diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index a3806ef6ce2..3479f16817b 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -22,26 +22,6 @@ DirectoryIndex index.php
 # Override PHP settings. More in sites/default/settings.php
 # but the following cannot be changed at runtime.
 
-# PHP 4, Apache 1.
-<IfModule mod_php4.c>
-  php_value magic_quotes_gpc                0
-  php_value register_globals                0
-  php_value session.auto_start              0
-  php_value mbstring.http_input             pass
-  php_value mbstring.http_output            pass
-  php_value mbstring.encoding_translation   0
-</IfModule>
-
-# PHP 4, Apache 2.
-<IfModule sapi_apache2.c>
-  php_value magic_quotes_gpc                0
-  php_value register_globals                0
-  php_value session.auto_start              0
-  php_value mbstring.http_input             pass
-  php_value mbstring.http_output            pass
-  php_value mbstring.encoding_translation   0
-</IfModule>
-
 # PHP 5, Apache 1 and 2.
 <IfModule mod_php5.c>
   php_value magic_quotes_gpc                0