diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/php/build-composer-project.nix b/pkgs/build-support/php/build-composer-project.nix
index a56720b801b8..b0be330205fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/php/build-composer-project.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/php/build-composer-project.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ let
     let
       phpDrv = finalAttrs.php or php;
       composer = finalAttrs.composer or phpDrv.packages.composer;
-      composer-local-repo-plugin = callPackage ./composer-local-repo-plugin.nix { };
+      composer-local-repo-plugin = callPackage ./pkgs/composer-local-repo-plugin.nix { };
       composerLock = finalAttrs.composerLock or null;
     in
     {
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/php/build-composer-repository.nix b/pkgs/build-support/php/build-composer-repository.nix
index 95681104e234..86362f151f09 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/php/build-composer-repository.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/php/build-composer-repository.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ let
     let
       phpDrv = finalAttrs.php or php;
       composer = finalAttrs.composer or phpDrv.packages.composer;
-      composer-local-repo-plugin = callPackage ./composer-local-repo-plugin.nix { };
+      composer-local-repo-plugin = callPackage ./pkgs/composer-local-repo-plugin.nix { };
     in
     assert (lib.assertMsg (previousAttrs ? src) "mkComposerRepository expects src argument.");
     assert (lib.assertMsg (previousAttrs ? vendorHash) "mkComposerRepository expects vendorHash argument.");
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/php/composer-local-repo-plugin.nix b/pkgs/build-support/php/pkgs/composer-local-repo-plugin.nix
similarity index 97%
rename from pkgs/build-support/php/composer-local-repo-plugin.nix
rename to pkgs/build-support/php/pkgs/composer-local-repo-plugin.nix
index 3e918689088d..67edbf1f44f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/php/composer-local-repo-plugin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/php/pkgs/composer-local-repo-plugin.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { callPackage, stdenvNoCC, lib, fetchFromGitHub, makeBinaryWrapper }:
 
 let
-  composer = callPackage ../../development/tools/misc/composer { };
+  composer = callPackage ./composer-phar.nix { };
 
   composerKeys = stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalComposerKeysAttrs: {
     pname = "composer-keys";
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/php/pkgs/composer-phar.nix b/pkgs/build-support/php/pkgs/composer-phar.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..41cba03f4f5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/php/pkgs/composer-phar.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{
+  _7zz
+  , cacert
+  , curl
+  , fetchurl
+  , git
+  , lib
+  , makeBinaryWrapper
+  , php
+  , stdenvNoCC
+  , unzip
+  , xz
+}:
+
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "composer-phar";
+  version = "2.6.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/download/${finalAttrs.version}/composer.phar";
+    hash = "sha256-iMhNSlP88cJ9Z2Lh1da3DVfG3J0uIxT9Cdv4a/YeGu8=";
+  };
+
+  dontUnpack = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeBinaryWrapper ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    install -D $src $out/libexec/composer/composer.phar
+    makeWrapper ${php}/bin/php $out/bin/composer \
+      --add-flags "$out/libexec/composer/composer.phar" \
+      --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ _7zz cacert curl git unzip xz ]}
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.version}";
+    description = "Dependency Manager for PHP, shipped from the PHAR file";
+    homepage = "https://getcomposer.org/";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ drupol ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/composer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/composer/default.nix
index a1459bb2d253..2dce4b8e93df 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/php-packages/composer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/composer/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib, callPackage, fetchFromGitHub, php, unzip, _7zz, xz, git, curl, cacert, makeBinaryWrapper }:
 
 php.buildComposerProject (finalAttrs: {
-  composer = callPackage ../../tools/misc/composer { };
+  composer = callPackage ../../../build-support/php/pkgs/composer-phar.nix { };
 
   pname = "composer";
   version = "2.6.2";