diff --git a/lib/Drupal/ctools/PhpExporter.php b/lib/Drupal/ctools/PhpExporter.php
index afdae5c..8cf2093 100644
--- a/lib/Drupal/ctools/PhpExporter.php
+++ b/lib/Drupal/ctools/PhpExporter.php
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\ctools;
 
+/**
+ * Defines a ctools exporter which uses PHP to dump the config.
+ */
 class PhpExporter implements ExporterInterface {
 
   /**
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ class PhpExporter implements ExporterInterface {
    * Implements ExporterInterface::export().
    */
   public function export($data) {
-    ctools_include('export');
-    return ctools_var_export($data);
+    include_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/core/includes/utility.inc';
+    return drupal_var_export($data);
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/Drupal/ctools/Tests/PhpExporterTest.php b/lib/Drupal/ctools/Tests/PhpExporterTest.php
index b1fb507..b546899 100644
--- a/lib/Drupal/ctools/Tests/PhpExporterTest.php
+++ b/lib/Drupal/ctools/Tests/PhpExporterTest.php
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ class PhpExporterTest extends ExporterBaseTest {
     $data['multi-level-array']['string'] = "array(
   'foo' => 'bar',
   'beatles' => array(
-    0 => 'Ringo',
-    1 => 'Paul',
+    'Ringo',
+    'Paul',
   ),
   'beatles_complex' => array(
     'John' => array(