diff --git a/virtualmin-centos-8-comps.xml b/virtualmin-centos-8-comps.xml
index 7d4ef03..53bcd23 100644
--- a/virtualmin-centos-8-comps.xml
+++ b/virtualmin-centos-8-comps.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
       <packagereq type="mandatory">php-gd</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">php-imap</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">php-mbstring</packagereq>
-      <packagereq type="mandatory">php-mysql</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">php-pear</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">python</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">quota</packagereq>
@@ -61,8 +60,9 @@
       <packagereq type="default">p7zip</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="default">perl-Config-IniFiles</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="default">perl-IO-Tty</packagereq>
-      <packagereq type="default">php</packagereq>
+      <packagereq type="default">php-json</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="default">php-opcache</packagereq>
+      <packagereq type="default">php-mysqlnd</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="default">php-xml</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="default">php-xmlrpc</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="default">postgrey</packagereq>
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@
       <packagereq type="mandatory">php-gd</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">php-imap</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">php-mbstring</packagereq>
-      <packagereq type="mandatory">php-mysql</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">php-pear</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">python</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="mandatory">quota</packagereq>
@@ -140,7 +139,9 @@
       <packagereq type="default">perl-Config-IniFiles</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="default">perl-IO-Tty</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="default">php</packagereq>
+      <packagereq type="default">php-json</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="default">php-opcache</packagereq>
+      <packagereq type="default">php-mysqlnd</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="default">php-xml</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="default">php-xmlrpc</packagereq>
       <packagereq type="default">postgrey</packagereq>