diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix b/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
index bcc8c99e29d..17e30c4a472 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ let {
     libxml2
     libxslt
     nxml
-    php
+    #php
     subversion
     tetex
     unzip