diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/htaccess.ms b/wp-admin/includes/htaccess.ms
index e3e6ea0afc..83e5d56168 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/htaccess.ms
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/htaccess.ms
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ RewriteBase BASE/
 #uploaded files
 RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/$ index.php [L]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*wp-content/plugins.*
-RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-content/blogs.php?file=$2 [L]
+RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-includes/blogs.php?file=$2 [L]
 
 # add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/wp-admin$
diff --git a/wp-content/blogs.php b/wp-content/blogs.php
index d929204434..62ade7afd2 100755
--- a/wp-content/blogs.php
+++ b/wp-content/blogs.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-if ( !defined( 'MEDIA_FILE' ) ) {
+if ( !defined( 'SHORTINIT' ) ) {
 	define( 'SHORTINIT', true ); // this prevents most of WP from being loaded
 	require_once( dirname( dirname( __FILE__) ) . '/wp-load.php' ); // absolute includes are faster
 }
@@ -66,10 +66,7 @@ function wp_check_filetype($filename, $mimes = null) {
 }
 endif;
 
-if ( defined( 'MEDIA_FILE' ) )
-	$file = BLOGUPLOADDIR . str_replace( '..', '', MEDIA_FILE );
-else
-	$file = BLOGUPLOADDIR . str_replace( '..', '', $_GET[ 'file' ] );
+$file = BLOGUPLOADDIR . str_replace( '..', '', $_GET[ 'file' ] );
 if ( !is_file( $file ) ) {
 	status_header( 404 );
 	die('404 &#8212; File not found.');
diff --git a/wp-includes/blogs.php b/wp-includes/blogs.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c7c49ff33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wp-includes/blogs.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Load mulitsite uploaded media
+ *
+ * @since 3.0.0
+ *
+ * @package WordPress
+ * @subpackage Multisite
+ */
+
+define( 'SHORTINIT', true );
+require_once( dirname( dirname( __FILE__) ) . '/wp-load.php' ); // absolute includes are faster
+require_once( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/blogs.php' );
+exit();
diff --git a/wp-settings.php b/wp-settings.php
index ae1c199ef0..bc8667d69f 100644
--- a/wp-settings.php
+++ b/wp-settings.php
@@ -82,17 +82,6 @@ require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/plugin.php' );
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/default-filters.php' );
 include_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/pomo/mo.php' );
 
-// internalize virtual content rewrite rule
-if ( is_multisite() && !defined( 'SHORTINIT' ) ) {
-	$media_base = $path . 'files/';
-	$base_len = strlen( $media_base );
-	if ( substr( $_SERVER[ 'REQUEST_URI' ], 0, $media_len ) == $media_base && $media_len < strlen( $_SERVER[ 'REQUEST_URI' ] ) ) {
-		define( 'MEDIA_FILE', substr( $_SERVER[ 'REQUEST_URI' ], $media_len ) );
-		require_once( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/blogs.php' );
-		exit();
-	}
-	unset( $media_base, $media_len );
-}
 // Stop most of WordPress from being loaded if we just want the basics.
 if ( SHORTINIT )
 	return false;