diff --git a/lib/pear/HTML/QuickForm.php b/lib/pear/HTML/QuickForm.php
index 0207066f889..c0fb5b7fa9e 100644
--- a/lib/pear/HTML/QuickForm.php
+++ b/lib/pear/HTML/QuickForm.php
@@ -266,21 +266,8 @@ class HTML_QuickForm extends HTML_Common {
         $attributes = array('action'=>$action, 'method'=>$method, 'name'=>$formName, 'id'=>$formName) + $target;
         $this->updateAttributes($attributes);
         if (!$trackSubmit || isset($_REQUEST['_qf__' . $formName])) {
-            if (1 == get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
-                $this->_submitValues = ('get' == $method? $_GET: $_POST); // we already eliminated magic quotes in moodle setup.php
-                foreach ($_FILES as $keyFirst => $valFirst) {
-                    foreach ($valFirst as $keySecond => $valSecond) {
-                        if ('name' == $keySecond) {
-                            $this->_submitFiles[$keyFirst][$keySecond] = $valSecond; // we already eliminated magic quotes in moodle setup.php
-                        } else {
-                            $this->_submitFiles[$keyFirst][$keySecond] = $valSecond;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            } else {
-                $this->_submitValues = 'get' == $method? $_GET: $_POST;
-                $this->_submitFiles  = $_FILES;
-            }
+            $this->_submitValues = 'get' == $method? $_GET: $_POST;
+            $this->_submitFiles  = $_FILES;
             $this->_flagSubmitted = count($this->_submitValues) > 0 || count($this->_submitFiles) > 0;
         }
         if ($trackSubmit) {
diff --git a/lib/pear/README_MOODLE.txt b/lib/pear/README_MOODLE.txt
index 062a8ae5c94..c89c646d940 100644
--- a/lib/pear/README_MOODLE.txt
+++ b/lib/pear/README_MOODLE.txt
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ MDL-52826 - Remove onsubmit events pointing to the global validation functions a
 MDL-50484 - _getPersistantData() returns id with _persistant prefixed to element id.
 MDL-55123 - corrected call to non-static functions in HTML_QuickForm to be PHP7.1-compliant
 MDL-60281 - replaced deprecated create_function() with lambda functions for PHP7.2 compatibility
-
+MDL-70711 - removed unnecessary if-else conditional block in HTML_QuickForm as the given
+            condition always evaluates to false due to the deprecated get_magic_quotes_gpc()
+            which always returns false
 
 Pear
 ====
-It was decided that we will not upgrade this library from upstream  any more, see MDL-52465
+It was decided that we will not upgrade this library from upstream any more, see MDL-52465
 
 Changed constructors in classes PEAR and PEAR_ERROR to be __construct().
 MDL-60281 - replaced deprecated function each() with foreach loop for PHP7.2 compatibility