diff --git a/eclass/depend.php.eclass b/eclass/depend.php.eclass
index 681e6dd..c194449 100644
--- a/eclass/depend.php.eclass
+++ b/eclass/depend.php.eclass
@@ -18,57 +18,6 @@
 
 inherit eutils phpconfutils
 
-# PHP4-only depend functions
-
-# @FUNCTION: need_php4_cli
-# @DESCRIPTION:
-# Set this after setting DEPEND/RDEPEND in your ebuild if the ebuild requires PHP4
-# with cli SAPI.
-need_php4_cli() {
-	DEPEND="${DEPEND} =dev-lang/php-4*[cli]"
-	RDEPEND="${RDEPEND} =dev-lang//php-4*[cli]"
-	PHP_VERSION="4"
-}
-
-# @FUNCTION: need_php4_httpd
-# @DESCRIPTION:
-# Set this after setting DEPEND/RDEPEND in your ebuild if the ebuild requires PHP4
-# with either cgi or apache2 SAPI.
-need_php4_httpd() {
-	DEPEND="${DEPEND} =virtual/httpd-php-4*"
-	RDEPEND="${RDEPEND} =virtual/httpd-php-4*"
-	PHP_VERSION="4"
-}
-
-# @FUNCTION: need_php4
-# @DESCRIPTION:
-# Set this after setting DEPEND/RDEPEND in your ebuild if the ebuild requires PHP4
-# (with any SAPI).
-need_php4() {
-	DEPEND="${DEPEND} =dev-lang/php-4*"
-	RDEPEND="${RDEPEND} =dev-lang/php-4*"
-	PHP_VERSION="4"
-	PHP_SHARED_CAT="php4"
-}
-
-# common settings go in here
-uses_php4() {
-	# cache this
-	libdir=$(get_libdir)
-
-	PHPIZE="/usr/${libdir}/php4/bin/phpize"
-	PHPCONFIG="/usr/${libdir}/php4/bin/php-config"
-	PHPCLI="/usr/${libdir}/php4/bin/php"
-	PHPCGI="/usr/${libdir}/php4/bin/php-cgi"
-	PHP_PKG="$(best_version =dev-lang/php-4*)"
-	PHPPREFIX="/usr/${libdir}/php4"
-	EXT_DIR="$(${PHPCONFIG} --extension-dir 2>/dev/null)"
-
-	einfo
-	einfo "Using ${PHP_PKG}"
-	einfo
-}
-
 # PHP5-only depend functions
 
 # @FUNCTION: need_php5_cli
@@ -158,7 +107,6 @@ need_php() {
 need_php_by_category() {
 	case "${CATEGORY}" in
 		dev-php) need_php ;;
-		dev-php4) need_php4 ;;
 		dev-php5) need_php5 ;;
 		*) die "Version of PHP required by packages in category ${CATEGORY} unknown"
 	esac
@@ -174,8 +122,6 @@ has_php() {
 	# Detect which PHP version we have installed
 	if has_version '=dev-lang/php-5*' ; then
 		PHP_VERSION="5"
-	elif has_version '=dev-lang/php-4*' ; then
-		PHP_VERSION="4"
 	else
 		die "Unable to find an installed dev-lang/php package"
 	fi
@@ -396,17 +342,6 @@ has_concurrentmodphp() {
 require_pdo() {
 	has_php
 
-	# Do we have PHP5 installed?
-	if [[ "${PHP_VERSION}" == "4" ]] ; then
-		eerror
-		eerror "This package requires PDO."
-		eerror "PDO is only available for PHP 5."
-		eerror "You must install >=dev-lang/php-5.1 with USE=\"pdo\"."
-		eerror "pdo USE flags turned on."
-		eerror
-		die "PHP 5 not installed"
-	fi
-
 	# Was PHP5 compiled with internal PDO support?
 	if built_with_use =${PHP_PKG} pdo || phpconfutils_built_with_use =${PHP_PKG} pdo ; then
 		return
@@ -436,15 +371,6 @@ require_php_cli() {
 
 	local PHP_PACKAGE_FOUND=""
 
-	# Detect which PHP version we have installed
-	if has_version '=dev-lang/php-4*' ; then
-		PHP_PACKAGE_FOUND="1"
-		pkg="$(best_version '=dev-lang/php-4*')"
-		if built_with_use =${pkg} cli || phpconfutils_built_with_use =${pkg} cli ; then
-			PHP_VERSION="4"
-		fi
-	fi
-
 	if has_version '=dev-lang/php-5*' ; then
 		PHP_PACKAGE_FOUND="1"
 		pkg="$(best_version '=dev-lang/php-5*')"
@@ -480,15 +406,6 @@ require_php_cgi() {
 
 	local PHP_PACKAGE_FOUND=""
 
-	# Detect which PHP version we have installed
-	if has_version '=dev-lang/php-4*' ; then
-		PHP_PACKAGE_FOUND="1"
-		pkg="$(best_version '=dev-lang/php-4*')"
-		if built_with_use =${pkg} cgi || phpconfutils_built_with_use =${pkg} cgi ; then
-			PHP_VERSION="4"
-		fi
-	fi
-
 	if has_version '=dev-lang/php-5*' ; then
 		PHP_PACKAGE_FOUND="1"
 		pkg="$(best_version '=dev-lang/php-5*')"
@@ -522,13 +439,6 @@ require_sqlite() {
 		return
 	fi
 
-	# Do we have pecl-sqlite installed for PHP4?
-	if [[ "${PHP_VERSION}" == "4" ]] ; then
-		if has_version 'dev-php4/pecl-sqlite' ; then
-			return
-		fi
-	fi
-
 	# If we get here, then we don't have any SQLite support for PHP installed
 	eerror
 	eerror "No SQLite extension for PHP found."