diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index 932c2a867f0..0e081ad8eb7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -508,6 +508,8 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
           ++ lib.optional (lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4") [ "--with-libxml-dir=${libxml2.dev}" ]; }
       { name = "xmlrpc";
         buildInputs = [ libxml2 libiconv ];
+        # xmlrpc was unbundled in 8.0 https://php.watch/versions/8.0/xmlrpc
+        enable = lib.versionOlder php.version "8.0";
         configureFlags = [ "--with-xmlrpc" ]
           # Required to build on darwin.
           ++ lib.optional (lib.versionOlder php.version "7.4") [ "--with-libxml-dir=${libxml2.dev}" ]; }