diff --git a/lib/plugins/plugin/admin.php b/lib/plugins/plugin/admin.php
index 4f8cc01a2b7145d0992d5df7e3514d75752a4a20..198512a43df33936de748bbe3fd3ae9b90aab66e 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/plugin/admin.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/plugin/admin.php
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class admin_plugin_plugin extends DokuWiki_Admin_Plugin {
             $class = 'ap_manage';
         }
 
-        $this->handler = & new $class($this, $this->plugin);
+        $this->handler = new $class($this, $this->plugin);
         $this->msg = $this->handler->process();
 
     }
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class admin_plugin_plugin extends DokuWiki_Admin_Plugin {
         $this->setupLocale();
         $this->_get_plugin_list();
 
-        if ($this->handler === NULL) $this->handler = & new ap_manage($this, $this->plugin);
+        if ($this->handler === NULL) $this->handler = new ap_manage($this, $this->plugin);
 
         ptln('<div id="plugin__manager">');
         $this->handler->html();