diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix
index d30f7c335357..96c2ac7ec350 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix
@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ in
       ];
     };
     phpPackage = mkPackageOption pkgs "php" {
+      default = [ "php83" ];
       example = "php82";
     };
 
@@ -1072,8 +1073,6 @@ in
             nextcloud31
         );
 
-      services.nextcloud.phpPackage = pkgs.php83;
-
       services.nextcloud.phpOptions = mkMerge [
         (mapAttrs (const mkOptionDefault) defaultPHPSettings)
         {