diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 9b381cbb..d3a4c32e 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ WORKSPACE_INSTALL_WKHTMLTOPDF=false
 WORKSPACE_WKHTMLTOPDF_VERSION=0.12.6-1
 WORKSPACE_INSTALL_GNU_PARALLEL=false
 WORKSPACE_INSTALL_AST=true
-WORKSPACE_AST_VERSION=1.0.10
 WORKSPACE_BROWSERSYNC_HOST_PORT=3000
 WORKSPACE_BROWSERSYNC_UI_HOST_PORT=3001
 WORKSPACE_VUE_CLI_SERVE_HOST_PORT=8080
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 5c11ce80..1d1bda08 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ services:
           - NODE_VERSION=${WORKSPACE_NODE_VERSION}
           - YARN_VERSION=${WORKSPACE_YARN_VERSION}
           - DRUSH_VERSION=${WORKSPACE_DRUSH_VERSION}
-          - AST_VERSION=${WORKSPACE_AST_VERSION}
           - IMAGEMAGICK_VERSION=${WORKSPACE_IMAGEMAGICK_VERSION}
           - TZ=${WORKSPACE_TIMEZONE}
           - BLACKFIRE_CLIENT_ID=${BLACKFIRE_CLIENT_ID}
diff --git a/workspace/Dockerfile b/workspace/Dockerfile
index 48819053..15bb1909 100644
--- a/workspace/Dockerfile
+++ b/workspace/Dockerfile
@@ -675,18 +675,16 @@ RUN if [ ${INSTALL_INOTIFY} = true ]; then \
 ###########################################################################
 
 ARG INSTALL_AST=false
-ARG AST_VERSION=1.0.10
-ENV AST_VERSION ${AST_VERSION}
 
 RUN if [ ${INSTALL_AST} = true ]; then \
-    # AST extension requires PHP 7.0.0 or newer
-    if [ $(php -r "echo PHP_MAJOR_VERSION;") != "5" ]; then \
-        # Install AST extension
-        printf "\n" | pecl -q install ast-${AST_VERSION} && \
-        echo "extension=ast.so" >> /etc/php/${LARADOCK_PHP_VERSION}/mods-available/ast.ini && \
-        phpenmod -v ${LARADOCK_PHP_VERSION} -s cli ast \
-    ;fi \
-;fi
+    if [ "$(php -r 'echo PHP_VERSION_ID;')" -le 70100 ]; then \
+        printf "\n" | pecl -q install ast-1.0.16; \
+    else \
+        printf "\n" | pecl -q install ast; \
+    fi; \
+    echo "extension=ast.so" >> /etc/php/${LARADOCK_PHP_VERSION}/mods-available/ast.ini; \
+    phpenmod -v ${LARADOCK_PHP_VERSION} -s cli ast; \
+fi
 
 ###########################################################################
 # fswatch