diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/build-pecl.nix b/pkgs/build-support/build-pecl.nix
index d08f8822d75..a1030e3b34f 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/build-pecl.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/build-pecl.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, php, autoreconfHook, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, php, autoreconfHook, fetchurl, re2c }:
 
 { pname
 , version
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (args // {
 
   inherit src;
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ] ++ nativeBuildInputs;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook re2c ] ++ nativeBuildInputs;
   buildInputs = [ php ] ++ buildInputs;
 
   makeFlags = [ "EXTENSION_DIR=$(out)/lib/php/extensions" ] ++ makeFlags;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix
index ee980e1cdbc..718a7963b2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ let
   , cliSupport ? config.php.cli or true
   , pharSupport ? config.php.phar or true
   , xmlrpcSupport ? (config.php.xmlrpc or false) && (libxml2Support)
-  , re2cSupport ? config.php.re2c or true
-  , cgotoSupport ? (config.php.cgoto or false) && (re2cSupport)
+  , cgotoSupport ? config.php.cgoto or false
   , valgrindSupport ? (config.php.valgrind or true) && (versionAtLeast version "7.2")
   , valgrindPcreSupport ? (config.php.valgrindPcreSupport or false) && (valgrindSupport) && (versionAtLeast version "7.2")
   }:
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ let
 
       enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-      nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig autoconf ];
+      nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig autoconf re2c ];
       buildInputs = [ flex bison ]
         ++ optional (versionOlder version "7.3") pcre
         ++ optional (versionAtLeast version "7.3") pcre2
@@ -108,7 +107,6 @@ let
         ++ optional tidySupport html-tidy
         ++ optional argon2Support libargon2
         ++ optional libzipSupport libzip
-        ++ optional re2cSupport re2c
         ++ optional valgrindSupport valgrind;
 
       CXXFLAGS = optional stdenv.cc.isClang "-std=c++11";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index 119b99c3a56..72712001ba8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ let
   self = with self; {
     buildPecl = import ../build-support/build-pecl.nix {
       inherit php;
-      inherit (pkgs) stdenv autoreconfHook fetchurl;
+      inherit (pkgs) stdenv autoreconfHook fetchurl re2c;
     };
 
     # Wrap mkDerivation to prepend pname with "php-" to make names consistent
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ let
 
     sha256 = "0jhivxj1nkkza4h23z33y7xhffii60d7dr51h1czjk10qywl7pyd";
 
-    buildInputs = [ pkgs.re2c pkgs.oracle-instantclient ];
+    buildInputs = [ pkgs.oracle-instantclient ];
     configureFlags = [ "--with-oci8=shared,instantclient,${pkgs.oracle-instantclient}/lib" ];
   };