diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.sh b/.github/workflows/build.sh
index 84d041082..5cd842df8 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/build.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 
 if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then
-  # these cause a conflict with built webp and libtiff,
+  # webp, zstd, xz, libtiff cause a conflict with building webp and libtiff
   # curl from brew requires zstd, use system curl
-  brew remove --ignore-dependencies webp zstd xz libtiff curl
+  # if php is installed, brew tries to reinstall these after installing openblas
+  brew remove --ignore-dependencies webp zstd xz libtiff curl php
 fi
 
 if [[ "$MB_PYTHON_VERSION" == pypy3* ]]; then