diff --git a/php/tasks/apache.yml b/php/tasks/apache.yml
index 179eb1fc..df352848 100644
--- a/php/tasks/apache.yml
+++ b/php/tasks/apache.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     state: present
   with_items:
   - libapache2-mod-php5
+  - php5
   when: ansible_distribution_release == "jessie"
 
 - name: "Install mod_php packages (Debian 9 or later)"
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
     state: present
   with_items:
   - libapache2-mod-php
+  - php
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('9', '>=')
 
 - name: "Set php.ini config for apache2 (jessie)"
diff --git a/php/tasks/fpm.yml b/php/tasks/fpm.yml
index 6c31ff5f..06dc4202 100644
--- a/php/tasks/fpm.yml
+++ b/php/tasks/fpm.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     state: present
   with_items:
   - php5-fpm
+  - php5
   when: ansible_distribution_release == "jessie"
 
 - name: "Install PHP FPM packages (Debian 9 or later)"
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
     state: present
   with_items:
   - php-fpm
+  - php
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('9', '>=')
 
 - name: "Set config files for FPM (jessie)"
diff --git a/php/tasks/php_jessie.yml b/php/tasks/php_jessie.yml
index 62e68aa8..12f3a4f8 100644
--- a/php/tasks/php_jessie.yml
+++ b/php/tasks/php_jessie.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     name: '{{ item }}'
     state: present
   with_items:
-  - php5
   - php5-cli
   - php5-gd
   - php5-imap
diff --git a/php/tasks/php_stretch.yml b/php/tasks/php_stretch.yml
index d566ab23..4ed4c8b5 100644
--- a/php/tasks/php_stretch.yml
+++ b/php/tasks/php_stretch.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     name: '{{ item }}'
     state: present
   with_items:
-  - php
   - php-cli
   - php-gd
   - php-imap