diff --git a/UPGRADING.INTERNALS b/UPGRADING.INTERNALS
index 975bdc4d632..4c2417fc380 100644
--- a/UPGRADING.INTERNALS
+++ b/UPGRADING.INTERNALS
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ PHP 8.4 INTERNALS UPGRADE NOTES
    - Symbol MISSING_FCLOSE_DECL and M4 macro PHP_MISSING_FCLOSE_DECL removed.
    - Symbol HAVE_BSD_ICONV has been removed.
    - M4 macro PHP_DEFINE (atomic includes) removed (use AC_DEFINE and config.h).
+   - M4 macro PHP_WITH_SHARED has been removed (use PHP_ARG_WITH).
 
  c. Windows build system changes
    - The configure options --with-oci8-11g, --with-oci8-12c, --with-oci8-19 have
diff --git a/build/php.m4 b/build/php.m4
index e7f9e55a380..a2b36bf4d43 100644
--- a/build/php.m4
+++ b/build/php.m4
@@ -952,18 +952,6 @@ dnl ---------------------------
   fi
 ])
 
-dnl
-dnl PHP_WITH_SHARED
-dnl
-dnl Checks whether $withval is "shared" or starts with "shared,XXX" and sets
-dnl $shared to "yes" or "no", and removes "shared,?" stuff from $withval.
-dnl
-AC_DEFUN([PHP_WITH_SHARED],[
-  PHP_ARG_ANALYZE_EX(withval)
-  shared=$ext_shared
-  unset ext_shared ext_output
-])
-
 dnl
 dnl PHP_ADD_EXTENSION_DEP(extname, depends [, depconf])
 dnl