diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
index 5e93b2d17..8cdc70680 100644
--- a/CHANGES.current
+++ b/CHANGES.current
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ Version 1.3.30 (in progress)
 	    can no longer pass a number without explicitly converting it to a
 	    string in PHP using: (string)x
 
-09/20/2006: olly
-	    [php] Previously -noproxy was required when wrapping some C code
-	    to avoid SWIG generating new_XXX methods.  Now proxy classes are
-	    only ever enabled when wrapping C++ code.
-
 09/18/2006: mgossage
             [ALL] fix on swiginit.swg, has been reported to crash on several test cases
 	    found and fixed problem in imports under python (mingw)
diff --git a/Source/Modules/php4.cxx b/Source/Modules/php4.cxx
index 3cb7c96c6..ab789f4e0 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/php4.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/php4.cxx
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static Hash     *shadow_set_vars;
 static int      native_constructor=0;
 static Hash     *zend_types = 0;
 
-static int      shadow = 0; // Default set in PHP::main : 1 for C++; 0 for C.
+static int      shadow = 1;
 
 static bool     class_has_ctor = false;
 static String * wrapping_member_constant = NULL;
@@ -240,14 +240,12 @@ public:
   /* ------------------------------------------------------------
    * main()
    * ------------------------------------------------------------ */
-
+  
   virtual void main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     int i;
     SWIG_library_directory("php4");
     SWIG_config_cppext("cpp");
-    // Default to generating shadow classes for C++.
-    shadow = CPlusPlus;
-
+    
     for(i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
       if (argv[i]) {
         if(strcmp(argv[i], "-phpfull") == 0) {