diff --git a/system/core/CodeIgniter.php b/system/core/CodeIgniter.php
index df5fa3b..4f625b1 100644
--- a/system/core/CodeIgniter.php
+++ b/system/core/CodeIgniter.php
@@ -65,6 +65,57 @@
  */
 	require_once(BASEPATH.'core/Common.php');
 
+
+/*
+ * ------------------------------------------------------
+ * Security procedures
+ * ------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+if ( ! is_php('5.4'))
+{
+	ini_set('magic_quotes_runtime', 0);
+
+	if ((bool) ini_get('register_globals'))
+	{
+		$_protected = array(
+			'_SERVER',
+			'_GET',
+			'_POST',
+			'_FILES',
+			'_REQUEST',
+			'_SESSION',
+			'_ENV',
+			'_COOKIE',
+			'GLOBALS',
+			'HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA',
+			'system_folder',
+			'application_folder',
+			'view_folder',
+			'_protected',
+			'_registered'
+		);
+
+		$_registered = ini_get('variables_order');
+		foreach (array('E' => '_ENV', 'G' => '_GET', 'P' => '_POST', 'C' => '_COOKIE', 'S' => '_SERVER') as $key => $superglobal)
+		{
+			if (strpos($_registered, $key) === FALSE)
+			{
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			foreach (array_keys($$superglobal) as $var)
+			{
+				if (isset($GLOBALS[$var]) && ! in_array($var, $_protected, TRUE))
+				{
+					$GLOBALS[$var] = NULL;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+
 /*
  * ------------------------------------------------------
  *  Define a custom error handler so we can log PHP errors
@@ -73,9 +124,6 @@
 	set_error_handler('_exception_handler');
 	register_shutdown_function('_shutdown_handler');
 
-	// Kill magic quotes
-	is_php('5.4') OR ini_set('magic_quotes_runtime', 0);
-
 /*
  * ------------------------------------------------------
  *  Set the subclass_prefix
diff --git a/system/core/Input.php b/system/core/Input.php
index 6986bd4..b3bed72 100644
--- a/system/core/Input.php
+++ b/system/core/Input.php
@@ -558,8 +558,7 @@
 	 *
 	 * Internal method serving for the following purposes:
 	 *
-	 *	- Unsets $_GET data (if query strings are not enabled)
-	 *	- Unsets all globals if register_globals is enabled
+	 *	- Unsets $_GET data, if query strings are not enabled
 	 *	- Cleans POST, COOKIE and SERVER data
 	 * 	- Standardizes newline characters to PHP_EOL
 	 *
@@ -567,54 +566,6 @@
 	 */
 	protected function _sanitize_globals()
 	{
-		// It would be "wrong" to unset any of these GLOBALS.
-		$protected = array(
-			'_SERVER',
-			'_GET',
-			'_POST',
-			'_FILES',
-			'_REQUEST',
-			'_SESSION',
-			'_ENV',
-			'GLOBALS',
-			'HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA',
-			'system_folder',
-			'application_folder',
-			'BM',
-			'EXT',
-			'CFG',
-			'URI',
-			'RTR',
-			'OUT',
-			'IN'
-		);
-
-		// Unset globals for security.
-		// This is effectively the same as register_globals = off
-		// PHP 5.4 no longer has the register_globals functionality.
-		if ( ! is_php('5.4'))
-		{
-			foreach (array($_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIE) as $global)
-			{
-				if (is_array($global))
-				{
-					foreach ($global as $key => $val)
-					{
-						if ( ! in_array($key, $protected))
-						{
-							global $$key;
-							$$key = NULL;
-						}
-					}
-				}
-				elseif ( ! in_array($global, $protected))
-				{
-					global $$global;
-					$$global = NULL;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
 		// Is $_GET data allowed? If not we'll set the $_GET to an empty array
 		if ($this->_allow_get_array === FALSE)
 		{