diff --git a/application/controllers/Lotw.php b/application/controllers/Lotw.php
index 64a46544..cb9b5a59 100644
--- a/application/controllers/Lotw.php
+++ b/application/controllers/Lotw.php
@@ -297,21 +297,9 @@ class Lotw extends CI_Controller {
 				//Tell cURL to return the output as a string.
 				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
 
-				//If the function curl_file_create exists
-				if(function_exists('curl_file_create')){
-					//Use the recommended way, creating a CURLFile object.
-					$uploadfile = curl_file_create($filePath);
-					$uploadfile->setPostFilename(basename($filePath));
-				} else{
-					//Otherwise, do it the old way.
-					//Get the canonicalized pathname of our file and prepend
-					//the @ character.
-					$uploadfile = '@' . realpath($filePath).';filename='.basename($filePath);
-					//Turn off SAFE UPLOAD so that it accepts files
-					//starting with an @
-					curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SAFE_UPLOAD, false);
-				}
-
+				//Use the recommended way, creating a CURLFile object.
+				$uploadfile = curl_file_create($filePath);
+				$uploadfile->setPostFilename(basename($filePath));
 
 				//Setup our POST fields
 				$postFields = array(