diff --git a/src/roles/apache-php/tasks/php.yml b/src/roles/apache-php/tasks/php.yml
index d623499fa..f8673c11e 100644
--- a/src/roles/apache-php/tasks/php.yml
+++ b/src/roles/apache-php/tasks/php.yml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     - "{{ php_ius_version }}-pecl-memcached"
 
     # Available for php56u, php70u, and php71u. NOT for php72u.
-    - "{{ php_ius_version }}-mcrypt"
+    # - "{{ php_ius_version }}-mcrypt"
 
     # Available for php56u and php70u. NOT php71u or php72u
     # - "{{ php_ius_version }}-pear"