diff --git a/wp-includes/pluggable.php b/wp-includes/pluggable.php
index 9bf35d70b4..9277db1a09 100644
--- a/wp-includes/pluggable.php
+++ b/wp-includes/pluggable.php
@@ -688,23 +688,11 @@ function wp_set_auth_cookie($user_id, $remember = false, $secure = '') {
 	do_action('set_auth_cookie', $auth_cookie, $expire, $expiration, $user_id, $scheme);
 	do_action('set_logged_in_cookie', $logged_in_cookie, $expire, $expiration, $user_id, 'logged_in');
 
-	// Set httponly if the php version is >= 5.2.0
-	if ( version_compare(phpversion(), '5.2.0', 'ge') ) {
-		setcookie($auth_cookie_name, $auth_cookie, $expire, PLUGINS_COOKIE_PATH, COOKIE_DOMAIN, $secure, true);
-		setcookie($auth_cookie_name, $auth_cookie, $expire, ADMIN_COOKIE_PATH, COOKIE_DOMAIN, $secure, true);
-		setcookie(LOGGED_IN_COOKIE, $logged_in_cookie, $expire, COOKIEPATH, COOKIE_DOMAIN, $secure_logged_in_cookie, true);
-		if ( COOKIEPATH != SITECOOKIEPATH )
-			setcookie(LOGGED_IN_COOKIE, $logged_in_cookie, $expire, SITECOOKIEPATH, COOKIE_DOMAIN, $secure_logged_in_cookie, true);
-	} else {
-		$cookie_domain = COOKIE_DOMAIN;
-		if ( !empty($cookie_domain) )
-			$cookie_domain .= '; HttpOnly';
-		setcookie($auth_cookie_name, $auth_cookie, $expire, PLUGINS_COOKIE_PATH, $cookie_domain, $secure);
-		setcookie($auth_cookie_name, $auth_cookie, $expire, ADMIN_COOKIE_PATH, $cookie_domain, $secure);
-		setcookie(LOGGED_IN_COOKIE, $logged_in_cookie, $expire, COOKIEPATH, $cookie_domain, $secure_logged_in_cookie);
-		if ( COOKIEPATH != SITECOOKIEPATH )
-			setcookie(LOGGED_IN_COOKIE, $logged_in_cookie, $expire, SITECOOKIEPATH, $cookie_domain, $secure_logged_in_cookie);
-	}
+	setcookie($auth_cookie_name, $auth_cookie, $expire, PLUGINS_COOKIE_PATH, COOKIE_DOMAIN, $secure, true);
+	setcookie($auth_cookie_name, $auth_cookie, $expire, ADMIN_COOKIE_PATH, COOKIE_DOMAIN, $secure, true);
+	setcookie(LOGGED_IN_COOKIE, $logged_in_cookie, $expire, COOKIEPATH, COOKIE_DOMAIN, $secure_logged_in_cookie, true);
+	if ( COOKIEPATH != SITECOOKIEPATH )
+		setcookie(LOGGED_IN_COOKIE, $logged_in_cookie, $expire, SITECOOKIEPATH, COOKIE_DOMAIN, $secure_logged_in_cookie, true);
 }
 endif;