diff --git a/libraries/Util.class.php b/libraries/Util.class.php
index bbc7f8efb8..c4465fe8e2 100644
--- a/libraries/Util.class.php
+++ b/libraries/Util.class.php
@@ -4474,7 +4474,7 @@ class PMA_Util
      *
      * @return resource curl_handle with updated options
      */
-    public static function configureCurl(resource $curl_handle)
+    public static function configureCurl($curl_handle)
     {
         if (/*overload*/mb_strlen($GLOBALS['cfg']['ProxyUrl'])) {
             curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_PROXY, $GLOBALS['cfg']['ProxyUrl']);