diff --git a/debian/resources/nginx.sh b/debian/resources/nginx.sh
index fbcfbd6..8b3608b 100755
--- a/debian/resources/nginx.sh
+++ b/debian/resources/nginx.sh
@@ -8,13 +8,6 @@ cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 . ./colors.sh
 . ./environment.sh
 
-#change the version of php for debian stretch
-if [ ."$os_codename" = ."stretch" ]; then
-        apt-get -y install apt-transport-https lsb-release ca-certificates
-        wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/php.gpg https://packages.sury.org/php/apt.gpg
-        sh -c 'echo "deb https://packages.sury.org/php/ $(lsb_release -sc) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php.list'
-fi
-
 #send a message
 verbose "Installing the web server"