diff --git a/dev-lang/php/metadata.xml b/dev-lang/php/metadata.xml
index 3fd1981c3d603..d28192d6011de 100644
--- a/dev-lang/php/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-lang/php/metadata.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
Enable the hash extension
Enable JSON support
Add SASL support for the PHP LDAP extension
- Use native driver for mysql, mysqli, PDO_Mysql
Use libmyslclient driver for mysql, mysqli, PDO_Mysql (not recommended)
Enables the intl extension for extended internalization support
Enables built-in opcode cache, replacing pecl-apc et.al