diff --git a/includes/smtp.phpmailer.inc b/includes/smtp.phpmailer.inc
index 9a112bd..b497883 100644
--- a/includes/smtp.phpmailer.inc
+++ b/includes/smtp.phpmailer.inc
@@ -1439,30 +1439,8 @@ class PHPMailer {
       if (!is_readable($path)) {
         throw new phpmailerException(t('File Error: Could not open file: !nofile', array('!nofile' => $path)), self::STOP_CONTINUE);
       }
-      if (function_exists('get_magic_quotes')) {
-        function get_magic_quotes() {
-          return FALSE;
-        }
-      }
-      $magic_quotes = get_magic_quotes_runtime();
-      if ($magic_quotes) {
-        if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.3.0', '<')) {
-          set_magic_quotes_runtime(0);
-        }
-        else {
-          ini_set('magic_quotes_runtime', 0);
-        }
-      }
       $file_buffer  = file_get_contents($path);
       $file_buffer  = $this->EncodeString($file_buffer, $encoding);
-      if ($magic_quotes) {
-        if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.3.0', '<')) {
-          set_magic_quotes_runtime($magic_quotes);
-        }
-        else {
-          ini_set('magic_quotes_runtime', $magic_quotes);
-        }
-      }
       return $file_buffer;
     } catch (Exception $e) {
       $this->SetError($e->getMessage());