diff --git a/application/views/scripts/functions.php b/application/views/scripts/functions.php
index 40756126ba..6e462a33c8 100644
--- a/application/views/scripts/functions.php
+++ b/application/views/scripts/functions.php
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 
-// Use ENT_SUBSTITUTE when we're using a new-enough PHP version
-if (defined('ENT_SUBSTITUTE')) {
-    function utf8_htmlspecialchars($value)
-    {
-        return htmlspecialchars($value, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE, 'UTF-8');
-    }
-} else {
-    function utf8_htmlspecialchars($value)
-    {
-        return htmlspecialchars($value, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
-    }
+function utf8_htmlspecialchars($value)
+{
+    return htmlspecialchars($value, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE, 'UTF-8');
 }
 
 function show_untitled_items($title)