diff --git a/lib/private/util.php b/lib/private/util.php
index a18a4e44232..38db431e895 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 50a4ac4f1c8..a5f07037911 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' => $l->t('Security & Setup Warnings'));
 }
diff --git a/settings/templates/admin.php b/settings/templates/admin.php
index 15ec9535f6a..83dc92a060a 100644
--- a/settings/templates/admin.php
+++ b/settings/templates/admin.php
@@ -153,20 +153,6 @@ if (!$_['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']) {
 	?>