diff --git a/bin/gpm b/bin/gpm
index a2eebc68c..ba2fad110 100755
--- a/bin/gpm
+++ b/bin/gpm
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ if (!file_exists(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php')){
 
 $autoload = require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-if (version_compare($ver = PHP_VERSION, $req = GRAV_PHP_MIN, '<')) {
-    exit(sprintf("You are running PHP %s, but Grav needs at least PHP %s to run.\n", $ver, $req));
-}
-
 if (!ini_get('date.timezone')) {
     date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
 }
diff --git a/bin/grav b/bin/grav
index f3f77efe8..4d0e80c8d 100755
--- a/bin/grav
+++ b/bin/grav
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ if (!file_exists(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php')){
 
 $autoload = require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-if (version_compare($ver = PHP_VERSION, $req = GRAV_PHP_MIN, '<')) {
-    exit(sprintf("You are running PHP %s, but Grav needs at least PHP %s to run.\n", $ver, $req));
-}
-
 if (!ini_get('date.timezone')) {
     date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
 }
diff --git a/bin/plugin b/bin/plugin
index b401c0357..0f2a64720 100755
--- a/bin/plugin
+++ b/bin/plugin
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ if (!file_exists(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php')){
 
 $autoload = require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-if (version_compare($ver = PHP_VERSION, $req = GRAV_PHP_MIN, '<')) {
-    exit(sprintf("You are running PHP %s, but Grav needs at least PHP %s to run.\n", $ver, $req));
-}
-
 if (!ini_get('date.timezone')) {
     date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
 }
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 091e9a824..66e2deeb9 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ namespace Grav;
 \define('GRAV_REQUEST_TIME', microtime(true));
 \define('GRAV_PHP_MIN', '7.3.6');
 
-if (version_compare($ver = PHP_VERSION, $req = GRAV_PHP_MIN, '<')) {
-    die(sprintf('You are running PHP %s, but Grav needs at least <strong>PHP %s</strong> to run.', $ver, $req));
-}
-
 if (PHP_SAPI === 'cli-server') {
     $symfony_server = stripos(getenv('_'), 'symfony') !== false || stripos($_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'] ?? '', 'symfony') !== false || stripos($_ENV['SERVER_SOFTWARE'] ?? '', 'symfony') !== false;
 
diff --git a/system/router.php b/system/router.php
index d58609c83..b43ea5d38 100644
--- a/system/router.php
+++ b/system/router.php
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ if ($path !== '/index.php' && is_file($root . $path)) {
         // Block all direct access for these folders
         || preg_match('`^/(\.git|cache|bin|logs|backup|webserver-configs|tests)/`ui', $path)
         // Block access to specific file types for these system folders
-        || preg_match('`^/(system|vendor)/(.*)\.(txt|xml|md|html|yaml|yml|php|pl|py|cgi|twig|sh|bat)$`ui', $path)
+        || preg_match('`^/(system|vendor)/(.*)\.(txt|xml|md|html|json|yaml|yml|php|pl|py|cgi|twig|sh|bat)$`ui', $path)
         // Block access to specific file types for these user folders
-        || preg_match('`^/(user)/(.*)\.(txt|md|yaml|yml|php|pl|py|cgi|twig|sh|bat)$`ui', $path)
+        || preg_match('`^/(user)/(.*)\.(txt|md|json|yaml|yml|php|pl|py|cgi|twig|sh|bat)$`ui', $path)
         // Block all direct access to .md files
         || preg_match('`\.md$`ui', $path)
         // Block access to specific files in the root folder
diff --git a/tests/phpstan/plugins-bootstrap.php b/tests/phpstan/plugins-bootstrap.php
index c28f2ab8a..1c1828033 100644
--- a/tests/phpstan/plugins-bootstrap.php
+++ b/tests/phpstan/plugins-bootstrap.php
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ use RocketTheme\Toolbox\ResourceLocator\UniformResourceLocator;
 
 $autoload = require __DIR__ . '/../../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-if (version_compare($ver = PHP_VERSION, $req = GRAV_PHP_MIN, '<')) {
-    exit(sprintf("You are running PHP %s, but Grav needs at least PHP %s to run.\n", $ver, $req));
-}
-
 if (!ini_get('date.timezone')) {
     date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
 }