diff --git a/bundled-libs/PEAR.php b/bundled-libs/PEAR.php
index 393d68cb..01981459 100644
--- a/bundled-libs/PEAR.php
+++ b/bundled-libs/PEAR.php
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ $GLOBALS['_PEAR_error_handler_stack']    = array();
  * destructor, use error_log(), syslog() or something similar.
  *
  * IMPORTANT! To use the emulated destructors you need to create the
- * objects by reference: $obj =& new PEAR_child;
+ * objects by reference: $obj = new PEAR_child;
  *
  * @since PHP 4.0.2
  * @author Stig Bakken <ssb@php.net>
diff --git a/bundled-libs/Text/Wiki.php b/bundled-libs/Text/Wiki.php
index 054224ff..ffc84733 100644
--- a/bundled-libs/Text/Wiki.php
+++ b/bundled-libs/Text/Wiki.php
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ class Text_Wiki {
             }
         }
         
-        $this->parseObj[$rule] =& new $class($this);
+        $this->parseObj[$rule] = new $class($this);
 
     }
     
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ class Text_Wiki {
             }
         }
         
-        $this->renderObj[$rule] =& new $class($this);
+        $this->renderObj[$rule] = new $class($this);
     }
     
     
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ class Text_Wiki {
             }
         }
         
-        $this->formatObj[$format] =& new $class($this);
+        $this->formatObj[$format] = new $class($this);
     }
     
     
diff --git a/include/plugin_api.inc.php b/include/plugin_api.inc.php
index 11e6a124..3cf8edc2 100644
--- a/include/plugin_api.inc.php
+++ b/include/plugin_api.inc.php
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ class serendipity_plugin_api
         }
 
         // $serendipity['debug']['pluginload'][] = "Returning new $class_name($instance_id)";
-        $p =& new $class_name($instance_id);
+        $p = new $class_name($instance_id);
         if (!is_null($authorid)) {
             $p->serendipity_owner = $authorid;
         } else {
diff --git a/plugins/serendipity_event_textwiki/serendipity_event_textwiki.php b/plugins/serendipity_event_textwiki/serendipity_event_textwiki.php
index e3b2e8c5..e2b5acc0 100644
--- a/plugins/serendipity_event_textwiki/serendipity_event_textwiki.php
+++ b/plugins/serendipity_event_textwiki/serendipity_event_textwiki.php
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ class serendipity_event_textwiki extends serendipity_event
         include_once S9Y_PEAR_PATH . 'Text/Wiki.php';
 
         if (class_exists('Text_Wiki')) {
-            $this->wiki =& new Text_Wiki;
+            $this->wiki = new Text_Wiki;
             $this->wiki->setFormatConf('Xhtml', 'translate', null);
             $this->wiki->setFormatConf('Xhtml', 'charset', LANG_CHARSET);
         } else {