diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4dd0df191..717adfcbc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ all:
 
 .include "Mk/defaults.mk"
 
-CORE_ABI?=	22.1
+CORE_ABI?=	22.7
 CORE_MESSAGE?=	Carry on my wayward son
 CORE_NAME?=	opnsense-devel
 CORE_NICKNAME?=	Not Yet
@@ -129,9 +129,6 @@ CORE_COPYRIGHT_YEARS?=	2014-2022
 CORE_DEPENDS_amd64?=	beep \
 			suricata-devel
 
-# XXX transition helpers for PHP 8 migration
-CORE_DEPENDS_PHP74=	php74-json php74-openssl
-
 CORE_DEPENDS?=		ca_root_nss \
 			choparp \
 			cpustats \
@@ -175,7 +172,6 @@ CORE_DEPENDS?=		ca_root_nss \
 			php${CORE_PHP}-sqlite3 \
 			php${CORE_PHP}-xml \
 			php${CORE_PHP}-zlib \
-			${CORE_DEPENDS_PHP${CORE_PHP}} \
 			pkg \
 			py${CORE_PYTHON}-Jinja2 \
 			py${CORE_PYTHON}-dnspython \
diff --git a/src/etc/opnsense-update.conf.in b/src/etc/opnsense-update.conf.in
index 94914a11a..0a312142d 100644
--- a/src/etc/opnsense-update.conf.in
+++ b/src/etc/opnsense-update.conf.in
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
 # configuration for opnsense-update(8), do not edit
-
-UPGRADE_RELEASE="22.7"