diff --git a/php/defaults/main.yml b/php/defaults/main.yml
index d12014b2..5511ba07 100644
--- a/php/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/php/defaults/main.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ php_sury_enable: False
 php_fpm_enable: False
 php_apache_enable: False
 php_symfony_requirements: False
+php_fpm_add_www_pool: True
diff --git a/php/tasks/fpm.yml b/php/tasks/fpm.yml
index b7d169b4..be87752a 100644
--- a/php/tasks/fpm.yml
+++ b/php/tasks/fpm.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
     mode: "0644"
     create: yes
   with_items:
-  when: ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('9', '>=')
     - { option: "pm", value: "ondemand" }
     - { option: "pm.max_children", value: "100" }
     - { option: "pm.process_idle_timeout", value: "10s" }
@@ -86,6 +85,9 @@
     - { option: "request_terminate_timeout", value: "60s" }
     - { option: "chroot", value: "/var/www/html" }
   notify: restart php-fpm
+  when:
+    - php_fpm_add_www_pool | bool
+    - ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('9', '>=')
 
 - name: Custom PHP FPM values
   copy:
@@ -96,6 +98,22 @@
     mode: "0644"
     force: no
   notify: restart php-fpm
+  when:
+    - php_fpm_add_www_pool | bool
+    - ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('9', '>=')
+
+- name: Disable FPM www pool
+  file:
+    dest: "{{ item }}"
+    state: absent
+  with_items:
+    - /etc/php/7.0/fpm/pool.d/www.conf
+    - "{{ php_fpm_defaults_file }}"
+    - "{{ php_fpm_custom_file }}"
+  notify: restart php-fpm
+  when:
+    - not (php_fpm_add_www_pool | bool)
+    - ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('9', '>=')
 
 - name: "Set custom values for PHP to enable Symfony"
   ini_file: