diff --git a/wp-includes/pluggable.php b/wp-includes/pluggable.php
index 22b8b294c0..8a205cdfca 100644
--- a/wp-includes/pluggable.php
+++ b/wp-includes/pluggable.php
@@ -1071,11 +1071,7 @@ if ( !function_exists('wp_hash') ) :
 function wp_hash($data) {
 	$salt = wp_salt();
 
-	if ( function_exists('hash_hmac') ) {
-		return hash_hmac('md5', $data, $salt);
-	} else {
-		return md5($data . $salt);
-	}
+	return hash_hmac('md5', $data, $salt);
 }
 endif;