diff --git a/helpers/php b/helpers/php
index 0149bc243..4522e65a9 100644
--- a/helpers/php
+++ b/helpers/php
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ ynh_remove_fpm_config() {
     # If the PHP version used is not the default version for YunoHost
     # The second part with YNH_APP_PURGE is an ugly hack to guess that we're inside the remove script
     # (we don't actually care about its value, we just check its not empty hence it exists)
-    if [ "$phpversion" != "$YNH_DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION" ] && [ -n "${YNH_APP_PURGE:-}" ]; then
+    if [ "$phpversion" != "$YNH_DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION" ] && [ -n "${YNH_APP_PURGE:-}" ] && dpkg --compare-versions ${YNH_APP_PACKAGING_FORMAT:-0} lt 2; then
         # Remove app dependencies ... but ideally should happen via an explicit call from packager
         ynh_remove_app_dependencies
     fi