diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 288b79dc1..2c7219082 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ CORE_HASH=	${CORE_COMMIT:C/^.*-//1}
 CORE_ABI?=	17.1
 CORE_ARCH?=	${ARCH}
 CORE_OPENVPN?=	# empty for version 2.4
-CORE_PHP?=	71
+CORE_PHP?=	70
 CORE_PY?=	27
 
 _FLAVOUR!=	if [ -f ${OPENSSL} ]; then ${OPENSSL} version; fi
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ CORE_DEPENDS?=		apinger \
 			opnsense-lang \
 			opnsense-update \
 			pam_opnsense \
-			pecl-radius${CORE_PHP} \
+			pecl-radius \
 			pftop \
-			phalcon${CORE_PHP} \
+			phalcon \
 			php${CORE_PHP}-ctype \
 			php${CORE_PHP}-curl \
 			php${CORE_PHP}-dom \