diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 52b25e871..06586899a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ $HeadURL: https://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/phpmyadmin/trunk/phpMyA
 - [interface] sanitize the after_field parameter,
   thanks to Norman Hippert
 - [structure] do not remove the BINARY attribute in drop-down 
+- bug #1955386 [session] Overriding session.hash_bits_per_character 
 
 2.11.6.0 (2008-04-29)
 - bug #1903724 [interface] Displaying of very large queries in error message 
diff --git a/libraries/session.inc.php b/libraries/session.inc.php
index e6b2d1073..c1b30197a 100644
--- a/libraries/session.inc.php
+++ b/libraries/session.inc.php
@@ -50,10 +50,8 @@ ini_set('session.bug_compat_42', false);
 ini_set('session.bug_compat_warn', true);
 
 // use more secure session ids (with PHP 5)
-if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.0.0', 'ge')
-  && substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3) != 'WIN') {
+if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.0.0', 'ge')) {
     ini_set('session.hash_function', 1);
-    ini_set('session.hash_bits_per_character', 6);
 }
 
 // some pages (e.g. stylesheet) may be cached on clients, but not in shared