More on #5003
diff --git a/system/libraries/Form_validation.php b/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
index cd1d4a7..73fb2da 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
@@ -1231,8 +1231,10 @@
 	{
 		if (function_exists('idn_to_ascii') && preg_match('#\A([^@]+)@(.+)\z#', $str, $matches))
 		{
-			$variant = defined('INTL_IDNA_VARIANT_UTS46') ? INTL_IDNA_VARIANT_UTS46 : INTL_IDNA_VARIANT_2003;
-			$str = $matches[1].'@'.idn_to_ascii($matches[2], 0, $variant);
+			$domain = is_php('5.4')
+				? idn_to_ascii($matches[2], 0, INTL_IDNA_VARIANT_UTS46)
+				: idn_to_ascii($matches[2]);
+			$str = $matches[1].'@'.$domain;
 		}
 
 		return (bool) filter_var($str, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);