diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0e1ebbe25..2c21212f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ jobs:
         - SWIGLANG: php
           VER: '7.4'
         - SWIGLANG: php
-          VER: '8.0'
         - SWIGLANG: python
         - SWIGLANG: python
           PY3: 3
diff --git a/Tools/CI-linux-install.sh b/Tools/CI-linux-install.sh
index b18206e64..6edce572b 100644
--- a/Tools/CI-linux-install.sh
+++ b/Tools/CI-linux-install.sh
@@ -83,9 +83,12 @@ case "$SWIGLANG" in
 		$RETRY sudo apt-get -qq install liboctave-dev
 		;;
 	"php")
-		$RETRY sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/php
-		$RETRY sudo apt-get -qq update
-		$RETRY sudo apt-get -qq install php$VER-cli php$VER-dev
+		if [[ "$VER" ]]; then
+			$RETRY sudo apt-get -qq remove "php*-cli" "php*-dev" # Multiple versions are pre-installed
+			$RETRY sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/php
+			$RETRY sudo apt-get -qq update
+			$RETRY sudo apt-get -qq install php$VER-cli php$VER-dev
+		fi
 		;;
 	"python")
 		pip install --user pycodestyle