diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/php.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/php.section.md
index abf91a31769..101f7b043ff 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/php.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/php.section.md
@@ -9,18 +9,24 @@
 Several versions of PHP are available on Nix, each of which having a
 wide variety of extensions and libraries available.
 
-The attribute `php` refers to the version of PHP considered most
-stable and thoroughly tested in nixpkgs for any given release of
-NixOS. Note that while this version of PHP may not be the latest major
-release from upstream, any version of PHP supported in nixpkgs may be
-utilized by specifying the desired attribute by version, such as
-`php74`.
+The different versions of PHP that nixpkgs provides are located under
+attributes named based on major and minor version number; e.g.,
+`php74` is PHP 7.4.
 
 Only versions of PHP that are supported by upstream for the entirety
 of a given NixOS release will be included in that release of
 NixOS. See [PHP Supported
 Versions](https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php).
 
+The attribute `php` refers to the version of PHP considered most
+stable and thoroughly tested in nixpkgs for any given release of
+NixOS - not necessarily the latest major release from upstream.
+
+All available PHP attributes are wrappers around their respective
+binary PHP package and provide commonly used extensions this way. The
+real PHP 7.4 package, i.e. the unwrapped one, is available as
+`php74.unwrapped`; see the next section for more details.
+
 Interactive tools built on PHP are put in `php.packages`; composer is
 for example available at `php.packages.composer`.
 
@@ -30,12 +36,7 @@ opcache extension shipped with PHP is available at
 `php.extensions.opcache` and the third-party ImageMagick extension at
 `php.extensions.imagick`.
 
-The different versions of PHP that nixpkgs provides are located under
-attributes named based on major and minor version number; e.g.,
-`php74` is PHP 7.4 with commonly used extensions installed,
-`php74base` is the same PHP runtime without extensions.
-
-#### Installing PHP with packages
+#### Installing PHP with extensions
 
 A PHP package with specific extensions enabled can be built using
 `php.withExtensions`. This is a function which accepts an anonymous
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ php.withExtensions ({ all, ... }: with all; [ opcache imagick ])
 
 `php.withExtensions` provides extensions by wrapping a minimal php
 base package, providing a `php.ini` file listing all extensions to be
-loaded. You can access this package through the `php.unwrappedPhp`
+loaded. You can access this package through the `php.unwrapped`
 attribute; useful if you, for example, need access to the `dev`
 output. The generated `php.ini` file can be accessed through the
 `php.phpIni` attribute.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix
index 57a0b716979..a67a26f083b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix
@@ -302,5 +302,5 @@ let
   php72 = php72base.withExtensions defaultPhpExtensionsWithHash;
 
 in {
-  inherit php72base php73base php74base php72 php73 php74;
+  inherit php72 php73 php74;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/unit/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/unit/default.nix
index f8992bf166b..0779a31f106 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/unit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/unit/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, which
 , withPython2 ? false, python2
 , withPython3 ? true, python3, ncurses
-, withPHP72 ? false, php72base
-, withPHP73 ? true, php73base
+, withPHP72 ? false, php72
+, withPHP73 ? true, php73
 , withPerl528 ? false, perl528
 , withPerl530 ? true, perl530
 , withPerldevel ? false, perldevel
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ let
     fpmSupport = false;
   };
 
-  php72-unit = php72base.override phpConfig;
-  php73-unit = php73base.override phpConfig;
+  php72-unit = php72.override phpConfig;
+  php73-unit = php73.override phpConfig;
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "1.16.0";
   pname = "unit";
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   postConfigure = ''
     ${optionalString withPython2    "./configure python --module=python2  --config=${python2}/bin/python2-config  --lib-path=${python2}/lib"}
     ${optionalString withPython3    "./configure python --module=python3  --config=${python3}/bin/python3-config  --lib-path=${python3}/lib"}
-    ${optionalString withPHP72      "./configure php    --module=php72    --config=${php72-unit.dev}/bin/php-config    --lib-path=${php72-unit}/lib"}
-    ${optionalString withPHP73      "./configure php    --module=php73    --config=${php73-unit.dev}/bin/php-config    --lib-path=${php73-unit}/lib"}
+    ${optionalString withPHP72      "./configure php    --module=php72    --config=${php72-unit.unwrapped.dev}/bin/php-config --lib-path=${php72-unit}/lib"}
+    ${optionalString withPHP73      "./configure php    --module=php73    --config=${php73-unit.unwrapped.dev}/bin/php-config --lib-path=${php73-unit}/lib"}
     ${optionalString withPerl528    "./configure perl   --module=perl528  --perl=${perl528}/bin/perl"}
     ${optionalString withPerl530    "./configure perl   --module=perl530  --perl=${perl530}/bin/perl"}
     ${optionalString withPerldevel  "./configure perl   --module=perldev  --perl=${perldevel}/bin/perl"}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7f2c34039b4..c960ebcf7c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9496,7 +9496,7 @@ in
 
   inherit (callPackage ../development/interpreters/php {
     stdenv = if stdenv.cc.isClang then llvmPackages_6.stdenv else stdenv;
-  }) php74 php73 php72 php74base php73base php72base;
+  }) php74 php73 php72;
 
   picoc = callPackage ../development/interpreters/picoc {};