diff --git a/setup/installers/install-php.sh b/setup/installers/install-php.sh
index 0f44723..af79417 100755
--- a/setup/installers/install-php.sh
+++ b/setup/installers/install-php.sh
@@ -169,6 +169,14 @@ if version_compare "${PHP_VERSION_COMPARE}" "lt" "8.1.0"; then
     cd -
     rm -rf "${OPENSSL_TMP}"
 
+    # Update the custom openssl version to link to the system "certs" folder.
+    rmdir "${OPENSSL_PREFIX}/certs/"
+    ln -s /etc/ssl/certs/ "${OPENSSL_PREFIX}/certs"
+
+    # Update the custom openssl version to link to the system "private" folder.
+    rmdir "${OPENSSL_PREFIX}/private/"
+    ln -s /etc/ssl/private/ "${OPENSSL_PREFIX}/private"
+
     # Add a new linker config with the new openssl lib directory. Without
     # this, the new openssl executable can't find the shared libraries.
     cat << EOF > "/etc/ld.so.conf.d/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION_INSTALL}.conf"
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index d2287ee..04a4f00 100644
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -63,18 +63,6 @@ sudo -i phpenv pecl imagick -a
 =====================================
 =====================================
 
-=====================================
-php - openssl
-=====================================
-# setup new custom openssl installs to point to system certs
-cd /opt/openssl-1.1.1s/
-rmdir certs/
-ln -s /etc/ssl/certs/ certs
-rmdir private/
-ln -s /etc/ssl/private/ private
-=====================================
-=====================================
-
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 system - curl
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