diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 81447a76..5f6a965f 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -101,31 +101,6 @@ Autoload compatibility
     autoloader, but there are some cases where you will need to change
     your own code to accomodate HTML Purifier. These are those cases:
 
-    PHP VERSION IS LESS THAN 5.1.2, AND YOU'VE DEFINED __autoload
-        Because spl_autoload_register() doesn't exist in early versions
-        of PHP 5, HTML Purifier has no way of adding itself to the autoload
-        stack. Modify your __autoload function to test
-        HTMLPurifier_Bootstrap::autoload($class)
-
-        For example, suppose your autoload function looks like this:
-
-            function __autoload($class) {
-                require str_replace('_', '/', $class) . '.php';
-                return true;
-            }
-
-        A modified version with HTML Purifier would look like this:
-
-            function __autoload($class) {
-                if (HTMLPurifier_Bootstrap::autoload($class)) return true;
-                require str_replace('_', '/', $class) . '.php';
-                return true;
-            }
-
-        Note that there *is* some custom behavior in our autoloader; the
-        original autoloader in our example would work for 99% of the time,
-        but would fail when including language files.
-
     AN __autoload FUNCTION IS DECLARED AFTER OUR AUTOLOADER IS REGISTERED
         spl_autoload_register() has the curious behavior of disabling
         the existing __autoload() handler. Users need to explicitly
@@ -138,11 +113,6 @@ Autoload compatibility
 
             spl_autoload_register('__autoload')
 
-    Users should also be on guard if they use a version of PHP previous
-    to 5.1.2 without an autoloader--HTML Purifier will define __autoload()
-    for you, which can collide with an autoloader that was added by *you*
-    later.
-
 
 For better performance
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@@ -204,9 +174,7 @@ For advanced users
         HTMLPurifier.autoload.php
             Registers our autoload handler HTMLPurifier_Bootstrap::autoload($class).
 
-    You can do these operations by yourself--in fact, you must modify your own
-    autoload handler if you are using a version of PHP earlier than PHP 5.1.2
-    (See "Autoload compatibility" above).
+    You can do these operations by yourself, if you like.
 
 
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