diff --git a/gulliver/thirdparty/phing/Phing.php b/gulliver/thirdparty/phing/Phing.php
index a9b689fbc..00e9dfb12 100644
--- a/gulliver/thirdparty/phing/Phing.php
+++ b/gulliver/thirdparty/phing/Phing.php
@@ -858,17 +858,7 @@ class Phing {
                 }
                 $firstPath = explode(":", implode(PATH_SEPARATOR, array_merge($new_parts, $curr_parts)));
                 if (is_dir($firstPath[0])) {
-                    $realdocuroot = str_replace( '\\', '/', $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] );
-                    $docuroot = explode( '/', $realdocuroot );
-                    array_pop( $docuroot );
-                    $pathhome = implode( '/', $docuroot ) . '/';
-                    array_pop( $docuroot );
-                    $pathTrunk = implode( '/', $docuroot ) . '/';
-                    require_once($pathTrunk.'gulliver/system/class.inputfilter.php');
-                    $filter = new InputFilter();
-                    $incPath = implode(PATH_SEPARATOR, array_merge($new_parts, $curr_parts));
-                    $incPath = $filter->validateInput($incPath, 'path');
-                    ini_set('include_path', $incPath);
+                    ini_set('include_path', implode(PATH_SEPARATOR, array_merge($new_parts, $curr_parts)));
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/gulliver/thirdparty/phing/lib/Capsule.php b/gulliver/thirdparty/phing/lib/Capsule.php
index 43c2e070e..904ea5a02 100755
--- a/gulliver/thirdparty/phing/lib/Capsule.php
+++ b/gulliver/thirdparty/phing/lib/Capsule.php
@@ -118,15 +118,7 @@ class Capsule {
         // extract variables into local namespace
         extract($this->vars);
 
-        $realdocuroot = str_replace( '\\', '/', $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] );
-        $docuroot = explode( '/', $realdocuroot );
-        array_pop( $docuroot );
-        $pathhome = implode( '/', $docuroot ) . '/';
-        array_pop( $docuroot );
-        $pathTrunk = implode( '/', $docuroot ) . '/';
-        require_once($pathTrunk.'gulliver/system/class.inputfilter.php');
-        $filter = new InputFilter();
-        // prepend template path to include path, 
+        // prepend template path to include path,
         // so that include "path/relative/to/templates"; can be used within templates
         $__old_inc_path = ini_get('include_path');
 
@@ -134,15 +126,11 @@ class Capsule {
         if(strpos($path,":")>0){
             $firstPath = explode(":", $this->templatePath . PATH_SEPARATOR . $__old_inc_path);
             if (is_dir($firstPath[0])) {
-                $incPath = $this->templatePath . PATH_SEPARATOR . $__old_inc_path;
-                $incPath = $filter->validateInput($incPath, 'path');
-                ini_set('include_path', $incPath);
-            } 
+                ini_set('include_path', $this->templatePath . PATH_SEPARATOR . $__old_inc_path);
+            }
         } else {
             if(is_dir($this->templatePath . PATH_SEPARATOR . $__old_inc_path)) {
-                $incPath = $this->templatePath . PATH_SEPARATOR . $__old_inc_path;
-                $incPath = $filter->validateInput($incPath, 'path');
-                ini_set('include_path', $incPath);
+                ini_set('include_path', $this->templatePath . PATH_SEPARATOR . $__old_inc_path);
             }
         }
                 
diff --git a/gulliver/thirdparty/phing/tasks/system/IncludePathTask.php b/gulliver/thirdparty/phing/tasks/system/IncludePathTask.php
index 5f1758c3c..449b69902 100644
--- a/gulliver/thirdparty/phing/tasks/system/IncludePathTask.php
+++ b/gulliver/thirdparty/phing/tasks/system/IncludePathTask.php
@@ -105,21 +105,11 @@ class IncludePathTask extends TaskPhing {
         $curr_parts = explode(PATH_SEPARATOR, get_include_path());
         $add_parts = explode(PATH_SEPARATOR, $this->classpath);
         $new_parts = array_diff($add_parts, $curr_parts);
-        
-        $realdocuroot = str_replace( '\\', '/', $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] );
-        $docuroot = explode( '/', $realdocuroot );
-        array_pop( $docuroot );
-        $pathhome = implode( '/', $docuroot ) . '/';
-        array_pop( $docuroot );
-        $pathTrunk = implode( '/', $docuroot ) . '/';
-        require_once($pathTrunk.'gulliver/system/class.inputfilter.php');
-        $filter = new InputFilter();
+
         if ($new_parts) {
             $this->log("Prepending new include_path components: " . implode(PATH_SEPARATOR, $new_parts), PROJECT_MSG_VERBOSE);
-            $dir = implode(PATH_SEPARATOR, array_merge($new_parts, $curr_parts));
-            $dir = $filter->validateInput($dir, 'path');
-            if(is_dir($dir)) {
-                set_include_path($dir);
+            if(is_dir(implode(PATH_SEPARATOR, array_merge($new_parts, $curr_parts)))) {
+                set_include_path(implode(PATH_SEPARATOR, array_merge($new_parts, $curr_parts)));
             }
         }