diff --git a/wp-includes/wp-db.php b/wp-includes/wp-db.php
index 84d5af2af7..39724b3006 100644
--- a/wp-includes/wp-db.php
+++ b/wp-includes/wp-db.php
@@ -370,10 +370,6 @@ class wpdb {
 		if ( !$this->show_errors )
 			return false;
 		
-		if ( function_exists( 'status_header' ) ) {
-			status_header( 503 );
-		}
-		
 		header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
 
 		if (strpos($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], 'wp-admin') !== false)