diff --git a/classes/context/Context.class.php b/classes/context/Context.class.php
index 3058d3a3c..1c1a61dad 100644
--- a/classes/context/Context.class.php
+++ b/classes/context/Context.class.php
@@ -1360,10 +1360,9 @@ class Context
 	 * @see Cast variables, such as _srl, page, and cpage, into interger
 	 * @param string $key Variable key
 	 * @param string $val Variable value
-	 * @param string $do_stripslashes Whether to strip slashes
 	 * @return mixed filtered value. Type are string or array
 	 */
-	public function _filterRequestVar($key, $val, $do_stripslashes = 1)
+	public function _filterRequestVar($key, $val)
 	{
 		if(!($isArray = is_array($val)))
 		{
@@ -1389,19 +1388,6 @@ class Context
 			else
 			{
 				$result[$k] = $v;
-
-				if($do_stripslashes && version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.4.0', '<') && get_magic_quotes_gpc())
-				{
-					if (is_array($result[$k]))
-					{
-						array_walk_recursive($result[$k], function(&$val) { $val = stripslashes($val); });
-					}
-					else
-					{
-						$result[$k] = stripslashes($result[$k]);
-					}
-				}
-
 				if(is_array($result[$k]))
 				{
 					array_walk_recursive($result[$k], function(&$val) { $val = trim($val); });
diff --git a/common/framework/password.php b/common/framework/password.php
index caf9ef49a..a6831090b 100644
--- a/common/framework/password.php
+++ b/common/framework/password.php
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ class Password
 	public static function getSupportedAlgorithms()
 	{
 		$retval = array();
-		if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.3.7', '>=') && defined('\CRYPT_BLOWFISH'))
+		if (defined('\CRYPT_BLOWFISH'))
 		{
 			$retval['bcrypt'] = 'bcrypt';
 		}
-		if (function_exists('hash_hmac') && in_array('sha512', hash_algos()))
+		if (in_array('sha512', hash_algos()))
 		{
 			$retval['pbkdf2'] = 'pbkdf2';
 		}
diff --git a/common/framework/security.php b/common/framework/security.php
index 35abdda61..a474acb58 100644
--- a/common/framework/security.php
+++ b/common/framework/security.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class Security
 		$key = substr(hash('sha256', $key, true), 0, 16);
 		
 		// Use defuse/php-encryption if possible.
-		if (!$force_compat && version_compare(\PHP_VERSION, '5.4.0', '>=') && function_exists('openssl_encrypt'))
+		if (!$force_compat && function_exists('openssl_encrypt'))
 		{
 			try
 			{
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class Security
 		}
 		
 		// Use defuse/php-encryption if possible.
-		if (!$force_compat && version_compare(\PHP_VERSION, '5.4.0', '>=') && function_exists('openssl_decrypt'))
+		if (!$force_compat && function_exists('openssl_decrypt'))
 		{
 			try
 			{
@@ -147,11 +147,11 @@ class Security
 		{
 			$entropy = random_bytes($entropy_capped_bytes);
 		}
-		elseif(function_exists('openssl_random_pseudo_bytes') && (!$is_windows || version_compare(\PHP_VERSION, '5.4', '>=')))
+		elseif(function_exists('openssl_random_pseudo_bytes'))
 		{
 			$entropy = openssl_random_pseudo_bytes($entropy_capped_bytes);
 		}
-		elseif(function_exists('mcrypt_create_iv') && (!$is_windows || version_compare(\PHP_VERSION, '5.3.7', '>=')))
+		elseif(function_exists('mcrypt_create_iv') && !$is_windows)
 		{
 			$entropy = mcrypt_create_iv($entropy_capped_bytes, \MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM);
 		}