diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 3f456b4d..750af23c 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@
         "ext-libsodium": "SSH2/SFTP can make use of some algorithms provided by the libsodium-php extension.",
         "ext-openssl": "Install the OpenSSL extension in order to speed up a wide variety of cryptographic operations.",
         "ext-mcrypt": "Install the Mcrypt extension in order to speed up a few other cryptographic operations.",
-        "ext-gmp": "Install the GMP (GNU Multiple Precision) extension in order to speed up arbitrary precision integer arithmetic operations.",
-        "pear-pear/PHP_Compat": "Install PHP_Compat to get phpseclib working on PHP < 5.0.0."
+        "ext-gmp": "Install the GMP (GNU Multiple Precision) extension in order to speed up arbitrary precision integer arithmetic operations."
     },
     "include-path": ["phpseclib/"],
     "autoload": {