diff --git a/tasks/msodbc.yml b/tasks/msodbc.yml
index 827aaa49e34176f270c1c109b42cb540f1b3ff8f..f6b1d1c169e84a0e19f11c2c211982cfa705695a 100644
--- a/tasks/msodbc.yml
+++ b/tasks/msodbc.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     - "Apache | Restart Apache"
 
 - name: "PHP | Install PECL packages"
-  shell: 'pecl install {{ item }}'
+  shell: 'pecl install --soft {{ item }}'
   with_items:
     - 'sqlsrv'
     - 'pdo_sqlsrv'
diff --git a/tasks/php.yml b/tasks/php.yml
index d63677d756aa1ff447435b0cdee8b399bad32965..28edbbf20c89792550e6032fb24dea87f571e7dd 100644
--- a/tasks/php.yml
+++ b/tasks/php.yml
@@ -109,11 +109,9 @@
 
 - include_tasks: oci-{{ php_version|default('5.5') }}.yml
   when: repository is defined and php_needs_oci8
-  tags: 'always'
 
 - include_tasks: msodbc.yml
   when: php_needs_msodbc
-  tags: 'always'
 
 - name: "PHP | Ensure ImageMagick config directory"
   file: