diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/SoftwareReport/SoftwareReport.Common.psm1 b/images/linux/scripts/SoftwareReport/SoftwareReport.Common.psm1
index 9388ded03c4f..ce08a8275f41 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/SoftwareReport/SoftwareReport.Common.psm1
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/SoftwareReport/SoftwareReport.Common.psm1
@@ -211,10 +211,11 @@ function Get-SbtVersion {
 
 function Get-PHPVersions {
     $result = Get-CommandResult "apt list --installed" -Multiline
-    return $result.Output | Where-Object { $_ -match "^php\d+\.\d+/"} | ForEach-Object {
+    $aptSourceRepo = Get-AptSourceRepository -PackageName "php"
+    $versionsList = $result.Output | Where-Object { $_ -match "^php\d+\.\d+/"} | ForEach-Object {
         $_ -match "now (?<version>\d+\.\d+\.\d+)-" | Out-Null
-        $Matches.version
-    }
+        $Matches.version }
+    return $versionsList + "(apt source repository: $aptSourceRepo)"
 }
 
 function Get-ComposerVersion {
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/php.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/php.sh
index 5391e2cb37b5..020d8c4760e3 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/php.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/php.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ source $HELPER_SCRIPTS/os.sh
 source $HELPER_SCRIPTS/install.sh
 
 # add repository
-apt-add-repository ppa:ondrej/php -y
+REPO_URL="ppa:ondrej/php"
+apt-add-repository $REPO_URL -y
 apt-get update
 
 # Install PHP
@@ -98,11 +99,10 @@ wget -q -O phpunit https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit-8.phar
 chmod +x phpunit
 mv phpunit /usr/local/bin/phpunit
 
-# ubuntu 20.04 libzip-dev is libzip5 based and is not compatible libzip-dev of ppa:ondrej/php
-# see https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/issues/1084
-if isUbuntu20 ; then
-  rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ondrej-ubuntu-php-focal.list
-  apt-get update
-fi
+# remove repository after successfull installation
+rm -r /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ondrej-ubuntu-php-*
+
+echo "php $REPO_URL" >> $HELPER_SCRIPTS/apt-sources.txt
+apt-get update
 
 invoke_tests "Common" "PHP"
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