diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/generic.nix
index 7c0994d15b6..70052197d22 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/generic.nix
@@ -223,8 +223,7 @@ let
             [ "--disable-all" ]
 
             # PCRE
-            ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionAtLeast version "7.4") [ "--with-external-pcre=${pcre2.dev}" ]
-            ++ [ "PCRE_LIBDIR=${pcre2}" ]
+            ++ [ "--with-external-pcre=${pcre2.dev}" ]
 
 
             # Enable sapis
@@ -232,10 +231,6 @@ let
             ++ lib.optional (!cliSupport) "--disable-cli"
             ++ lib.optional fpmSupport "--enable-fpm"
             ++ lib.optional pearSupport [ "--with-pear" "--enable-xml" "--with-libxml" ]
-            ++ lib.optionals (pearSupport && (lib.versionOlder version "7.4")) [
-              "--enable-libxml"
-              "--with-libxml-dir=${libxml2.dev}"
-            ]
             ++ lib.optional pharSupport "--enable-phar"
             ++ lib.optional (!phpdbgSupport) "--disable-phpdbg"
 
@@ -270,14 +265,7 @@ let
               done
 
               export EXTENSION_DIR=$out/lib/php/extensions
-            ''
-            # PKG_CONFIG need not be a relative path
-            + lib.optionalString (lib.versionOlder version "7.4") ''
-              for i in $(find . -type f -name "*.m4"); do
-                substituteInPlace $i \
-                  --replace 'test -x "$PKG_CONFIG"' 'type -P "$PKG_CONFIG" >/dev/null'
-              done
-            '' + ''
+
               ./buildconf --copy --force
 
