diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
index 6dd1c85132c..6ffda3d6361 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
@@ -693,9 +693,6 @@ in
 
     services.httpd.phpOptions =
       ''
-        ; Needed for PHP's mail() function.
-        sendmail_path = ${pkgs.system-sendmail}/bin/sendmail -t -i
-
         ; Don't advertise PHP
         expose_php = off
       '' + optionalString (config.time.timeZone != null) ''