diff --git a/t/lib-httpd.sh b/t/lib-httpd.sh
index 8fc411ff41..5d2d56c445 100644
--- a/t/lib-httpd.sh
+++ b/t/lib-httpd.sh
@@ -108,10 +108,10 @@ then
 	if test -z "$LIB_HTTPD_MODULE_PATH"
 	then
 		if ! test "$HTTPD_VERSION_MAJOR" -eq 2 ||
-		   ! test "$HTTPD_VERSION_MINOR" -ge 2
+		   ! test "$HTTPD_VERSION_MINOR" -ge 4
 		then
 			test_skip_or_die GIT_TEST_HTTPD \
-				"at least Apache version 2.2 is required"
+				"at least Apache version 2.4 is required"
 		fi
 		if ! test -d "$DEFAULT_HTTPD_MODULE_PATH"
 		then
diff --git a/t/lib-httpd/apache.conf b/t/lib-httpd/apache.conf
index 35f5e28507..332617f10d 100644
--- a/t/lib-httpd/apache.conf
+++ b/t/lib-httpd/apache.conf
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ LoadModule http2_module modules/mod_http2.so
 Protocols h2c
 </IfDefine>
 
-<IfVersion < 2.4>
-LockFile accept.lock
-</IfVersion>
-
 <IfModule !mod_auth_basic.c>
 	LoadModule auth_basic_module modules/mod_auth_basic.so
 </IfModule>
@@ -51,7 +47,6 @@ LockFile accept.lock
 	LoadModule authz_host_module modules/mod_authz_host.so
 </IfModule>
 
-<IfVersion >= 2.4>
 <IfModule !mod_authn_core.c>
 	LoadModule authn_core_module modules/mod_authn_core.so
 </IfModule>
@@ -75,7 +70,6 @@ LockFile accept.lock
 	LoadModule mpm_prefork_module modules/mod_mpm_prefork.so
 </IfModule>
 </IfDefine>
-</IfVersion>
 
 PassEnv GIT_VALGRIND
 PassEnv GIT_VALGRIND_OPTIONS
@@ -115,6 +109,10 @@ Alias /auth/dumb/ www/auth/dumb/
 	Header set Set-Cookie name=value
 </LocationMatch>
 <LocationMatch /smart_headers/>
+	<RequireAll>
+		Require expr %{HTTP:x-magic-one} == 'abra'
+		Require expr %{HTTP:x-magic-two} == 'cadabra'
+	</RequireAll>
 	SetEnv GIT_EXEC_PATH ${GIT_EXEC_PATH}
 	SetEnv GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL
 </LocationMatch>
@@ -197,18 +195,6 @@ RewriteRule ^/intern-redir/(.*)/foo$ /smart/$1 [PT]
 RewriteRule ^/redir-objects/(.*/info/refs)$ /dumb/$1 [PT]
 RewriteRule ^/redir-objects/(.*/objects/.*)$ /dumb/$1 [R=301]
 
-# Apache 2.2 does not understand <RequireAll>, so we use RewriteCond.
-# And as RewriteCond does not allow testing for non-matches, we match
-# the desired case first (one has abra, two has cadabra), and let it
-# pass by marking the RewriteRule as [L], "last rule, do not process
-# any other matching RewriteRules after this"), and then have another
-# RewriteRule that matches all other cases and lets them fail via '[F]',
-# "fail the request".
-RewriteCond %{HTTP:x-magic-one} =abra
-RewriteCond %{HTTP:x-magic-two} =cadabra
-RewriteRule ^/smart_headers/.* - [L]
-RewriteRule ^/smart_headers/.* - [F]
-
 <IfDefine SSL>
 LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so