diff --git a/lib/private/util.php b/lib/private/util.php
index a18a4e44232d242c4d21fd9cbefa82a37507c307..38db431e895d243e29c9572c4cff7d40eed42d91 100644
--- a/lib/private/util.php
+++ b/lib/private/util.php
@@ -605,9 +605,9 @@ class OC_Util {
 			$webServerRestart = true;
 		}
 
-		if (version_compare(phpversion(), '5.3.3', '<')) {
+		if (version_compare(phpversion(), '5.4.0', '<')) {
 			$errors[] = array(
-				'error' => $l->t('PHP %s or higher is required.', '5.3.3'),
+				'error' => $l->t('PHP %s or higher is required.', '5.4.0'),
 				'hint' => $l->t('Please ask your server administrator to update PHP to the latest version.'
 					. ' Your PHP version is no longer supported by ownCloud and the PHP community.')
 			);
@@ -1113,15 +1113,6 @@ class OC_Util {
 		return function_exists('finfo_open');
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Check if a PHP version older then 5.3.8 is installed.
-	 *
-	 * @return bool
-	 */
-	public static function isPHPoutdated() {
-		return version_compare(phpversion(), '5.3.8', '<');
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Check if the ownCloud server can connect to the internet
 	 *
diff --git a/settings/admin.php b/settings/admin.php
index 50a4ac4f1c89b3b841291c304fab5069cef04a6c..a5f07037911b0afb3179a0cd455df16b0a6abefe 100644
--- a/settings/admin.php
+++ b/settings/admin.php
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ $template->assign('isLocaleWorking', OC_Util::isSetLocaleWorking());
 $template->assign('isPhpCharSetUtf8', OC_Util::isPhpCharSetUtf8());
 $template->assign('isAnnotationsWorking', OC_Util::isAnnotationsWorking());
 $template->assign('has_fileinfo', OC_Util::fileInfoLoaded());
-$template->assign('old_php', OC_Util::isPHPoutdated());
 $template->assign('backgroundjobs_mode', $appConfig->getValue('core', 'backgroundjobs_mode', 'ajax'));
 $template->assign('cron_log', $config->getSystemValue('cron_log', true));
 $template->assign('lastcron', $appConfig->getValue('core', 'lastcron', false));
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ $l = OC_L10N::get('settings');
 $formsAndMore = array();
 if (OC_Request::serverProtocol() !== 'https' || !$htAccessWorking || !OC_Util::isAnnotationsWorking() ||
 	$suggestedOverwriteWebRoot || !OC_Util::isSetLocaleWorking() || !OC_Util::isPhpCharSetUtf8() ||
-	OC_Util::isPHPoutdated() || !OC_Util::fileInfoLoaded() || $databaseOverload
+	!OC_Util::fileInfoLoaded() || $databaseOverload
 ) {
 	$formsAndMore[] = array('anchor' => 'security-warning', 'section-name' => $l->t('Security & Setup Warnings'));
 }
diff --git a/settings/templates/admin.php b/settings/templates/admin.php
index 15ec9535f6a39054499fbb21a218c4c97060b985..83dc92a060a71e70a796dd11a5b786c07ed9d9dd 100644
--- a/settings/templates/admin.php
+++ b/settings/templates/admin.php
@@ -153,20 +153,6 @@ if (!$_['has_fileinfo']) {
 <?php
 }
 
-// is PHP at least at 5.3.8?
-if ($_['old_php']) {
-	?>
-	<div class="section">
-		<h2><?php p($l->t('Your PHP version is outdated'));?></h2>
-
-		<span class="connectionwarning">
-		<?php p($l->t('Your PHP version is outdated. We strongly recommend to update to 5.3.8 or newer because older versions are known to be broken. It is possible that this installation is not working correctly.')); ?>
-	</span>
-
-	</div>
-<?php
-}
-
 // is PHP charset set to UTF8?
 if (!$_['isPhpCharSetUtf8']) {
 	?>