diff --git a/modules/simpletest/simpletest.install b/modules/simpletest/simpletest.install
index 6c6f569..d92f70d 100644
--- a/modules/simpletest/simpletest.install
+++ b/modules/simpletest/simpletest.install
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ function simpletest_requirements($phase) {
   $has_curl = function_exists('curl_init');
   $has_hash = function_exists('hash_hmac');
   $has_domdocument = method_exists('DOMDocument', 'loadHTML');
-  $open_basedir = ini_get('open_basedir');
 
   $requirements['curl'] = array(
     'title' => $t('cURL'),
@@ -48,18 +47,6 @@ function simpletest_requirements($phase) {
     $requirements['php_domdocument']['description'] = $t('The testing framework requires the DOMDocument class to be available. Check the configure command at the <a href="@link-phpinfo">PHP info page</a>.', array('@link-phpinfo' => url('admin/reports/status/php')));
   }
 
-  // SimpleTest currently needs 2 cURL options which are incompatible with
-  // having PHP's open_basedir restriction set.
-  // See http://drupal.org/node/674304.
-  $requirements['php_open_basedir'] = array(
-    'title' => $t('PHP open_basedir restriction'),
-    'value' => $open_basedir ? $t('Enabled') : $t('Disabled'),
-  );
-  if ($open_basedir) {
-    $requirements['php_open_basedir']['severity'] = REQUIREMENT_ERROR;
-    $requirements['php_open_basedir']['description'] = $t('The testing framework requires the PHP <a href="@open_basedir-url">open_basedir</a> restriction to be disabled. Check your webserver configuration or contact your web host.', array('@open_basedir-url' => 'http://php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.open-basedir'));
-  }
-
   // Check the current memory limit. If it is set too low, SimpleTest will fail
   // to load all tests and throw a fatal error.
   $memory_limit = ini_get('memory_limit');