diff --git a/src/Composer/XdebugHandler.php b/src/Composer/XdebugHandler.php
index be04dec55..a55d37368 100644
--- a/src/Composer/XdebugHandler.php
+++ b/src/Composer/XdebugHandler.php
@@ -136,9 +136,13 @@ class XdebugHandler
     {
         $this->tmpIni = '';
         $iniPaths = IniHelper::getAll();
-        $files = $this->getWorkingSet($iniPaths, $replace);
 
-        if ($this->writeTmpIni($files, $replace)) {
+        if (empty($iniPaths[0])) {
+            // There is no loaded ini
+            array_shift($iniPaths);
+        }
+
+        if ($this->writeTmpIni($iniPaths)) {
             return $this->setEnvironment($iniPaths);
         }
 
@@ -151,24 +155,21 @@ class XdebugHandler
      * The filename is passed as the -c option when the process restarts.
      *
      * @param array $iniFiles The php.ini locations
-     * @param bool $replace Whether the files need modifying
      *
      * @return bool
      */
-    private function writeTmpIni(array $iniFiles, $replace)
+    private function writeTmpIni(array $iniFiles)
     {
-        if (empty($iniFiles)) {
-            // Unlikely, maybe xdebug was loaded through a command line option.
-            return true;
-        }
-
         if (!$this->tmpIni = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), '')) {
             return false;
         }
 
         $content = '';
+        $regex = '/^\s*(zend_extension\s*=.*xdebug.*)$/mi';
+
         foreach ($iniFiles as $file) {
-            $content .= $this->getIniData($file, $replace);
+            $data = preg_replace($regex, ';$1', file_get_contents($file));
+            $content .= $data.PHP_EOL;
         }
 
         $content .= PHP_EOL.'memory_limit='.ini_get('memory_limit').PHP_EOL;
@@ -176,60 +177,6 @@ class XdebugHandler
         return @file_put_contents($this->tmpIni, $content);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns an array of ini files to use
-     *
-     * @param array $iniPaths Locations used by the current prcoess
-     * @param null|bool $replace Whether the files need modifying, set by method
-     *
-     * @return array
-     */
-    private function getWorkingSet(array $iniPaths, &$replace)
-    {
-        $replace = true;
-        $result = array();
-
-        if (empty($iniPaths[0])) {
-            // There is no loaded ini
-            array_shift($iniPaths);
-        }
-
-        foreach ($iniPaths as $file) {
-            if (preg_match('/xdebug.ini$/', $file)) {
-                // Skip the file, no need for regex replacing
-                $replace = false;
-            } else {
-                $result[] = $file;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return $result;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns formatted ini file data
-     *
-     * @param string $iniFile The location of the ini file
-     * @param bool $replace Whether to regex replace content
-     *
-     * @return string The ini data
-     */
-    private function getIniData($iniFile, $replace)
-    {
-        $contents = file_get_contents($iniFile);
-        $data = PHP_EOL;
-
-        if ($replace) {
-            // Comment out xdebug config
-            $regex = '/^\s*(zend_extension\s*=.*xdebug.*)$/mi';
-            $data .= preg_replace($regex, ';$1', $contents);
-        } else {
-            $data .= $contents;
-        }
-
-        return $data;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns the restart command line
      *