diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2ddfa42c7..cd671576b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update -qq
         sudo apt-get --yes --no-install-recommends install ${{ env.WEECHAT_DEPENDENCIES }}
+        # uninstall php imagick as is causes a crash when loading php plugin (see #2009)
+        sudo apt-get --yes purge php8.1-imagick
         sudo -H pip3 install --ignore-installed msgcheck
 
     - name: Check gettext files