diff --git a/ext/xmlwriter/php_xmlwriter.c b/ext/xmlwriter/php_xmlwriter.c
index 531e70b7810..07542c06202 100644
--- a/ext/xmlwriter/php_xmlwriter.c
+++ b/ext/xmlwriter/php_xmlwriter.c
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ static zend_object *xmlwriter_object_new(zend_class_entry *class_type)
 
 /* {{{ function prototypes */
 static PHP_MINIT_FUNCTION(xmlwriter);
-static PHP_MSHUTDOWN_FUNCTION(xmlwriter);
 static PHP_MINFO_FUNCTION(xmlwriter);
 /* }}} */
 
@@ -201,7 +200,7 @@ zend_module_entry xmlwriter_module_entry = {
 	"xmlwriter",
 	ext_functions,
 	PHP_MINIT(xmlwriter),
-	PHP_MSHUTDOWN(xmlwriter),
+	NULL,
 	NULL,
 	NULL,
 	PHP_MINFO(xmlwriter),
@@ -1075,13 +1074,6 @@ static PHP_MINIT_FUNCTION(xmlwriter)
 }
 /* }}} */
 
-/* {{{ PHP_MSHUTDOWN_FUNCTION */
-static PHP_MSHUTDOWN_FUNCTION(xmlwriter)
-{
-	return SUCCESS;
-}
-/* }}} */
-
 /* {{{ PHP_MINFO_FUNCTION */
 static PHP_MINFO_FUNCTION(xmlwriter)
 {