diff --git a/airtime_mvc/public/.htaccess b/airtime_mvc/public/.htaccess
index e60e50a67..c9d6c4c1c 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/public/.htaccess
+++ b/airtime_mvc/public/.htaccess
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ php_value post_max_size 500M
 php_value upload_max_filesize 500M
 php_value request_order "GPC"
 php_value session.gc_probability 0
-php_value phar.readonly Off
 php_value session.auto_start 0
 
 RewriteEngine On
@@ -22,4 +21,4 @@ AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
 AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
 AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
 AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
-AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/json
\ No newline at end of file
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/json
diff --git a/install_full/php5-fpm/airtime.conf b/install_full/php5-fpm/airtime.conf
index ea396422f..cb0e2f335 100644
--- a/install_full/php5-fpm/airtime.conf
+++ b/install_full/php5-fpm/airtime.conf
@@ -247,5 +247,4 @@ php_admin_value[post_max_size] = 500M
 php_admin_value[upload_max_filesize] = 500M
 php_admin_value[request_order] = GPC
 php_admin_value[session.gc_probability] = 0
-php_admin_value[phar.readonly] = off
 php_admin_value[upload_tmp_dir] = /tmp