diff --git a/libraries/plugins/import/ImportOds.php b/libraries/plugins/import/ImportOds.php
index 54062b5fb4..ee0bc5c3b9 100644
--- a/libraries/plugins/import/ImportOds.php
+++ b/libraries/plugins/import/ImportOds.php
@@ -18,15 +18,6 @@ use PMA;
 use PMA\libraries\plugins\ImportPlugin;
 use SimpleXMLElement;
 
-/**
- * We need way to disable external XML entities processing.
- */
-if (!function_exists('libxml_disable_entity_loader')) {
-    $GLOBALS['skip_import'] = true;
-
-    return;
-}
-
 /**
  * Handles the import for the ODS format
  *
diff --git a/libraries/plugins/import/ImportXml.php b/libraries/plugins/import/ImportXml.php
index a94ced485f..2bc90814d7 100644
--- a/libraries/plugins/import/ImportXml.php
+++ b/libraries/plugins/import/ImportXml.php
@@ -15,15 +15,6 @@ use PMA;
 use PMA\libraries\plugins\ImportPlugin;
 use SimpleXMLElement;
 
-/**
- * We need way to disable external XML entities processing.
- */
-if (!function_exists('libxml_disable_entity_loader')) {
-    $GLOBALS['skip_import'] = true;
-
-    return;
-}
-
 /**
  * Handles the import for the XML format
  *