diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 067d88cf3c2a0e1c5b6c55555ccb91cec988297d..f6798f3e81638903321ad2903017db5be29510bd 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ php_dpkg: /usr/bin/dpkg
 php_phpquery: /usr/sbin/phpquery
 php_versions:
   '8.1':
-    state: present
+    state: absent
     sapis:
       apache2:
         state: absent
diff --git a/tasks/checks.yml b/tasks/checks.yml
index bea03fd794b7c269a733a926e4065fa12a88adc1..afea1a988f92ac37a486551e53378d0c14830ed0 100644
--- a/tasks/checks.yml
+++ b/tasks/checks.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         var: php_versions_remove
         verbosity: 2
 
-    - name: Include SAPI checks for PHP proposed versions
+    - name: Include SAPI checks for PHP versions due to be removed
       include_tasks: sapi_checks.yml
       loop: "{{ php_versions_remove }}"
       loop_control: