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) ''
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/phpfpm/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/phpfpm/default.nix
index 759eebf768d..4d302299f5f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/phpfpm/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/phpfpm/default.nix
@@ -26,12 +26,9 @@ let
   phpIni = poolOpts: pkgs.runCommand "php.ini" {
     inherit (poolOpts) phpPackage phpOptions;
     preferLocalBuild = true;
-    nixDefaults = ''
-      sendmail_path = "/run/wrappers/bin/sendmail -t -i"
-    '';
-    passAsFile = [ "nixDefaults" "phpOptions" ];
+    passAsFile = [ "phpOptions" ];
   } ''
-    cat ${poolOpts.phpPackage}/etc/php.ini $nixDefaultsPath $phpOptionsPath > $out
+    cat ${poolOpts.phpPackage}/etc/php.ini $phpOptionsPath > $out
   '';
 
   poolOpts = { name, ... }: