diff --git a/php52.json b/php52.json
index 97b6b75d45..97f435904b 100644
--- a/php52.json
+++ b/php52.json
@@ -5,9 +5,5 @@
 	"url": "http://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/archives/php-5.2.9-2-Win32-VC6-x86.zip",
 	"hash": "sha1:6069BC2BEE6928F5B053CDFD65EBF709F902F3CA",
 	"bin": "php.exe",
-	"post_install": "cp \"$dir\\php.ini-production\" \"$dir\\php.ini\"",
-	"checkver": {
-		"url": "http://windows.php.net/download/",
-		"re": "<h3 id=\"php-5.2\".*?>.*?\\(([0-9\\.]+)\\)</h3>"
-  }
+	"post_install": "cp \"$dir\\php.ini-production\" \"$dir\\php.ini\""
 }
diff --git a/php53.json b/php53.json
index fe779293fd..23dd394fc2 100644
--- a/php53.json
+++ b/php53.json
@@ -5,9 +5,5 @@
 	"url": "http://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/archives/php-5.3.29-Win32-VC9-x86.zip",
 	"hash": "sha1:61615fe9db85c3ab630fe35673a1b6f45782e5d4",
 	"bin": "php.exe",
-	"post_install": "cp \"$dir\\php.ini-production\" \"$dir\\php.ini\"",
-	"checkver": {
-		"url": "http://windows.php.net/download/",
-		"re": "<h3 id=\"php-5.3\".*?>.*?\\(([0-9\\.]+)\\)</h3>"
-	}
+	"post_install": "cp \"$dir\\php.ini-production\" \"$dir\\php.ini\""
 }