diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/schema.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
index 075a6b41ab..f30bb10946 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
@@ -36,12 +36,7 @@ $charset_collate = $wpdb->get_charset_collate();
 function wp_get_db_schema( $scope = 'all', $blog_id = null ) {
 	global $wpdb;
 
-	$charset_collate = '';
-
-	if ( ! empty($wpdb->charset) )
-		$charset_collate = "DEFAULT CHARACTER SET $wpdb->charset";
-	if ( ! empty($wpdb->collate) )
-		$charset_collate .= " COLLATE $wpdb->collate";
+	$charset_collate = $wpdb->get_charset_collate();
 
 	if ( $blog_id && $blog_id != $wpdb->blogid )
 		$old_blog_id = $wpdb->set_blog_id( $blog_id );