diff --git a/app/code/community/Nexcessnet/Turpentine/Helper/Esi.php b/app/code/community/Nexcessnet/Turpentine/Helper/Esi.php
index 8435c57ec..053e0355e 100644
--- a/app/code/community/Nexcessnet/Turpentine/Helper/Esi.php
+++ b/app/code/community/Nexcessnet/Turpentine/Helper/Esi.php
@@ -405,10 +405,9 @@ protected function _loadEsiCacheClearEvents() {
         $events = $layoutXml->xpath(
             '//action[@method=\'setEsiOptions\']/params/flush_events/*' );
         if ($events) {
-            $events = array_unique(array_map(
-                create_function('$e',
-                    'return (string)$e->getName();'),
-                $events ));
+            $events = array_unique(array_map(function ($e) {
+                return (string)$e->getName();
+            }, $events));
         } else {
             $events = array();
         }
diff --git a/app/code/community/Nexcessnet/Turpentine/Model/Observer/Ban.php b/app/code/community/Nexcessnet/Turpentine/Model/Observer/Ban.php
index 35dbd05f8..f4a00fb52 100644
--- a/app/code/community/Nexcessnet/Turpentine/Model/Observer/Ban.php
+++ b/app/code/community/Nexcessnet/Turpentine/Model/Observer/Ban.php
@@ -308,9 +308,9 @@ public function banProductReview($eventObject) {
 
             $products = $productCollection->addEntityFilter((int) $review->getEntityPkValue())->getItems();
 
-            $productIds = array_unique(array_map(
-                create_function('$p', 'return $p->getEntityId();'),
-                $products ));
+            $productIds = array_unique(array_map(function ($p) {
+                return $p->getEntityId();
+            }, $products));
             $patterns[] = sprintf('/review/product/list/id/(?:%s)/category/',
                 implode('|', array_unique($productIds)));
             $patterns[] = sprintf('/review/product/view/id/%d/',
diff --git a/app/code/community/Nexcessnet/Turpentine/Model/Varnish/Configurator/Abstract.php b/app/code/community/Nexcessnet/Turpentine/Model/Varnish/Configurator/Abstract.php
index ff007c489..43b344d9c 100644
--- a/app/code/community/Nexcessnet/Turpentine/Model/Varnish/Configurator/Abstract.php
+++ b/app/code/community/Nexcessnet/Turpentine/Model/Varnish/Configurator/Abstract.php
@@ -164,8 +164,9 @@ protected function _getCustomTemplateFilename() {
      * @return string
      */
     protected function _formatTemplate($template, array $vars) {
-        $needles = array_map(create_function('$k', 'return "{{".$k."}}";'),
-            array_keys($vars));
+        $needles = array_map(function ($k) {
+            return '{{' . $k . '}}';
+        }, array_keys($vars));
         $replacements = array_values($vars);
         // do replacements, then delete unused template vars
         return preg_replace('~{{[^}]+}}~', '',
@@ -269,9 +270,9 @@ protected function _vcl_sub_allowed_hosts_regex() {
      */
     public function getBaseUrlPathRegex() {
         $pattern = '^(%s)(?:(?:index|litespeed)\\.php/)?';
-        return sprintf($pattern, implode('|',
-            array_map(create_function('$x', 'return preg_quote($x,"|");'),
-                $this->_getBaseUrlPaths())));
+        return sprintf($pattern, implode('|', array_map(function ($x) {
+            return preg_quote($x, '|');
+        }, $this->_getBaseUrlPaths())));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -294,8 +295,9 @@ protected function _getBaseUrlPaths() {
             }
         }
         $paths = array_unique($paths);
-        usort($paths, create_function('$a, $b',
-            'return strlen( $b ) - strlen( $a );'));
+        usort($paths, function ($a, $b) {
+            return strlen($b) - strlen($a);
+        });
         return array_values($paths);
     }
 
@@ -794,7 +796,9 @@ protected function _vcl_acl($name, array $hosts) {
     {{hosts}}
 }
 EOS;
-        $fmtHost = create_function('$h', 'return sprintf(\'"%s";\',$h);');
+        $fmtHost = function ($h) {
+            return sprintf('"%s";', $h);
+        };
         $vars = array(
             'name'  => $name,
             'hosts' => implode("\n    ", array_map($fmtHost, $hosts)),
diff --git a/util/varnishadm.php b/util/varnishadm.php
index efa39c383..972a48914 100755
--- a/util/varnishadm.php
+++ b/util/varnishadm.php
@@ -29,11 +29,9 @@ class Turpentine_Shell_Varnishadm extends Mage_Shell_Abstract {
      * @return array
      */
     protected function _parseArgs() {
-        $this->_args = array_slice(
-            array_filter($_SERVER['argv'],
-                create_function('$e',
-                    'return $e != \'--\';')),
-            1 );
+        $this->_args = array_slice(array_filter($_SERVER['argv'], function ($e) {
+            return $e != '--';
+        }), 1);
         return $this;
     }