diff --git a/app/Model/UserLoginProfile.php b/app/Model/UserLoginProfile.php
index 6611bd53b..e25e16e53 100644
--- a/app/Model/UserLoginProfile.php
+++ b/app/Model/UserLoginProfile.php
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ class UserLoginProfile extends AppModel
      */
     public function _getUserProfile() {
         if (!$this->userProfile) {
+            if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '7.4.0') >= 0) {
+                return [];
+            }
             // below uses https://github.com/browscap/browscap-php 
             if (class_exists('\BrowscapPHP\Browscap')) {
                 try {