diff --git a/e107_handlers/date_handler.php b/e107_handlers/date_handler.php
index 24b0ac522..df0615bb2 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/date_handler.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/date_handler.php
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ class e_date
 	 */
 	public function strptime($str, $format)
 	{
-		if(STRPTIME_COMPAT !== TRUE && function_exists('strptime')) // Unix Only.  
+		if(function_exists('strptime')) // Unix Only.
 		{
 			$vals = strptime($str,$format); // PHP5 is more accurate than below. 
 			$vals['tm_amon'] = 	strftime('%b', mktime(0,0,0, $vals['tm_mon'] +1) );
diff --git a/e107_handlers/php_compatibility_handler.php b/e107_handlers/php_compatibility_handler.php
index e26abfe77..4605398c0 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/php_compatibility_handler.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/php_compatibility_handler.php
@@ -30,13 +30,10 @@ if (!defined('e107_INIT'))
 
 if (!function_exists('strptime'))
 {
-
-	define('STRPTIME_COMPAT', true);
 	function strptime($str, $format)
 	{
 		return e107::getDate()->strptime($str,$format);	
 	} 
-	
 }
 
 //PHP < 5.2 compatibility