diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/couchbase/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/couchbase/default.nix
index 84f307204319..d87985ab1217 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/php-packages/couchbase/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/couchbase/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ buildPecl {
   configureFlags = [ "--with-couchbase" ];
 
   buildInputs = [ libcouchbase zlib ];
-  internalDeps = lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder php.version "8.0") [ php.extensions.json ];
 
   patches = [
     (substituteAll {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/ds/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/ds/default.nix
index c6417fd5513a..2552a5bee3b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/php-packages/ds/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/ds/default.nix
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ buildPecl {
 
   buildInputs = [ pcre2 ];
 
-  internalDeps = lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder php.version "8.0") [ php.extensions.json ];
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "An extension providing efficient data structures for PHP";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/redis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/redis/default.nix
index e4b16dd991a7..b54d85b73ecb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/php-packages/redis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/redis/default.nix
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ buildPecl {
 
   internalDeps = with php.extensions; [
     session
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder php.version "8.0") [
-    json
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {