diff --git a/wp-includes/bookmark.php b/wp-includes/bookmark.php
index a6e5fccfac..d04cad3b5e 100644
--- a/wp-includes/bookmark.php
+++ b/wp-includes/bookmark.php
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 <?php
 
-function get_bookmark($bookmark_id, $output = OBJECT, $filter = 'raw') {
+function get_bookmark($bookmark_id, $output = OBJECT) {
 	global $wpdb;
 
 	$bookmark_id = (int) $bookmark_id;
 	$link = $wpdb->get_row("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->links WHERE link_id = '$bookmark_id'");
 	$link->link_category = wp_get_link_cats($bookmark_id);
 
-	$link = sanitize_bookmark($link, $filter);
-	
 	if ( $output == OBJECT ) {
 		return $link;
 	} elseif ( $output == ARRAY_A ) {
@@ -144,79 +142,6 @@ function get_bookmarks($args = '') {
 	return apply_filters('get_bookmarks', $results, $r);
 }
 
-function sanitize_bookmark($bookmark, $context = 'display') {
-	$fields = array('link_id', 'link_url', 'link_name', 'link_image', 'link_target', 'link_category',
-		'link_description', 'link_visible', 'link_owner', 'link_rating', 'link_updated',
-		'link_rel', 'link_', 'link_notes', 'link_rss', );
-
-	$do_object = false;
-	if ( is_object($bookmark) )
-		$do_object = true;
-
-	foreach ( $fields as $field ) {
-		if ( $do_object )
-			$bookmark->$field = sanitize_bookmark_field($field, $bookmark->$field, $bookmark->link_id, $context);
-		else
-			$bookmark[$field] = sanitize_bookmark_field($field, $bookmark[$field], $bookmark['link_id'], $context);	
-	}
-
-	return $bookmark;
-}
-
-function sanitize_bookmark_field($field, $value, $bookmark_id, $context) {
-	$int_fields = array('ID', 'bookmark_parent', 'menu_order');
-	if ( in_array($field, $int_fields) )
-		$value = (int) $value;
-
-	if ( 'raw' == $context )
-		return $value;
-
-	$prefixed = false;
-	if ( false !== strpos($field, 'bookmark_') ) {
-		$prefixed = true;
-		$field_no_prefix = str_replace('bookmark_', '', $field);
-	}
-
-	if ( 'edit' == $context ) {
-		$format_to_edit = array('bookmark_content', 'bookmark_excerpt', 'bookmark_title', 'bookmark_password');
-
-		if ( $prefixed ) {
-			$value = apply_filters("edit_$field", $value, $bookmark_id);
-			// Old school
-			$value = apply_filters("${field_no_prefix}_edit_pre", $value, $bookmark_id);
-		} else {
-			$value = apply_filters("edit_bookmark_$field", $value, $bookmark_id);
-		}
-
-		if ( in_array($field, $format_to_edit) ) {
-			if ( 'bookmark_content' == $field )
-				$value = format_to_edit($value, user_can_richedit());
-			else
-				$value = format_to_edit($value);
-		} else {
-			$value = attribute_escape($value);
-		}
-	} else if ( 'db' == $context ) {
-		if ( $prefixed ) {
-			$value = apply_filters("pre_$field", $value);
-			$value = apply_filters("${field_no_prefix}_save_pre", $value);
-		} else {
-			$value = apply_filters("pre_bookmark_$field", $value);
-			$value = apply_filters("${field}_pre", $value);
-		}
-	} else {
-		// Use display filters by default.
-		$value = apply_filters("bookmark_$field", $value, $bookmark_id, $context);
-	}
-
-	if ( 'attribute' == $context )
-		$value = attribute_escape($value);
-	else if ( 'js' == $context )
-		$value = js_escape($value);
-
-	return $value;
-}
-
 function delete_get_bookmark_cache() {
 	wp_cache_delete( 'get_bookmarks', 'bookmark' );
 }