diff --git a/debian/patches/0047-Disable-garbage-collection-routine.patch b/debian/patches/0047-Disable-garbage-collection-routine.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..081e2b22d08baa0d217e9bfee8ffefb581f433f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/0047-Disable-garbage-collection-routine.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+Description: Disable GC in ini files
+ This is disabled in the Debian packages due to the strict permissions on
+ /var/lib/php. Instead, GC is performed through /etc/cron.d/php, which uses the
+ session.gc_maxlifetime setting.
+Author: Athos Ribeiro <athos.ribeiro@canonical.com>
+Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=831752
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/php7.3/+bug/1772915
+Forwarded: not-needed
+Last-Update: 2022-09-06
+---
+This patch header follows DEP-3: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/
+--- a/php.ini-development
++++ b/php.ini-development
+@@ -1423,7 +1423,12 @@
+ ; Development Value: 1
+ ; Production Value: 1
+ ; https://php.net/session.gc-probability
+-session.gc_probability = 1
++; Debian Default Value: 0
++; This is disabled in the Debian packages due to the strict permissions
++; on /var/lib/php. Instead, GC is performed through /etc/cron.d/php,
++; which uses the session.gc_maxlifetime setting. Please, check
++; /usr/share/doc/php8.1-common/README.Debian.gz for further reference.
++session.gc_probability = 0
+ 
+ ; Defines the probability that the 'garbage collection' process is started on every
+ ; session initialization. The probability is calculated by using gc_probability/gc_divisor,
+--- a/php.ini-production
++++ b/php.ini-production
+@@ -1419,7 +1419,12 @@
+ ; Development Value: 1
+ ; Production Value: 1
+ ; https://php.net/session.gc-probability
+-session.gc_probability = 1
++; Debian Default Value: 0
++; This is disabled in the Debian packages due to the strict permissions
++; on /var/lib/php. Instead, GC is performed through /etc/cron.d/php,
++; which uses the session.gc_maxlifetime setting. Please, check
++; /usr/share/doc/php8.1-common/README.Debian.gz for further reference.
++session.gc_probability = 0
+ 
+ ; Defines the probability that the 'garbage collection' process is started on every
+ ; session initialization. The probability is calculated by using gc_probability/gc_divisor,
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index c1b03522fce449b41087fe7e05e760e643963119..794e109a8eb3cb593db4b49953fc698ef2eec737 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@
 0044-Fail-the-build-when-the-dtrace-call-fails.patch
 0045-Override-result-of-AC_PROG_LN_S-to-fix-FTBFS-on-ppc6.patch
 0046-Update-gcc-func-attr-macro.patch
+0047-Disable-garbage-collection-routine.patch
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e2bcac1af2b4aba5faa9b0042c6cb5a220f82afc..092387f8ecc4d18c29d524317b4830c13d31d113 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -511,19 +511,16 @@ override_dh_install-arch: remove-files-stamp prepare-fpm-pools
 	# sanitize php.ini files
 	mkdir -p debian/$(PHP_COMMON)/usr/lib/php/$(PHP_NAME_VERSION)/
 	cat php.ini-production | tr "\t" " " | \
-	$(SED) -e'/session.gc_probability =/ s/1/0/g;' \
-	    -e'/disable_functions =/ s/$$/ $(PCNTL_FUNCTIONS)/g;' \
+	$(SED) -e'/disable_functions =/ s/$$/ $(PCNTL_FUNCTIONS)/g;' \
 	    -e'/expose_php =/ s/On/Off/g;' \
 	  > debian/$(PHP_COMMON)/usr/lib/php/$(PHP_NAME_VERSION)/php.ini-production
 
 	cat php.ini-production | tr "\t" " " | \
 	$(SED) -e'/memory_limit =/ s/128M/-1/g;' \
-	    -e'/session.gc_probability =/ s/1/0/g' \
 	  > debian/$(PHP_COMMON)/usr/lib/php/$(PHP_NAME_VERSION)/php.ini-production.cli
 
 	cat php.ini-development | tr "\t" " " | \
-	$(SED) -e'/session.gc_probability =/ s/1/0/g;' \
-	    -e'/disable_functions =/ s/$$/ $(PCNTL_FUNCTIONS)/g;' \
+	$(SED) -e'/disable_functions =/ s/$$/ $(PCNTL_FUNCTIONS)/g;' \
 	  > debian/$(PHP_COMMON)/usr/lib/php/$(PHP_NAME_VERSION)/php.ini-development
 
 ifeq (yes,$(RUN_TESTS))