diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/php b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/php
index ddafb0770..6bf0dc798 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/php
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/abstractions/php
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
   abi <abi/3.0>,
 
   # shared snippets for config files
-  /etc/php{,5,7,8}/**/ r,
-  /etc/php{,5,7,8}/**.ini r,
+  /etc/php{,5,7,8}/** r,
 
   # Xlibs
   /usr/X11R6/lib{,32,64}/lib*.so* mr,
diff --git a/profiles/apparmor.d/php-fpm b/profiles/apparmor.d/php-fpm
index b25762c50..14b3c7195 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor.d/php-fpm
+++ b/profiles/apparmor.d/php-fpm
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ profile php-fpm /usr/sbin/php-fpm* flags=(attach_disconnected) {
   # read the system certificates
   include <abstractions/ssl_certs>
 
-  /etc/php{,5,7}/** r,
-
   capability net_admin,
   # change user/group of a pool
   capability setuid,