diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/builder.sh
index f52658dc2ab..3a53e110dfc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/builder.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ alias lex=flex
 configureFlags="$configureFlags \
   --with-libxml-dir=$libxml2 \
   --with-apxs2=$apacheHttpd/bin/apxs \
-  --with-apr-util=$apacheHttpd"
+  --without-libexpat-dir"
 
 if test -n "$unixODBC"; then
     configureFlags="$configureFlags --with-unixODBC=$unixODBC"