diff --git a/externals/phpmailer/class.phpmailer-lite.php b/externals/phpmailer/class.phpmailer-lite.php
index 335625ebad..06cf5cc9c3 100644
--- a/externals/phpmailer/class.phpmailer-lite.php
+++ b/externals/phpmailer/class.phpmailer-lite.php
@@ -1311,11 +1311,6 @@ class PHPMailerLite {
       if (!is_readable($path)) {
         throw new phpmailerException($this->Lang('file_open') . $path, self::STOP_CONTINUE);
       }
-      if (function_exists('get_magic_quotes')) {
-        function get_magic_quotes() {
-          return false;
-        }
-      }
       if (PHP_VERSION < 6) {
         $magic_quotes = get_magic_quotes_runtime();
         set_magic_quotes_runtime(0);
diff --git a/externals/phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php b/externals/phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php
index 69f9c45ba5..0a413a407b 100644
--- a/externals/phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php
+++ b/externals/phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php
@@ -1443,11 +1443,6 @@ class PHPMailer {
       if (!is_readable($path)) {
         throw new phpmailerException($this->Lang('file_open') . $path, self::STOP_CONTINUE);
       }
-      if (function_exists('get_magic_quotes')) {
-        function get_magic_quotes() {
-          return false;
-        }
-      }
       if (PHP_VERSION < 6) {
         $magic_quotes = get_magic_quotes_runtime();
         set_magic_quotes_runtime(0);