diff --git a/features.export.inc b/features.export.inc
index 68c2da2..c071f2b 100644
--- a/features.export.inc
+++ b/features.export.inc
@@ -181,11 +181,14 @@ function features_export_prepare($export, $module_name, $reset = FALSE) {
 
   // Order info array.
   $standard_info = array();
-  foreach (array('name', 'description', 'core', 'package', 'php', 'version', 'project', 'dependencies') as $item) {
+  foreach (array('name', 'description', 'core', 'package', 'version', 'project', 'dependencies') as $item) {
     if (isset($export[$item])) {
       $standard_info[$item] = $export[$item];
     }
   }
+  if (isset($export['php']) && ($export['php'] != DRUPAL_MINIMUM_PHP)) {
+    $standard_info['php'] = $export['php'];
+  }
 
   $export = array_diff_assoc($export, $standard_info);
   ksort($export);
diff --git a/features.module b/features.module
index 14ba7f7..d6e1fd4 100644
--- a/features.module
+++ b/features.module
@@ -409,7 +409,6 @@ function feature_load($name, $reset = FALSE) {
         'description' => '',
         'package' => 'Other',
         'version' => NULL,
-        'php' => DRUPAL_MINIMUM_PHP,
         'files' => array(),
         'bootstrap' => 0,
       );