diff --git a/plugins/php/common.h b/plugins/php/common.h
index 9bf1c0690b..061b0b597a 100644
--- a/plugins/php/common.h
+++ b/plugins/php/common.h
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@
 #include "php_main.h"
 #include "php_variables.h"
 
-#if (PHP_MAJOR_VERSION < 7)
-#include "ext/standard/php_smart_str.h"
-#else
-#define UWSGI_PHP7
-#endif
 #include "ext/standard/info.h"
 
 #include "ext/session/php_session.h"
diff --git a/plugins/php/php_plugin.c b/plugins/php/php_plugin.c
index 16d495c004..16a0faa7d8 100644
--- a/plugins/php/php_plugin.c
+++ b/plugins/php/php_plugin.c
@@ -6,13 +6,8 @@ static sapi_module_struct uwsgi_sapi_module;
 
 static int uwsgi_php_init(void);
 
-#ifdef UWSGI_PHP7
 typedef size_t php_strlen_size;
 typedef zend_long php_long_size;
-#else
-typedef int php_strlen_size;
-typedef uint64_t php_long_size;
-#endif
 
 struct uwsgi_php {
 	struct uwsgi_string_list *allowed_docroot;
@@ -93,11 +88,7 @@ struct uwsgi_option uwsgi_php_options[] = {
 };
 
 
-#ifdef UWSGI_PHP7
 static size_t sapi_uwsgi_ub_write(const char *str, size_t str_length TSRMLS_DC)
-#else
-static int sapi_uwsgi_ub_write(const char *str, uint str_length TSRMLS_DC)
-#endif
 {
 	struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req = (struct wsgi_request *) SG(server_context);
 
@@ -143,11 +134,7 @@ static int sapi_uwsgi_send_headers(sapi_headers_struct *sapi_headers TSRMLS_DC)
 	return SAPI_HEADER_SENT_SUCCESSFULLY;
 }
 
-#ifdef UWSGI_PHP7
 static size_t sapi_uwsgi_read_post(char *buffer, size_t count_bytes TSRMLS_DC)
-#else
-static int sapi_uwsgi_read_post(char *buffer, uint count_bytes TSRMLS_DC)
-#endif
 {
 	uint read_bytes = 0;
 	
@@ -273,9 +260,6 @@ PHP_MINIT_FUNCTION(uwsgi_php_minit) {
 			char *name = usl->value;
 			char *strval = equal + 1;
 			equal = NULL;
-#ifndef UWSGI_PHP7
-			name_len = name_len + 1;
-#endif
 			zend_register_string_constant(name, name_len, strval, CONST_CS | CONST_PERSISTENT, module_number TSRMLS_CC);
 		}
 		usl = usl->next;
@@ -284,11 +268,7 @@ PHP_MINIT_FUNCTION(uwsgi_php_minit) {
 }
 
 PHP_FUNCTION(uwsgi_version) {
-#ifdef UWSGI_PHP7
 	RETURN_STRING(UWSGI_VERSION);
-#else
-	RETURN_STRING(UWSGI_VERSION, 1);
-#endif
 }
 
 PHP_FUNCTION(uwsgi_worker_id) {
@@ -374,11 +354,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(uwsgi_cache_get) {
 	if (value) {
 		char *ret = estrndup(value, valsize);
 		free(value);
-#ifdef UWSGI_PHP7
 		RETURN_STRING(ret);
-#else
-		RETURN_STRING(ret, 0);
-#endif
 	}
 	RETURN_NULL();
 }
@@ -482,11 +458,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(uwsgi_rpc) {
 		// here we do not free varargs for performance reasons
 		char *ret = estrndup(response, size);
 		free(response);
-#ifdef UWSGI_PHP7
 		RETURN_STRING(ret);
-#else
-		RETURN_STRING(ret, 0);
-#endif
         }
 
 clear:
diff --git a/plugins/php/session.c b/plugins/php/session.c
index ddc375797f..cce0698559 100644
--- a/plugins/php/session.c
+++ b/plugins/php/session.c
@@ -12,37 +12,20 @@ PS_CLOSE_FUNC(uwsgi) {
 PS_READ_FUNC(uwsgi) {
 	char *cache = PS_GET_MOD_DATA();
 	uint64_t valsize = 0;
-#ifdef UWSGI_PHP7
 	char *value = uwsgi_cache_magic_get(key->val, key->len , &valsize, NULL, cache);
-#else
-	char *value = uwsgi_cache_magic_get((char *)key, strlen((char *)key), &valsize, NULL, cache);
-#endif
 	if (!value) {
 		*val = STR_EMPTY_ALLOC();
 		return SUCCESS;
 	}
-#ifdef UWSGI_PHP7
 	*val = zend_string_init(value, valsize, 0);
-#else
-	char *new_val = emalloc(valsize);
-	memcpy(new_val, value, valsize);
-	free(value);
-	*val = new_val;
-	*vallen = valsize;
-#endif
 	return SUCCESS;
 	
 }
 
 PS_WRITE_FUNC(uwsgi) {
 	char *cache = PS_GET_MOD_DATA();
-#ifdef UWSGI_PHP7
 	if (val->len == 0) return SUCCESS;
 	if (!uwsgi_cache_magic_set(key->val, key->len, val->val, val->len, 0, UWSGI_CACHE_FLAG_UPDATE, cache)) {
-#else
-	if (vallen == 0) return SUCCESS;
-	if (!uwsgi_cache_magic_set((char *)key, strlen(key), (char *)val, vallen, 0, UWSGI_CACHE_FLAG_UPDATE, cache)) {
-#endif
 		return SUCCESS;	
 	}
 	return FAILURE;
@@ -50,14 +33,10 @@ PS_WRITE_FUNC(uwsgi) {
 
 PS_DESTROY_FUNC(uwsgi) {
 	char *cache = PS_GET_MOD_DATA();
-#ifdef UWSGI_PHP7
 	if (!uwsgi_cache_magic_exists(key->val, key->len, cache))
 		return SUCCESS;
 
 	if (!uwsgi_cache_magic_del(key->val, key->len, cache)) {
-#else
-	if (!uwsgi_cache_magic_del((char *)key, strlen(key), cache)) {
-#endif
 		return SUCCESS;
 	}
 	return FAILURE;