diff --git a/wp-admin/admin-footer.php b/wp-admin/admin-footer.php
index 02f0db9a4b..311a4c1eb3 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin-footer.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin-footer.php
@@ -18,14 +18,9 @@ if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )
 <div id="footer">
 <?php do_action( 'in_admin_footer' ); ?>
 <p id="footer-left" class="alignleft"><?php
-$upgrade = apply_filters( 'update_footer', '' );
-$footer_text = array(
-	'<span id="footer-thankyou">' . __( 'Thank you for creating with <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a>.' ) . '</span>',
-);
-echo apply_filters( 'admin_footer_text', implode( ' &bull; ', $footer_text ) );
-unset( $footer_text );
+echo apply_filters( 'admin_footer_text', '<span id="footer-thankyou">' . __( 'Thank you for creating with <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a>.' ) . '</span>' );
 ?></p>
-<p id="footer-upgrade" class="alignright"><?php echo $upgrade; ?></p>
+<p id="footer-upgrade" class="alignright"><?php echo apply_filters( 'update_footer', '' ); ?></p>
 <div class="clear"></div>
 </div>
 <?php