diff --git a/system/core/CodeIgniter.php b/system/core/CodeIgniter.php
index b3e984d..50eae8f 100755
--- a/system/core/CodeIgniter.php
+++ b/system/core/CodeIgniter.php
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
  */
 	set_error_handler('_exception_handler');
 
-	if ( ! is_php('5.3'))
+	if ( ! is_php('5.4'))
 	{
 		@set_magic_quotes_runtime(0); // Kill magic quotes
 	}
diff --git a/system/core/Common.php b/system/core/Common.php
index 5e3b826..c08755c 100644
--- a/system/core/Common.php
+++ b/system/core/Common.php
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@
 	/**
 	 * Determines if the current version of PHP is greater then the supplied value
 	 *
-	 * Since there are a few places where we conditionally test for PHP > 5
+	 * Since there are a few places where we conditionally test for PHP > 5.3
 	 * we'll set a static variable.
 	 *
 	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	bool	TRUE if the current version is $version or higher
 	 */
-	function is_php($version = '5.0.0')
+	function is_php($version = '5.3.0')
 	{
 		static $_is_php;
 		$version = (string) $version;