diff --git a/roles/nextcloud/tasks/install.yml b/roles/nextcloud/tasks/install.yml
index 5cb341aae..98b182086 100644
--- a/roles/nextcloud/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/nextcloud/tasks/install.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 # https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/18/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html#prerequisites-for-manual-installation
 # 2021-04-11: If you're running Nextcloud 21+ in production, carefully check the latest required AND recommended prereqs:
 # https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/21/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html#prerequisites-for-manual-installation
-- name: Install ffmpeg + libxml2 + 13 php packages
+- name: Install ffmpeg + libxml2 + 9 PHP packages (run 'php -m' to verify)
   package:
     name:
       #- dnsutils    # NOT REQUESTED by Nextcloud
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@
       #- libapache2-mod-php    # 2020-02-15: NO LONGER NEEDED?
       - php{{ php_version }}-bcmath        # Highly recommended by Nextcloud 21 for "improved performance and better compatibility"
       - php{{ php_version }}-bz2           # Optional (for extraction of apps)
-      - php{{ php_version }}-cli           # Likely optional?  @jvonau says this drags in php{{ php_version }}-common as @m-anish wanted in PR #2119 / #2258
+      #- php{{ php_version }}-cli          # Likely optional: @jvonau said this drags in php{{ php_version }}-common as @m-anish wanted in PR #2119 / #2258 ?  Certainly php{{ php_version }}-common is already installed by www_base/tasks/main.yml
       - php{{ php_version }}-curl
-      - php{{ php_version }}-gd
+      #- php{{ php_version }}-gd           # Already installed by www_base/tasks/main.yml
       - php{{ php_version }}-gmp           # Optional (for SFTP storage)
       - php{{ php_version }}-imagick       # Optional (for preview generation)
       - php{{ php_version }}-intl          # Optional (increases language translation performance and fixes sorting of non-ASCII characters)
-      - php{{ php_version }}-json
+      #- php{{ php_version }}-json         # Part of PHP 8.0+ core, so MOVED to stanza just below.
       #- php{{ php_version }}-libxml       # NOT INSTALLABLE: ENABLED BY DEFAULT (https://www.php.net/manual/en/libxml.installation.php)
       - php{{ php_version }}-mbstring
       - php{{ php_version }}-mysql
@@ -67,11 +67,17 @@
       #- php{{ php_version }}-redis        # @m-anish future work?
       #- php{{ php_version }}-session      # NOT INSTALLABLE: ENABLED BY DEFAULT?
       #- php{{ php_version }}-smbclient    # Optional (SMB/CIFS integration)
-      - php{{ php_version }}-xml           # NOT FORMALLY REQUESTED by Nextcloud (BUT hopefully delivers php-simplexml if not {php-xmlreader, php-xmlwriter} on Raspbian?)
+      #- php{{ php_version }}-xml          # Already installed by www_base/tasks/main.yml.  NOT FORMALLY REQUESTED by Nextcloud (BUT hopefully delivers php-simplexml if not {php-xmlreader, php-xmlwriter} on Raspbian?)
       - php{{ php_version }}-zip
       #- php{{ php_version }}-zlib         # NOT INSTALLABLE: ENABLED BY DEFAULT?
     state: present
 
+- name: Install php{{ php_version }}-json if PHP < 8.0
+  package:
+    name: php{{ php_version }}-json
+    state: present
+  when: php_version is version('8.0', '<')
+
 # https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/18/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html#prerequisites-for-manual-installation
 #- name: Install 9 additional php packages, if OS is not Raspbian (these are not available on Raspbian on RPi, as of Feb 2020)
 #  package: