diff --git a/wp-admin/admin-functions.php b/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
index 3ab5cc22f0..f078dcf4d2 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
@@ -984,14 +984,6 @@ function got_mod_rewrite() {
 			return false;
 	}
 
-	if ( function_exists('ob_get_clean') ) {
-	  ob_start();
-	  phpinfo(INFO_MODULES);
-	  $php_modules = ob_get_clean();
-	  if ( strpos($php_modules, 'mod_rewrite') === false)
-	    return false;
-	}
-
 	return true;
 }