diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/5.3.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/5.3.nix
index 56265fda55d..a262ad75b8b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/5.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/5.3.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, composableDerivation, autoconf, automake, flex, bison
 , apacheHttpd, mysql, libxml2, readline, zlib, curl, gd, postgresql, gettext
 , openssl, pkgconfig, sqlite, config, libiconv, libjpeg, libpng, freetype
-, libmcrypt, icu }:
+, icu }:
 
 composableDerivation.composableDerivation {} ( fixed : let inherit (fixed.fixed) version; in {
 
@@ -111,11 +111,6 @@ composableDerivation.composableDerivation {} ( fixed : let inherit (fixed.fixed)
         buildInputs = [gettext];
       };
 
-      mcrypt = {
-        configureFlags = ["--with-mcrypt=${libmcrypt}"];
-        buildInputs = [libmcrypt];
-      };
-
       intl = {
         configureFlags = ["--enable-intl"];
         buildInputs = [icu];
@@ -156,7 +151,6 @@ composableDerivation.composableDerivation {} ( fixed : let inherit (fixed.fixed)
     opensslSupport = config.php.openssl or true;
     mbstringSupport = config.php.mbstring or true;
     gdSupport = config.php.gd or true;
-    mcryptSupport = config.php.mcrypt or true;
     intlSupport = config.php.intl or true;
     exifSupport = config.php.exif or true;
   };