diff --git a/provisioning/roles/drupalvm.php-versions/tasks/setup-Debian.yml b/provisioning/roles/drupalvm.php-versions/tasks/setup-Debian.yml
index 49f32f0e3..2bca449b5 100644
--- a/provisioning/roles/drupalvm.php-versions/tasks/setup-Debian.yml
+++ b/provisioning/roles/drupalvm.php-versions/tasks/setup-Debian.yml
@@ -46,26 +46,3 @@
     - "{{ php_packages|regex_replace('php' + php_version, 'php5.6') }}"
     - "{{ php_packages|regex_replace('php' + php_version, 'php7.0') }}"
     - "{{ php_packages|regex_replace('php' + php_version, 'php7.1') }}"
-  register: php_purge
-
-- name: Purge PHP packages installed by default.
-  apt:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
-    state: absent
-    purge: yes
-    force: yes
-  when: >
-    php_purge.changed or
-    php_ondrej_ubuntu_repo.changed or
-    php_ondrej_debian_repo.changed
-  with_items:
-    - php-common
-
-- name: Purge PHP modules directory.
-  file:
-    path: "{{ item }}"
-    state: absent
-  when: php_purge.changed
-  with_items:
-    - "/usr/lib/php5/modules"
-    - "/usr/lib/php/modules"
diff --git a/provisioning/roles/drupalvm.php-versions/vars/Debian.yml b/provisioning/roles/drupalvm.php-versions/vars/Debian.yml
index 22383cfcd..424c8c6b1 100644
--- a/provisioning/roles/drupalvm.php-versions/vars/Debian.yml
+++ b/provisioning/roles/drupalvm.php-versions/vars/Debian.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ php_redis_package: "php{{ php_version }}-redis"
 php_memcached_package: "php{{ php_version }}-memcached"
 php_pgsql_package: "php{{ php_version }}-pgsql"
 
+php_tideways_module_path: "/usr/lib/php/{{ php_version }}/modules"
+php_uploadprogress_module_path: "/usr/lib/php/{{ php_version }}/modules"
+php_xdebug_module_path: "/usr/lib/php/{{ php_version }}/modules"
+php_xhprof_module_path: "/usr/lib/php/{{ php_version }}/modules"
+
 php_packages:
   - "php{{ php_version }}"
   - "php{{ php_version }}-apcu"
diff --git a/provisioning/roles/drupalvm.php-versions/vars/RedHat.yml b/provisioning/roles/drupalvm.php-versions/vars/RedHat.yml
index ed97d539c..bca09b456 100644
--- a/provisioning/roles/drupalvm.php-versions/vars/RedHat.yml
+++ b/provisioning/roles/drupalvm.php-versions/vars/RedHat.yml
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
 ---
+php_tideways_module_path: "/usr/lib64/php{{ php_version }}/modules"
+php_uploadprogress_module_path: "/usr/lib64/php{{ php_version }}/modules"
+php_xdebug_module_path: "/usr/lib64/php{{ php_version }}/modules"
+php_xhprof_module_path: "/usr/lib64/php{{ php_version }}/modules"
diff --git a/provisioning/tasks/php.yml b/provisioning/tasks/php.yml
index 27282d134..277763522 100644
--- a/provisioning/tasks/php.yml
+++ b/provisioning/tasks/php.yml
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
     path: "/root/php{{ php_version }}"
     state: directory
     mode: 0775
-  tags: ['php', 'xdebug']
+  tags: ['xdebug']