               if test -f $src/genfiles; then
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/zlib-darwin-tests.patch b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/zlib-darwin-tests.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ef61f0a8784..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/zlib-darwin-tests.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/ext/zlib/tests/bug55544.phpt b/ext/zlib/tests/bug55544.phpt
-index a0d22f4fcebf4846da6781f424f87821626de5ea..e650fe6909f555d04834f4c08f7fd0d354b783e2 100644
---- a/ext/zlib/tests/bug55544.phpt
-+++ b/ext/zlib/tests/bug55544.phpt
-@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ extension_loaded("zlib") or die("skip");
- if (substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3) == 'WIN') {
-        die("skip not for windows");
- }
-+if (PHP_OS == "Darwin") {
-+       die("skip not for darwin");
-+}
- ?>
- --INI--
- output_handler=ob_gzhandler
-diff --git a/ext/zlib/tests/gzencode_variation1.phpt b/ext/zlib/tests/gzencode_variation1.phpt
-index c966b2cbc5b7..2f953168fa22 100644
---- a/ext/zlib/tests/gzencode_variation1.phpt
-+++ b/ext/zlib/tests/gzencode_variation1.phpt
-@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ if( substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3) == "WIN" ) {
- if (!extension_loaded("zlib")) {
- 	print "skip - ZLIB extension not loaded";
- }
-+
-+if (PHP_OS == "Darwin") {
-+    print "skip - OS is encoded in headers, tested header is non Darwin";
-+}
- ?>
- --FILE--
- <?php
-diff --git a/ext/zlib/tests/gzencode_variation2.phpt b/ext/zlib/tests/gzencode_variation2.phpt
-index 94ac42a5f1cd..9160cf519751 100644
---- a/ext/zlib/tests/gzencode_variation2.phpt
-+++ b/ext/zlib/tests/gzencode_variation2.phpt
-@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ if( substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3) == "WIN" ) {
- if (!extension_loaded("zlib")) {
- 	print "skip - ZLIB extension not loaded";
- }
-+
-+if (PHP_OS == "Darwin") {
-+    print "skip - OS is encoded in headers, tested header is non Darwin";
-+}
- ?>
- --FILE--
- <?php
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index 8795f855691..db47de7f198 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -300,9 +300,9 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
         {
           name = "dom";
           buildInputs = [ libxml2 ];
-          configureFlags = [ "--enable-dom" ]
-            # Required to build on darwin.
-            ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4") [ "--with-libxml-dir=${libxml2.dev}" ];
+          configureFlags = [
+            "--enable-dom"
+          ];
         }
         {
           name = "enchant";
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
           doCheck = false;
         }
         { name = "exif"; doCheck = false; }
-        { name = "ffi"; buildInputs = [ libffi ]; enable = lib.versionAtLeast php.version "7.4"; }
+        { name = "ffi"; buildInputs = [ libffi ]; }
         { name = "fileinfo"; buildInputs = [ pcre2 ]; }
         { name = "filter"; buildInputs = [ pcre2 ]; }
         { name = "ftp"; buildInputs = [ openssl ]; }
@@ -326,33 +326,10 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
             "--enable-gd-jis-conv"
           ];
           doCheck = false;
-          enable = lib.versionAtLeast php.version "7.4";
-        }
-        {
-          name = "gd";
-          buildInputs = [ zlib gd libXpm ];
-          configureFlags = [
-            "--with-gd=${gd.dev}"
-            "--with-freetype-dir=${freetype.dev}"
-            "--with-jpeg-dir=${libjpeg.dev}"
-            "--with-png-dir=${libpng.dev}"
-            "--with-webp-dir=${libwebp}"
-            "--with-xpm-dir=${libXpm.dev}"
-            "--with-zlib-dir=${zlib.dev}"
-            "--enable-gd-jis-conv"
-          ];
-          doCheck = false;
-          enable = lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4";
         }
         {
           name = "gettext";
           buildInputs = [ gettext ];
-          patches = lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4") [
-            (fetchpatch {
-              url = "https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/632b6e7aac207194adc3d0b41615bfb610757f41.patch";
-              sha256 = "0xn3ivhc4p070vbk5yx0mzj2n7p04drz3f98i77amr51w0vzv046";
-            })
-          ];
           postPhpize = ''substituteInPlace configure --replace 'as_fn_error $? "Cannot locate header file libintl.h" "$LINENO" 5' ':' '';
           configureFlags = [ "--with-gettext=${gettext}" ];
         }
@@ -361,7 +338,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
           buildInputs = [ gmp ];
           configureFlags = [ "--with-gmp=${gmp.dev}" ];
         }
-        { name = "hash"; enable = lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4"; }
         {
           name = "iconv";
           configureFlags = [
@@ -386,12 +362,6 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
         {
           name = "intl";
           buildInputs = [ icu64 ];
-          patches = lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4") [
-            (fetchpatch {
-              url = "https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/93a9b56c90c334896e977721bfb3f38b1721cec6.patch";
-              sha256 = "055l40lpyhb0rbjn6y23qkzdhvpp7inbnn6x13cpn4inmhjqfpg4";
-            })
-          ];
         }
         { name = "json"; enable = lib.versionOlder php.version "8.0"; }
         {
@@ -442,24 +412,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
                  +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
                  | Copyright (c) The PHP Group                                          |
             '')
-          ] ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4.8") [
-            (pkgs.writeText "mysqlnd_fix_compression.patch" ''
-              --- a/ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd.h
-              +++ b/ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd.h
-              @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
-               #define MYSQLND_DBG_ENABLED 0
-               #endif
-
