diff --git a/helpers/apt b/helpers/apt
index 5ddcba381..02c3a0ab7 100644
--- a/helpers/apt
+++ b/helpers/apt
@@ -362,16 +362,6 @@ ynh_remove_app_dependencies() {
     fi
 
     ynh_package_autopurge ${dep_app}-ynh-deps	# Remove the fake package and its dependencies if they not still used.
-
-    # Check if this app used a specific php version ... in which case we check
-    # if the corresponding php-fpm is still there. Otherwise, we remove the
-    # service from yunohost as well
-
-    local specific_php_version=$(echo $current_dependencies | tr '-' ' ' | grep -o -E "\<php[0-9.]+\>" | sed 's/php//g' | sort | uniq)
-    [[ "$specific_php_version" != "$YNH_DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION" ]] || specific_php_version=""
-    if [[ -n "$specific_php_version" ]] && ! ynh_package_is_installed --package="php${specific_php_version}-fpm"; then
-        yunohost service remove php${specific_php_version}-fpm
-    fi
 }
 
 # Install packages from an extra repository properly.