diff --git a/integrations/php/composer.json b/integrations/php/composer.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a14249cd..00000000
--- a/integrations/php/composer.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "repositories": [
-        { "type": "path", "url": "$PHPLIB_PATH" }
-    ],
-    "require": {
-        "php": "^7.3 || ^8.0",
-        "mongodb/mongodb": "@dev",
-        "symfony/phpunit-bridge": "^5.2"
-    },
-    "autoload": {
-        "psr-4": { "MongoDB\\Tests\\": "vendor/mongodb/mongodb/tests" },
-        "files": [ "vendor/mongodb/mongodb/tests/PHPUnit/Functions.php" ]
-    }
-}
diff --git a/integrations/php/install-driver.sh b/integrations/php/install-driver.sh
index 858b9a16..960082c6 100755
--- a/integrations/php/install-driver.sh
+++ b/integrations/php/install-driver.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ php --ri mongodb
 
 # Install composer and dependencies
 install_composer
-php composer.phar update
+php composer.phar update --working-dir=${PHPLIB_PATH}
 
 # Allow simple-phpunit to install its own PHPUnit dependencies
-php vendor/bin/simple-phpunit install
+php ${PHPLIB_PATH}/vendor/bin/simple-phpunit install
+
+# The symlink helps to include the library and tests with a simple path
+ln -s ${PHPLIB_PATH}/vendor ./vendor