diff --git a/core/INSTALL.txt b/core/INSTALL.txt
index 8609458617448..9e313c9b8051e 100644
--- a/core/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/core/INSTALL.txt
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ Drupal requires:
 - A web server with PHP support, for example:
   - Apache 2.0 (or greater) (http://httpd.apache.org/).
   - Nginx 1.1 (or greater) (http://www.nginx.com/).
-- PHP 5.4.5 (or greater) (http://www.php.net/) or the version that ships with
-  Debian Wheezy (5.4.4-14) (https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/).
+- PHP 5.4.5 (or greater) (http://www.php.net/).
 - One of the following databases:
   - MySQL 5.0.15 (or greater) (http://www.mysql.com/).
   - MariaDB 5.1.44 (or greater) (http://mariadb.org/). MariaDB is a fully
diff --git a/core/includes/bootstrap.inc b/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
index 0ea383fe18905..207fddaeba516 100644
--- a/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -22,12 +22,8 @@ use Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageInterface;
 
 /**
  * Minimum supported version of PHP.
- *
- * Minimum version is 5.4.5, or 5.4.4-14+deb7u14 on Debian Wheezy.
- *
- * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2267551.
  */
-define('DRUPAL_MINIMUM_PHP', PHP_VERSION == '5.4.4-14+deb7u14' ? '5.4.4' : '5.4.5');
+const DRUPAL_MINIMUM_PHP = '5.4.5';
 
 /**
  * Minimum recommended value of PHP memory_limit.
diff --git a/core/install.php b/core/install.php
index 4fdda9ae8c99c..e206dfb3374f0 100644
--- a/core/install.php
+++ b/core/install.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ define('MAINTENANCE_MODE', 'install');
 // The minimum version is specified explicitly, as DRUPAL_MINIMUM_PHP is not
 // yet available. It is defined in bootstrap.inc, but it is not possible to
 // load that file yet as it would cause a fatal error on older versions of PHP.
-if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.4.4-14+deb7u14') < 0 && version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.4.5') < 0) {
+if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.4.5') < 0) {
   print 'Your PHP installation is too old. Drupal requires at least PHP 5.4.5. See the <a href="http://drupal.org/requirements">system requirements</a> page for more information.';
   exit;
 }
diff --git a/core/scripts/password-hash.sh b/core/scripts/password-hash.sh
index fd55c6b8baca2..b1cfa2f9da590 100755
--- a/core/scripts/password-hash.sh
+++ b/core/scripts/password-hash.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if (PHP_SAPI !== 'cli') {
   return;
 }
 
-if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.4.4-14+deb7u14') < 0 && version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.4.5') < 0) {
+if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.4.5') < 0) {
   $version  = PHP_VERSION;
   echo <<<EOF