diff --git a/src/wp-includes/load.php b/src/wp-includes/load.php
index 70b748691f..1275acad37 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/load.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/load.php
@@ -603,9 +603,6 @@ function wp_magic_quotes() {
 		$_COOKIE = stripslashes_deep( $_COOKIE );
 	}
 
-	// Turn off sybase quoting after stripslashes has run
-	@ini_set( 'magic_quotes_sybase', 0 );
-
 	// Escape with wpdb.
 	$_GET    = add_magic_quotes( $_GET    );
 	$_POST   = add_magic_quotes( $_POST   );
diff --git a/src/wp-settings.php b/src/wp-settings.php
index bb2043e43a..1c5da84923 100644
--- a/src/wp-settings.php
+++ b/src/wp-settings.php
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ wp_check_php_mysql_versions();
 
 // Disable magic quotes at runtime. Magic quotes are added using wpdb later in wp-settings.php.
 @ini_set( 'magic_quotes_runtime', 0 );
+@ini_set( 'magic_quotes_sybase',  0 );
 
 // WordPress calculates offsets from UTC.
 date_default_timezone_set( 'UTC' );
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/load.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/load.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fd08584d7..0000000000
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/load.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * @group load
- */
-class Tests_Load extends WP_UnitTestCase {
-
-	public function setUp() {
-		parent::setUp();
-		ini_set( 'magic_quotes_sybase', 1 );
-	}
-
-	public function tearDown() {
-		unset( $_GET['ticket_19455'] );
-		unset( $_POST['ticket_19455'] );
-		unset( $_COOKIE['ticket_19455'] );
-		unset( $_SERVER['ticket_19455'] );
-		ini_set( 'magic_quotes_sybase', 0 );
-		parent::tearDown();
-	}
-
-	public function data_strings_and_expected_strings() {
-		return array(
-			array( 'A string with no quotes', 'A string with no quotes' ),
-			array( "Charlie's Little Cat", "Charlie\\'s Little Cat" ),
-			array( "A string with many quotes''''''", "A string with many quotes\\'\\'\\'\\'\\'\\'" ),
-			array(
-				"A string with quotes ' in '' different ''' places''''",
-				"A string with quotes \\' in \\'\\' different \\'\\'\\' places\\'\\'\\'\\'"
-			),
-			array( "A string with 'quoted' words", "A string with \\'quoted\\' words" ),
-		);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * String in $_GET array is modified as expected
-	 *
-	 * @dataProvider data_strings_and_expected_strings
-	 * @ticket 19455
-	 */
-	public function test_string_in_GET_array_is_modified_as_expected( $original, $expected ) {
-		$_GET['ticket_19455'] = $original;
-
-		wp_magic_quotes();
-
-		$this->assertEquals( $expected, $_GET['ticket_19455'] );
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * String in $_POST array is modified as expected
-	 *
-	 * @dataProvider data_strings_and_expected_strings
-	 * @ticket 19455
-	 */
-	public function test_string_in_POST_array_is_modified_as_expected( $original, $expected ) {
-		$_POST['ticket_19455'] = $original;
-
-		wp_magic_quotes();
-
-		$this->assertEquals( $expected, $_POST['ticket_19455'] );
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * String in $_COOKIE array is modified as expected
-	 *
-	 * @dataProvider data_strings_and_expected_strings
-	 * @ticket 19455
-	 */
-	public function test_string_in_COOKIE_array_is_modified_as_expected( $original, $expected ) {
-		$_COOKIE['ticket_19455'] = $original;
-
-		wp_magic_quotes();
-
-		$this->assertEquals( $expected, $_COOKIE['ticket_19455'] );
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * String in $_SERVER array is modified as expected
-	 *
-	 * @dataProvider data_strings_and_expected_strings
-	 * @ticket 19455
-	 */
-	public function test_string_in_SERVER_array_is_modified_as_expected( $original, $expected ) {
-		$_SERVER['ticket_19455'] = $original;
-
-		wp_magic_quotes();
-
-		$this->assertEquals( $expected, $_SERVER['ticket_19455'] );
-	}
-
-}