { name = "session"; doCheck = false; }
         { name = "shmop"; }
         {
           name = "simplexml";
@@ -548,15 +534,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
             "--enable-xmlreader"
           ];
         }
-        {
-          name = "xmlrpc";
-          buildInputs = [ libxml2 libiconv ];
-          # xmlrpc was unbundled in 8.0 https://php.watch/versions/8.0/xmlrpc
-          enable = lib.versionOlder php.version "8.0";
-          configureFlags = [
-            "--with-xmlrpc"
-          ];
-        }
         {
           name = "xmlwriter";
           buildInputs = [ libxml2 ];
@@ -567,7 +544,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
         {
           name = "xsl";
           buildInputs = [ libxslt libxml2 ];
-          doCheck = lib.versionOlder php.version "8.0";
+          doCheck = false;
           configureFlags = [ "--with-xsl=${libxslt.dev}" ];
         }
         { name = "zend_test"; }