diff --git a/sapi/apache/mod_php4.c b/sapi/apache/mod_php4.c
index 52a65fd9c31..a8ca4812913 100644
--- a/sapi/apache/mod_php4.c
+++ b/sapi/apache/mod_php4.c
@@ -326,7 +326,6 @@ static void php_apache_request_shutdown(void *dummy)
 static int php_apache_sapi_activate(TSRMLS_D)
 {
 	request_rec *r = (request_rec *) SG(server_context); 
-	TSRMLS_FETCH();
 
 	/*
 	 * For the Apache module version, this bit of code registers a cleanup
diff --git a/sapi/apache/sapi_apache.c b/sapi/apache/sapi_apache.c
index 1d9e03c3eb0..f67e4b35fb4 100644
--- a/sapi/apache/sapi_apache.c
+++ b/sapi/apache/sapi_apache.c
@@ -60,10 +60,9 @@
 
 /* {{{ apache_php_module_main
  */
-int apache_php_module_main(request_rec *r, int display_source_mode TSRMLS_DC TSRMLS_DC)
+int apache_php_module_main(request_rec *r, int display_source_mode TSRMLS_DC)
 {
 	zend_file_handle file_handle;
-	TSRMLS_FETCH();
 
 	if (php_request_startup(TSRMLS_C) == FAILURE) {
 		return FAILURE;