diff --git a/packages/php/build.sh b/packages/php/build.sh
index fedea2f52..8bb400087 100644
--- a/packages/php/build.sh
+++ b/packages/php/build.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://secure.php.net/distributions/php-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}
 TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD=true
 # Build the native php without xml support as we only need phar:
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_HOSTBUILD_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--disable-libxml --disable-dom --disable-simplexml --disable-xml --disable-xmlreader --disable-xmlwriter --without-pear"
-TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libandroid-glob, libxml2, liblzma, openssl, pcre, libbz2, libcrypt, libcurl, libgd, readline, freetype, apr, apr-util, openssl, libpng, libjpeg-turbo"
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libandroid-glob, libxml2, liblzma, openssl, pcre, libbz2, libcrypt, libcurl, libgd, readline, freetype"
 # mysql modules were initially shared libs
 TERMUX_PKG_CONFLICTS="php-mysql"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="php-mysql"