diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ebd483f2e..3b7067de0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ CORE_DEPENDS?=		apinger \
 			php56-hash \
 			php56-json \
 			php56-ldap \
-			php56-mbstring \
 			php56-mcrypt \
 			php56-mysql \
 			php56-openssl \
diff --git a/src/etc/rc.php_ini_setup b/src/etc/rc.php_ini_setup
index 3f4dfd6f0..759114845 100755
--- a/src/etc/rc.php_ini_setup
+++ b/src/etc/rc.php_ini_setup
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ PHPMODULES="$PHPMODULES session"
 PHPMODULES="$PHPMODULES suhosin"
 # Firewall rules edit
 PHPMODULES="$PHPMODULES ctype"
-# firewall_rules_edit.php
-PHPMODULES="$PHPMODULES mbstring"
 # Page compression
 PHPMODULES="$PHPMODULES zlib"
 # SQLlite & Database