diff --git a/system/core/Security.php b/system/core/Security.php
index 4593a10..227217e 100644
--- a/system/core/Security.php
+++ b/system/core/Security.php
@@ -561,6 +561,19 @@
 	// ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
+	 * Strip Image Tags
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
+	public function strip_image_tags($str)
+	{
+		return preg_replace(array('#<img\s+.*?src\s*=\s*["\'](.+?)["\'].*?\>#', '#<img\s+.*?src\s*=\s*(.+?).*?\>#'), '\\1', $str);
+	}
+
+	// ----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
 	 * Compact Exploded Words
 	 *
 	 * Callback function for xss_clean() to remove whitespace from
diff --git a/system/helpers/security_helper.php b/system/helpers/security_helper.php
index 7968f9e..0e8e9f9 100644
--- a/system/helpers/security_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/security_helper.php
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@
 	 */
 	function strip_image_tags($str)
 	{
-		return preg_replace(array('#<img\s+.*?src\s*=\s*["\'](.+?)["\'].*?\>#', '#<img\s+.*?src\s*=\s*(.+?).*?\>#'), '\\1', $str);
+		$CI =& get_instance();
+		return $CI->security->strip_image_tags($str);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/system/libraries/Form_validation.php b/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
index 484e306..0d9c65f 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@
 	 */
 	public function strip_image_tags($str)
 	{
-		return $this->CI->input->strip_image_tags($str);
+		return $this->CI->security->strip_image_tags($str);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------