diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_centos6_x64/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_centos6_x64/Dockerfile
index e765c876165..d2b2d8ef027 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_centos6_x64/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_centos6_x64/Dockerfile
@@ -39,16 +39,6 @@ RUN /bin/bash -l -c "echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/rvm/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc"
 RUN /bin/bash -l -c "echo 'rvm --default use ruby-2.6' >> ~/.bashrc"
 RUN /bin/bash -l -c "gem install bundler"
 
-
-##################
-# PHP dependencies
-
-RUN yum -y install php5 php5-dev php-pear
-
-RUN wget https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit-5.7.27.phar && \
-  mv phpunit-5.7.27.phar /usr/local/bin/phpunit && \
-  chmod +x /usr/local/bin/phpunit
-
 # Clean yum
 RUN yum clean all
 
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_centos6_x86/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_centos6_x86/Dockerfile
index 0afe909f5c9..ec6a25a30da 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_centos6_x86/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_centos6_x86/Dockerfile
@@ -39,16 +39,6 @@ RUN /bin/bash -l -c "echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/rvm/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc"
 RUN /bin/bash -l -c "echo 'rvm --default use ruby-2.6' >> ~/.bashrc"
 RUN /bin/bash -l -c "gem install bundler"
 
-
-##################
-# PHP dependencies
-
-RUN yum -y install php5 php5-dev php-pear
-
-RUN wget https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit-5.7.27.phar && \
-  mv phpunit-5.7.27.phar /usr/local/bin/phpunit && \
-  chmod +x /usr/local/bin/phpunit
-
 # Clean yum
 RUN yum clean all
 
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_linux_x64/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_linux_x64/Dockerfile
index a90aadd23f2..922e61b1689 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_linux_x64/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_linux_x64/Dockerfile
@@ -62,17 +62,6 @@ RUN /bin/bash -l -c "echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/rvm/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc"
 RUN /bin/bash -l -c "echo 'rvm --default use ruby-2.1' >> ~/.bashrc"
 RUN /bin/bash -l -c "gem install bundler -v 1.17.3 --no-document"
 
-
-##################
-# PHP dependencies
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
-    php5 php5-dev php-pear && apt-get clean
-
-RUN wget https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit-5.7.27.phar && \
-  mv phpunit-5.7.27.phar /usr/local/bin/phpunit && \
-  chmod +x /usr/local/bin/phpunit
-
 ##################
 # C# dependencies (needed to build grpc_csharp_ext)