diff --git a/src/utils/utils.php b/src/utils/utils.php
index 58aa9c7a..e7b6d66d 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils.php
+++ b/src/utils/utils.php
@@ -1449,22 +1449,7 @@ function phutil_ini_decode($string) {
   $trap = new PhutilErrorTrap();
 
   try {
-    $have_call = false;
-    if (function_exists('parse_ini_string')) {
-      if (defined('INI_SCANNER_RAW')) {
-        $results = @parse_ini_string($string, true, INI_SCANNER_RAW);
-        $have_call = true;
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (!$have_call) {
-      throw new PhutilMethodNotImplementedException(
-        pht(
-          '%s is not compatible with your version of PHP (%s). This function '.
-          'is only supported on PHP versions newer than 5.3.0.',
-          __FUNCTION__,
-          phpversion()));
-    }
+    $results = @parse_ini_string($string, true, INI_SCANNER_RAW);
 
     if ($results === false) {
       throw new PhutilINIParserException(trim($trap->getErrorsAsString()));