diff --git a/application/wizardhelper.class.inc.php b/application/wizardhelper.class.inc.php
index 8193bd2d6..dbcfe085a 100644
--- a/application/wizardhelper.class.inc.php
+++ b/application/wizardhelper.class.inc.php
@@ -273,10 +273,6 @@ class WizardHelper
 	static public function FromJSON($sJSON)
 	{
 		$oWizHelper = new WizardHelper();
-		if (get_magic_quotes_gpc())
-		{
-			$sJSON = stripslashes($sJSON);
-		}
 		$aData = json_decode($sJSON, true); // true means hash array instead of object
 		$oWizHelper->m_aData = $aData;
 		return $oWizHelper;
diff --git a/core/MyHelpers.class.inc.php b/core/MyHelpers.class.inc.php
index a1cdeb832..9d78d657c 100644
--- a/core/MyHelpers.class.inc.php
+++ b/core/MyHelpers.class.inc.php
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ class Str
 	public static function gpc2pure($gpc)
 	{
 		if (ini_get('magic_quotes_sybase')) $pure = str_replace("''", "'", $gpc);
-		else                                $pure = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($gpc) : $gpc;
+		else                                $pure = $gpc;
 		return $pure;
 	}
 	public static function html2pure($html)
diff --git a/setup/setuputils.class.inc.php b/setup/setuputils.class.inc.php
index b0ea1fb84..c1c7a7b91 100644
--- a/setup/setuputils.class.inc.php
+++ b/setup/setuputils.class.inc.php
@@ -265,21 +265,6 @@ class SetupUtils
 		SetupPage::log("Info - max_file_uploads: ".ini_get('max_file_uploads'));
 
 		// Check some more ini settings here, needed for file upload
-		if (function_exists('get_magic_quotes_gpc'))
-		{
-			if (@get_magic_quotes_gpc())
-			{
-				$aResult[] = new CheckResult(CheckResult::ERROR, "'magic_quotes_gpc' is set to On. Please turn it Off in php.ini before continuing.");
-			}
-		}
-		if (function_exists('get_magic_quotes_runtime'))
-		{
-			if (@get_magic_quotes_runtime())
-			{
-				$aResult[] = new CheckResult(CheckResult::ERROR, "'magic_quotes_runtime' is set to On. Please turn it Off in php.ini before continuing.");
-			}
-		}
-
 		$sMemoryLimit = trim(ini_get('memory_limit'));
 		if (empty($sMemoryLimit))
 		{