diff --git a/bin/spc-alpine-docker b/bin/spc-alpine-docker
index 2790a5c3..1abf1048 100755
--- a/bin/spc-alpine-docker
+++ b/bin/spc-alpine-docker
@@ -108,8 +108,7 @@ RUN apk update; \
         wget \
         xz \
         gettext-dev \
-        binutils-gold \
-        patchelf
+        binutils-gold
 
 RUN curl -#fSL https://dl.static-php.dev/static-php-cli/bulk/php-8.4.4-cli-linux-\$(uname -m).tar.gz | tar -xz -C /usr/local/bin && \
     chmod +x /usr/local/bin/php
diff --git a/bin/spc-gnu-docker b/bin/spc-gnu-docker
index 68f85109..286ef985 100755
--- a/bin/spc-gnu-docker
+++ b/bin/spc-gnu-docker
@@ -92,11 +92,6 @@ RUN echo "source scl_source enable devtoolset-10" >> /etc/bashrc
 RUN source /etc/bashrc
 RUN yum install -y which
 
-RUN curl -fsSL -o patchelf.tgz https://github.com/NixOS/patchelf/releases/download/0.18.0/patchelf-0.18.0-$SPC_USE_ARCH.tar.gz && \
-    mkdir -p /patchelf && \
-    tar -xzf patchelf.tgz -C /patchelf --strip-components=1 && \
-    cp /patchelf/bin/patchelf /usr/bin/
-
 RUN curl -o cmake.tgz -#fSL https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.31.4/cmake-3.31.4-linux-$SPC_USE_ARCH.tar.gz && \
     mkdir /cmake && \
     tar -xzf cmake.tgz -C /cmake --strip-components 1
diff --git a/src/SPC/builder/linux/LinuxBuilder.php b/src/SPC/builder/linux/LinuxBuilder.php
index 63abf018..22c2d47a 100644
--- a/src/SPC/builder/linux/LinuxBuilder.php
+++ b/src/SPC/builder/linux/LinuxBuilder.php
@@ -284,8 +284,6 @@ class LinuxBuilder extends UnixBuilderBase
         // process libphp.so for shared embed
         $libphpSo = BUILD_LIB_PATH . '/libphp.so';
         if (file_exists($libphpSo)) {
-            // post actions: rename libphp.so to libphp-<release>.so if -release is set in LDFLAGS
-            $this->processLibphpSoFile($libphpSo);
             // deploy libphp.so
             $this->deployBinary($libphpSo, $libphpSo, false);
         }
@@ -319,40 +317,11 @@ class LinuxBuilder extends UnixBuilderBase
         return array_filter([
             'EXTRA_CFLAGS' => getenv('SPC_CMD_VAR_PHP_MAKE_EXTRA_CFLAGS'),
             'EXTRA_LIBS' => $config['libs'],
-            'EXTRA_LDFLAGS' => preg_replace('/-release\s+(\S+)/', '', getenv('SPC_CMD_VAR_PHP_MAKE_EXTRA_LDFLAGS')),
+            'EXTRA_LDFLAGS' => getenv('SPC_CMD_VAR_PHP_MAKE_EXTRA_LDFLAGS'),
             'EXTRA_LDFLAGS_PROGRAM' => "-L{$lib} {$static} -pie",
         ]);
     }
 
-    private function processLibphpSoFile(string $libphpSo): void
-    {
-        $ldflags = getenv('SPC_CMD_VAR_PHP_MAKE_EXTRA_LDFLAGS') ?: '';
-        $libDir = BUILD_LIB_PATH;
-        $cwd = getcwd();
-
-        if (preg_match('/-release\s+(\S+)/', $ldflags, $matches)) {
-            $release = $matches[1];
-            $releaseName = "libphp-{$release}.so";
-            $libphpRelease = "{$libDir}/{$releaseName}";
-            if (!file_exists($libphpRelease) && file_exists($libphpSo)) {
-                rename($libphpSo, $libphpRelease);
-            }
-            if (file_exists($libphpRelease)) {
-                chdir($libDir);
-                if (file_exists($libphpSo)) {
-                    unlink($libphpSo);
-                }
-                symlink($releaseName, 'libphp.so');
-                shell()->exec(sprintf(
-                    'patchelf --set-soname %s %s',
-                    escapeshellarg($releaseName),
-                    escapeshellarg($libphpRelease)
-                ));
-            }
-            chdir($cwd);
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Patch micro.sfx after UPX compression.
      * micro needs special section handling in LinuxBuilder.
diff --git a/src/SPC/doctor/item/LinuxToolCheckList.php b/src/SPC/doctor/item/LinuxToolCheckList.php
index ab8144a2..53b356ff 100644
--- a/src/SPC/doctor/item/LinuxToolCheckList.php
+++ b/src/SPC/doctor/item/LinuxToolCheckList.php
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class LinuxToolCheckList
         'bzip2', 'cmake', 'gcc',
         'g++', 'patch', 'binutils-gold',
         'libtoolize', 'which',
-        'patchelf',
     ];
 
     public const TOOLS_DEBIAN = [
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ class LinuxToolCheckList
         'tar', 'unzip', 'gzip', 'gcc', 'g++',
         'bzip2', 'cmake', 'patch',
         'xz', 'libtoolize', 'which',
-        'patchelf',
     ];
 
     public const TOOLS_RHEL = [
@@ -39,8 +37,7 @@ class LinuxToolCheckList
         'git', 'autoconf', 'automake',
         'tar', 'unzip', 'gzip', 'gcc', 'g++',
         'bzip2', 'cmake', 'patch', 'which',
-        'xz', 'libtool', 'gettext-devel',
-        'patchelf', 'file',
+        'xz', 'libtool', 'gettext-devel', 'file',
     ];
 
     public const TOOLS_ARCH = [