-              -#if defined(MYSQLND_COMPRESSION_WANTED) && defined(HAVE_ZLIB)
-              +#if defined(MYSQLND_COMPRESSION_WANTED)
-               #define MYSQLND_COMPRESSION_ENABLED 1
-               #endif
-            '')
           ];
-          postPhpize = lib.optionalString (lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4") ''
-            substituteInPlace configure --replace '$OPENSSL_LIBDIR' '${openssl}/lib' \
-                                        --replace '$OPENSSL_INCDIR' '${openssl.dev}/include'
-          '';
         }
         # oci8 (7.4, 7.3, 7.2)
         # odbc (7.4, 7.3, 7.2)
@@ -468,25 +421,7 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
           buildInputs = [ pcre2 ] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin && lib.versionAtLeast php.version "8.0") [
             valgrind.dev
           ];
-          patches = lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4") [
-            (pkgs.writeText "zend_file_cache_config.patch" ''
-              --- a/ext/opcache/zend_file_cache.c
-              +++ b/ext/opcache/zend_file_cache.c
-              @@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
-               #include "ext/standard/md5.h"
-               #endif
-
-              +#include "ZendAccelerator.h"
-               #ifdef HAVE_OPCACHE_FILE_CACHE
-
-              -#include "ZendAccelerator.h"
-               #include "zend_file_cache.h"
-               #include "zend_shared_alloc.h"
-               #include "zend_accelerator_util_funcs.h"
-            '')
-          ];
           zendExtension = true;
-          doCheck = lib.versionAtLeast php.version "7.4";
           # Tests launch the builtin webserver.
           __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
         }
@@ -568,9 +503,9 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
         {
           name = "simplexml";
           buildInputs = [ libxml2 pcre2 ];
-          configureFlags = [ "--enable-simplexml" ]
-            # Required to build on darwin.
-            ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4") [ "--with-libxml-dir=${libxml2.dev}" ];
+          configureFlags = [
+            "--enable-simplexml"
+          ];
         }
         {
           name = "snmp";
@@ -583,9 +518,9 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
         {
           name = "soap";
           buildInputs = [ libxml2 ];
-          configureFlags = [ "--enable-soap" ]
-            # Required to build on darwin.
-            ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4") [ "--with-libxml-dir=${libxml2.dev}" ];
+          configureFlags = [
+            "--enable-soap"
+          ];
           doCheck = false;
         }
         {
@@ -603,20 +538,12 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
           patches = lib.optional (lib.versionAtLeast php.version "8.1")
             ../development/interpreters/php/fix-tokenizer-php81.patch;
         }
-        {
-          name = "wddx";
-          buildInputs = [ libxml2 ];
-          internalDeps = [ php.extensions.session ];
-          configureFlags = [ "--enable-wddx" "--with-libxml-dir=${libxml2.dev}" ];
-          # Removed in php 7.4.
-          enable = lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4";
-        }
         {
           name = "xml";
           buildInputs = [ libxml2 ];
-          configureFlags = [ "--enable-xml" ]
-            # Required to build on darwin.
-            ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4") [ "--with-libxml-dir=${libxml2.dev}" ];
+          configureFlags = [
+            "--enable-xml"
+          ];
           doCheck = false;
         }
         {
@@ -625,25 +552,25 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
           internalDeps = [ php.extensions.dom ];
           NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-I../.." "-DHAVE_DOM" ];
           doCheck = false;
-          configureFlags = [ "--enable-xmlreader" ]
-            # Required to build on darwin.
-            ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4") [ "--with-libxml-dir=${libxml2.dev}" ];
+          configureFlags = [
+            "--enable-xmlreader"
+          ];
         }
         {
           name = "xmlrpc";
           buildInputs = [ libxml2 libiconv ];
           # xmlrpc was unbundled in 8.0 https://php.watch/versions/8.0/xmlrpc
           enable = lib.versionOlder php.version "8.0";
-          configureFlags = [ "--with-xmlrpc" ]
-            # Required to build on darwin.
-            ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4") [ "--with-libxml-dir=${libxml2.dev}" ];
+          configureFlags = [
+            "--with-xmlrpc"
+          ];
         }
         {
           name = "xmlwriter";
           buildInputs = [ libxml2 ];
-          configureFlags = [ "--enable-xmlwriter" ]
-            # Required to build on darwin.
-            ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4") [ "--with-libxml-dir=${libxml2.dev}" ];
+          configureFlags = [
+            "--enable-xmlwriter"
+          ];
         }
         {
           name = "xsl";
@@ -655,20 +582,17 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
         {
           name = "zip";
           buildInputs = [ libzip pcre2 ];
-          configureFlags = [ "--with-zip" ]
-            ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4") [ "--with-zlib-dir=${zlib.dev}" ]
-            ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder php.version "7.3") [ "--with-libzip" ];
+          configureFlags = [
+            "--with-zip"
+          ];
           doCheck = false;
         }
         {
           name = "zlib";
           buildInputs = [ zlib ];
-          patches = lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4") [
-            # Derived from https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/f16b012116d6c015632741a3caada5b30ef8a699
-            ../development/interpreters/php/zlib-darwin-tests.patch
+          configureFlags = [
+            "--with-zlib"
           ];
-          configureFlags = [ "--with-zlib" ]
-            ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4") [ "--with-zlib-dir=${zlib.dev}" ];
         }
       ];