a/lang/php81/Makefile b/lang/php81/Makefile
index 4fc722c97c01..18f611fe0c7b 100644
--- a/lang/php81/Makefile
+++ b/lang/php81/Makefile
@@ -570,18 +570,6 @@ USE_GNOME=	libxml2
 USE_PHP=	dom:build
 .endif
 
-.if ${PHP_MODNAME} == "xmlrpc"
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-iconv-dir=${LOCALBASE} \
-			--with-xmlrpc
-
-USES+=		iconv:translit
-USE_GNOME=	libxml2
-
-PHP_HEADER_DIRS=	libxmlrpc
-
-USE_PHP=	xml:build
-.endif
-
 .if ${PHP_MODNAME} == "xmlwriter"
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--enable-xmlwriter