diff --git a/lang/php81/Makefile b/lang/php81/Makefile
index 346a0360ec9e..6a479fb62520 100644
--- a/lang/php81/Makefile
+++ b/lang/php81/Makefile
@@ -356,11 +356,6 @@ USES+=		pkgconfig
 CPPFLAGS+=	-DU_USING_ICU_NAMESPACE=1
 .endif
 
-.if ${PHP_MODNAME} == "json"
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--enable-json
-BUILD_DEPENDS=		re2c:devel/re2c
-.endif
-
 .if ${PHP_MODNAME} == "ldap"
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-ldap=${LOCALBASE} --with-ldap-sasl=${LOCALBASE}
 USES+=	ldap
diff --git a/lang/php82/Makefile b/lang/php82/Makefile
index f25cdcbe7aa5..0d5321f6a083 100644
--- a/lang/php82/Makefile
+++ b/lang/php82/Makefile
@@ -353,11 +353,6 @@ USES+=		pkgconfig
 CPPFLAGS+=	-DU_USING_ICU_NAMESPACE=1
 .endif
 
-.if ${PHP_MODNAME} == "json"
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--enable-json
-BUILD_DEPENDS=		re2c:devel/re2c
-.endif
-
 .if ${PHP_MODNAME} == "ldap"
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-ldap=${LOCALBASE} --with-ldap-sasl=${LOCALBASE}
 USES+=	ldap
diff --git a/lang/php83/Makefile b/lang/php83/Makefile
index 9e4b1de3ae4c..e668c7be4dbc 100644
--- a/lang/php83/Makefile
+++ b/lang/php83/Makefile
@@ -371,11 +371,6 @@ USES+=		pkgconfig
 CPPFLAGS+=	-DU_USING_ICU_NAMESPACE=1
 .endif
 
-.if ${PHP_MODNAME} == "json"
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--enable-json
-BUILD_DEPENDS=		re2c:devel/re2c
-.endif
-
 .if ${PHP_MODNAME} == "ldap"
 LIB_DEPENDS+=libsasl2.so:security/cyrus-sasl2
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-ldap=${LOCALBASE} --with-ldap-sasl=${LOCALBASE}