diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index feb711f9..115ef78d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ All notable changes of the PHP Mode 1.19.1 release series are documented in this
 
  * Add `readonly` class modifier to [Imenu] ([#802])
  * Add `enum` support to `php-current-class` ([#802])
+ * Remove hardcoding of implicit paths in `php` that are not guaranteed to exist ([#803])
 
 [Imenu]: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Imenu.html
 [#802]: https://github.com/emacs-php/php-mode/pull/802
+[#803]: https://github.com/emacs-php/php-mode/pull/803
 
 ## [1.27.0] - 2024-12-20
 
diff --git a/lisp/php.el b/lisp/php.el
index 6a2f40f8..9ce9eecf 100644
--- a/lisp/php.el
+++ b/lisp/php.el
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   :link '(url-link :tag "Official Site" "https://github.com/emacs-php/php-mode")
   :link '(url-link :tag "PHP Mode Wiki" "https://github.com/emacs-php/php-mode/wiki"))
 
-(defcustom php-executable (or (executable-find "php") "/usr/bin/php")
+(defcustom php-executable (or (executable-find "php") "php")
   "The location of the PHP executable."
   :group 'php
   :tag "PHP Executable"