diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php-xdebug/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php-xdebug/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 99c5ad663af4..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php-xdebug/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, php, autoconf, automake }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "2.2.3";
-  name = "php-xdebug-${version}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://xdebug.org/files/xdebug-2.2.3.tgz";
-    sha256 = "076px4ax3qcqr3mmhi9jjkfhn7pcymrpda4hzy6kgn3flhnqfldk";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ php autoconf automake ];
-
-  configurePhase = ''
-    phpize
-    ./configure --prefix=$out
-  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    # looks for this file for some reason -- isn't needed
-    touch unix.h
-  '';
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    make && make test
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/lib/xdebug
-    cp modules/xdebug.so $out/lib
-    cp LICENSE $out/lib/xdebug
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "PHP debugger and profiler extension";
-    homepage = http://xdebug.org/;
-    license = "xdebug"; # based on PHP-3
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.marcweber ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bffa3c288034..412dcb3ed2e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3438,14 +3438,6 @@ let
 
   php_xcache = callPackage ../development/libraries/php-xcache { };
 
-  phpXdebug_5_3 = lowPrio (callPackage ../development/interpreters/php-xdebug {
-    php = php53;
-  });
-
-  phpXdebug_5_4 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/php-xdebug { };
-
-  phpXdebug = phpXdebug_5_4;
-
   picolisp = callPackage ../development/interpreters/picolisp {};
 
   pltScheme = racket; # just to be sure
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index 654a071a182b..7ee050314049 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -32,4 +32,12 @@ let self = with self; {
 
     buildInputs = [ pkgs.cyrus_sasl ];
   };
+
+  xdebug = buildPecl rec {
+    name = "xdebug-2.2.5";
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "http://pecl.php.net/get/${name}.tgz";
+      sha256 = "0vss35da615709kdvqji8pblckfvmabmj2njjjz6h8zzvj9gximd";
+    };
+  };
 }; in self