diff --git a/sapi/apache/mod_php5.c b/sapi/apache/mod_php5.c
index 450b79021a3..93c340bb76c 100644
--- a/sapi/apache/mod_php5.c
+++ b/sapi/apache/mod_php5.c
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@
 #define SIGPIPE SIGINT
 #endif
 
-#if defined(ZEND_MULTIBYTE) && defined(HAVE_MBSTRING)
-#include "ext/mbstring/mbstring.h"
-#endif /* defined(ZEND_MULTIBYTE) && defined(HAVE_MBSTRING) */
-
 #undef shutdown
 
 /* {{{ Prototypes
@@ -563,10 +559,6 @@ static int send_php(request_rec *r, int display_source_mode, char *filename)
 		fh.free_filename = 0;
 		fh.type = ZEND_HANDLE_FILENAME;
 
-#if defined(ZEND_MULTIBYTE) && defined(HAVE_MBSTRING)
-		php_mb_set_zend_encoding(TSRMLS_C);
-#endif /* defined(ZEND_MULTIBYTE) && defined(HAVE_MBSTRING) */
-
 		zend_execute_scripts(ZEND_INCLUDE TSRMLS_CC, NULL, 1, &fh);
 		return OK;
 	}