diff --git a/src/strategies/php.ts b/src/strategies/php.ts
index 9136aa9a9..32fdc4bf3 100644
--- a/src/strategies/php.ts
+++ b/src/strategies/php.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 // Generic
 import {Changelog} from '../updaters/changelog';
 // PHP Specific.
-import {RootComposerUpdatePackages} from '../updaters/php/root-composer-update-packages';
+// import {RootComposerUpdatePackages} from '../updaters/php/root-composer-update-packages';
 import {BaseStrategy, BuildUpdatesOptions, BaseStrategyOptions} from './base';
 import {Update} from '../update';
 import {VersionsMap} from '../version';
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ export class PHP extends BaseStrategy {
       }),
     });
 
+    /**
+
+     STAINLESS-EDIT: Note from Hao & Jacob: In Packagist we want to prefer using the github tag rather than
+     composer version. Releases can be skipped if the tag version misaligns with the composer version.
+
     // update composer.json
     updates.push({
       path: this.addPath('composer.json'),
@@ -65,7 +70,8 @@ export class PHP extends BaseStrategy {
         version,
         versionsMap,
       }),
-    });
+      });
+    */
 
     return updates;
   }
diff --git a/test/strategies/php.ts b/test/strategies/php.ts
index 05da02f13..4d0d325b6 100644
--- a/test/strategies/php.ts
+++ b/test/strategies/php.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {buildMockConventionalCommit} from '../helpers';
 import {TagName} from '../../src/util/tag-name';
 import {Version} from '../../src/version';
 import {Changelog} from '../../src/updaters/changelog';
-import {RootComposerUpdatePackages} from '../../src/updaters/php/root-composer-update-packages';
+// import {RootComposerUpdatePackages} from '../../src/updaters/php/root-composer-update-packages';
 
 const sandbox = sinon.createSandbox();
 
@@ -95,9 +95,14 @@ describe('PHP', () => {
         latestRelease,
       });
       const updates = release!.updates;
-      expect(updates).lengthOf(2);
+      // Stainless EDIT: we removed updates to the composer.json file
+      expect(updates).lengthOf(1);
       assertHasUpdate(updates, 'CHANGELOG.md', Changelog);
-      assertHasUpdate(updates, 'composer.json', RootComposerUpdatePackages);
+
+      // Original:
+      // expect(updates).lengthOf(2);
+      // assertHasUpdate(updates, 'CHANGELOG.md', Changelog);
+      // assertHasUpdate(updates, 'composer.json', RootComposerUpdatePackages);
     });
   });
 });