diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/8.4.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/8.4.nix
index 9c6fd1d39288..3c1f17048c37 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/8.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/8.4.nix
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ let
   base = callPackage ./generic.nix (
     _args
     // {
-      version = "8.4.0alpha4";
+      version = "8.4.0beta3";
       phpSrc = fetchurl {
-        url = "https://downloads.php.net/~saki/php-8.4.0alpha4.tar.xz";
-        hash = "sha256-v411aNKrbteDZnkfpai8SqUgWFQbqZJbzPF5mdCr2Og=";
+        url = "https://downloads.php.net/~calvinb/php-8.4.0beta3.tar.xz";
+        hash = "sha256-aTgUCmS3tdV304Ag05DZObLKTQ8XgpNIfHARbhpZUAw=";
       };
     }
   );
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/fix-paths-php84.patch b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/fix-paths-php84.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..294d13569af7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/fix-paths-php84.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff --git a/ext/gettext/config.m4 b/ext/gettext/config.m4
+index e46acf0928..ee8e5a88f8 100644
+--- a/ext/gettext/config.m4
++++ b/ext/gettext/config.m4
+@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ PHP_ARG_WITH([gettext],
+     [Include GNU gettext support])])
+ 
+ if test "$PHP_GETTEXT" != "no"; then
+-  for i in $PHP_GETTEXT /usr/local /usr; do
+-    AS_IF([test -r $i/include/libintl.h], [GETTEXT_DIR=$i; break;])
+-  done
++  GETTEXT_DIR=$PHP_GETTEXT
+ 
+   AS_VAR_IF([GETTEXT_DIR],,
+     [AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot locate header file libintl.h])])
+diff -ru a/sapi/apache2handler/config.m4 b/sapi/apache2handler/config.m4
+--- a/sapi/apache2handler/config.m4	2018-11-07 15:35:23.000000000 +0000
++++ b/sapi/apache2handler/config.m4	2018-11-27 00:32:28.000000000 +0000
+@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
+     AC_MSG_ERROR([Please note that Apache version >= 2.0.44 is required])
+   fi
+ 
+-  APXS_LIBEXECDIR='$(INSTALL_ROOT)'`$APXS -q LIBEXECDIR`
++  APXS_LIBEXECDIR="$prefix/modules"
+   if test -z `$APXS -q SYSCONFDIR`; then
+     INSTALL_IT="\$(mkinstalldirs) '$APXS_LIBEXECDIR' && \
+                  $APXS -S LIBEXECDIR='$APXS_LIBEXECDIR' \
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/generic.nix
index 69716f05b6da..9055c5ea6641 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/generic.nix
@@ -313,7 +313,11 @@ let
 
           src = if phpSrc == null then defaultPhpSrc else phpSrc;
 
-          patches = [ ./fix-paths-php7.patch ] ++ extraPatches;
+          patches = lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder version "8.4")  [
+            ./fix-paths-php7.patch
+          ] ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionAtLeast version "8.4") [
+            ./fix-paths-php84.patch
+          ] ++ extraPatches;
 
           separateDebugInfo = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index 093c47147877..e797d636553a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -417,14 +417,6 @@ in {
               hash = "sha256-sodGODHb4l04P0srn3L8l3K+DjZzCsCNbamfkmIyF+k=";
               excludes = [ "NEWS" ];
             })
-          ] ++ lib.optionals (lib.versions.majorMinor php.version == "8.4") [
-            # Fix compatibility with libxml2 ≥ 2.13.2
-            # https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/15331
-            (fetchpatch {
-              url = "https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/8d7365b6f009ba43e305d6459013ac4fbed7c606.diff?full_index=1";
-              hash = "sha256-ct0Ml9kjjcRLryjxMsUQQsDXiDExjpnCnWKf+mYgTsQ=";
-              excludes = [ "NEWS" ];
-            })
           ];
         }
         {