diff --git a/sapi/apache/mod_php4.c b/sapi/apache/mod_php4.c
index a46b84a6a2b..d3ed4ef0bdb 100644
--- a/sapi/apache/mod_php4.c
+++ b/sapi/apache/mod_php4.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ static void init_request_info(TSRMLS_D)
 		authorization = table_get(r->headers_in, "Authorization");
 	}
 	if (authorization
-		&& !auth_type(r)
+/*		&& !auth_type(r) */
 		&& !strcasecmp(getword(r->pool, &authorization, ' '), "Basic")) {
 		tmp = uudecode(r->pool, authorization);
 		SG(request_info).auth_user = getword_nulls_nc(r->pool, &tmp, ':');