diff --git a/administrator/components/com_admin/models/sysinfo.php b/administrator/components/com_admin/models/sysinfo.php
index 29338e5cfd6ce..eade2bf1157f6 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_admin/models/sysinfo.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_admin/models/sysinfo.php
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ public function &getPhpSettings()
 			'zip'                => function_exists('zip_open') && function_exists('zip_read'),
 			'mbstring'           => extension_loaded('mbstring'),
 			'iconv'              => function_exists('iconv'),
-			'mcrypt'             => extension_loaded('mcrypt'),
 			'max_input_vars'     => ini_get('max_input_vars'),
 		);
 
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_admin/views/sysinfo/tmpl/default_phpsettings.php b/administrator/components/com_admin/views/sysinfo/tmpl/default_phpsettings.php
index d17f2869a1ac0..17f58072c65e5 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_admin/views/sysinfo/tmpl/default_phpsettings.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_admin/views/sysinfo/tmpl/default_phpsettings.php
@@ -157,14 +157,6 @@
 					<?php echo JHtml::_('phpsetting.set', $this->php_settings['iconv']); ?>
 				</td>
 			</tr>
-			<tr>
-				<td>
-					<?php echo JText::_('COM_ADMIN_MCRYPT_ENABLED'); ?>
-				</td>
-				<td>
-					<?php echo JHtml::_('phpsetting.set', $this->php_settings['mcrypt']); ?>
-				</td>
-			</tr>
 			<tr>
 				<td>
 					<?php echo JText::_('COM_ADMIN_MAX_INPUT_VARS'); ?>
diff --git a/installation/language/en-GB/en-GB.ini b/installation/language/en-GB/en-GB.ini
index c9d6fb6c70157..1c5731439b0a7 100644
--- a/installation/language/en-GB/en-GB.ini
+++ b/installation/language/en-GB/en-GB.ini
@@ -251,10 +251,8 @@ INSTL_MAGIC_QUOTES_GPC="Magic Quotes GPC Off"
 INSTL_MAGIC_QUOTES_RUNTIME="Magic Quotes Runtime"
 INSTL_MB_LANGUAGE_IS_DEFAULT="MB Language is Default"
 INSTL_MB_STRING_OVERLOAD_OFF="MB String Overload Off"
-INSTL_MCRYPT_SUPPORT_AVAILABLE="Mcrypt Support"
 INSTL_NOTICEMBLANGNOTDEFAULT="PHP mbstring language is not set to neutral. This can be set locally by entering <strong>php_value mbstring.language neutral</strong> in your <code>.htaccess</code> file."
 INSTL_NOTICEMBSTRINGOVERLOAD="PHP mbstring function overload is set. This can be turned off locally by entering <strong>php_value mbstring.func_overload 0</strong> in your <code>.htaccess</code> file."
-INSTL_NOTICEMCRYPTNOTAVAILABLE="Warning! PHP mcrypt extension should be installed or enabled. Without this, some features of Joomla will not be available."
 INSTL_NOTICEYOUCANSTILLINSTALL="<br />You can still continue the installation as the configuration settings will be displayed at the end. You will have to manually upload the code. Select in the text area to highlight all of the code and then paste into a new text file. Name this file 'configuration.php' and upload it to your site root folder."
 INSTL_OUTPUT_BUFFERING="Output Buffering"
 INSTL_PARSE_INI_FILE_AVAILABLE="INI Parser Support"
diff --git a/installation/model/setup.php b/installation/model/setup.php
index 1ad0ba2777fc3..0089d22e3d6e5 100644
--- a/installation/model/setup.php
+++ b/installation/model/setup.php
@@ -296,13 +296,6 @@ public function getPhpOptions()
 		$option->notice = null;
 		$options[] = $option;
 
-		// Check for mcrypt support
-		$option = new stdClass;
-		$option->label  = JText::_('INSTL_MCRYPT_SUPPORT_AVAILABLE');
-		$option->state  = is_callable('mcrypt_encrypt');
-		$option->notice = $option->state ? null : JText::_('INSTL_NOTICEMCRYPTNOTAVAILABLE');
-		$options[] = $option;
-
 		// Check for configuration file writable.
 		$writable = (is_writable(JPATH_CONFIGURATION . '/configuration.php')
 			|| (!file_exists(JPATH_CONFIGURATION . '/configuration.php') && is_writable(JPATH_ROOT)));