diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/options.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/options.php
index c5d5d31090..f0fab455ff 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/options.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/options.php
@@ -138,25 +138,4 @@ function options_reading_add_js() {
 function options_reading_blog_charset() {
 	echo '<input name="blog_charset" type="text" id="blog_charset" value="' . esc_attr( get_option( 'blog_charset' ) ) . '" class="regular-text" />';
 	echo '<p class="description">' . __( 'The <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Character_set">character encoding</a> of your site (UTF-8 is recommended)' ) . '</p>';
-}
-
-/**
- * Render the week starts on setting.
- *
- * @global WP_Locale $wp_locale
- *
- * @since 4.4.0
- */
-function options_general_start_of_week() {
-	global $wp_locale;
-	?>
-	<select name="start_of_week" id="start_of_week">
-		<?php
-		$start_of_week = get_option( 'start_of_week' );
-		for ( $day_index = 0; $day_index <= 6; $day_index++ ) {
-			echo "\n\t<option value='" . esc_attr( $day_index ) . "'" . selected( $start_of_week, $day_index, false ) . ">" . $wp_locale->get_weekday( $day_index ) . '</option>';
-		}
-		?>
-	</select>
-	<?php
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/options-general.php b/src/wp-admin/options-general.php
index 4e8c99c3b6..220b07e80c 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/options-general.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/options-general.php
@@ -53,17 +53,7 @@ include( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/admin-header.php' );
 <h1><?php echo esc_html( $title ); ?></h1>
 
 <form method="post" action="options.php" novalidate="novalidate">
-<?php
-settings_fields( 'general' );
-
-/**
- * @global WP_Locale $wp_locale
- */
-global $wp_locale;
-if ( get_option( 'start_of_week' ) != $wp_locale->start_of_week ) {
-	add_settings_field( 'start_of_week', __( 'Week Starts On' ), 'options_general_start_of_week', 'general', 'default', array( 'label_for' => 'start_of_week' ) );
-}
-?>
+<?php settings_fields('general'); ?>
 
 <table class="form-table">
 <tr>
@@ -293,8 +283,23 @@ if ( empty($tzstring) ) { // Create a UTC+- zone if no timezone string exists
 	</fieldset>
 </td>
 </tr>
+<tr>
+<th scope="row"><label for="start_of_week"><?php _e('Week Starts On') ?></label></th>
+<td><select name="start_of_week" id="start_of_week">
+<?php
+/**
+ * @global WP_Locale $wp_locale
+ */
+global $wp_locale;
 
-<?php do_settings_fields( 'general', 'default' ); ?>
+for ($day_index = 0; $day_index <= 6; $day_index++) :
+	$selected = (get_option('start_of_week') == $day_index) ? 'selected="selected"' : '';
+	echo "\n\t<option value='" . esc_attr($day_index) . "' $selected>" . $wp_locale->get_weekday($day_index) . '</option>';
+endfor;
+?>
+</select></td>
+</tr>
+<?php do_settings_fields('general', 'default'); ?>
 
 <?php
 $languages = get_available_languages();
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/options.php b/src/wp-admin/options.php
index df6f0a5af1..e2bfa90f34 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/options.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/options.php
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ if ( is_multisite() && ! is_super_admin() && 'update' != $action ) {
 }
 
 $whitelist_options = array(
-	'general' => array( 'blogname', 'blogdescription', 'gmt_offset', 'date_format', 'time_format', 'timezone_string', 'WPLANG' ),
+	'general' => array( 'blogname', 'blogdescription', 'gmt_offset', 'date_format', 'time_format', 'start_of_week', 'timezone_string', 'WPLANG' ),
 	'discussion' => array( 'default_pingback_flag', 'default_ping_status', 'default_comment_status', 'comments_notify', 'moderation_notify', 'comment_moderation', 'require_name_email', 'comment_whitelist', 'comment_max_links', 'moderation_keys', 'blacklist_keys', 'show_avatars', 'avatar_rating', 'avatar_default', 'close_comments_for_old_posts', 'close_comments_days_old', 'thread_comments', 'thread_comments_depth', 'page_comments', 'comments_per_page', 'default_comments_page', 'comment_order', 'comment_registration' ),
 	'media' => array( 'thumbnail_size_w', 'thumbnail_size_h', 'thumbnail_crop', 'medium_size_w', 'medium_size_h', 'medium_large_size_w', 'medium_large_size_h', 'large_size_w', 'large_size_h', 'image_default_size', 'image_default_align', 'image_default_link_type' ),
 	'reading' => array( 'posts_per_page', 'posts_per_rss', 'rss_use_excerpt', 'show_on_front', 'page_on_front', 'page_for_posts', 'blog_public' ),
@@ -92,17 +92,8 @@ $whitelist_options['misc'] = $whitelist_options['options'] = $whitelist_options[
 
 $mail_options = array('mailserver_url', 'mailserver_port', 'mailserver_login', 'mailserver_pass');
 
-if ( ! in_array( get_option( 'blog_charset' ), array( 'utf8', 'utf-8', 'UTF8', 'UTF-8' ) ) ) {
+if ( ! in_array( get_option( 'blog_charset' ), array( 'utf8', 'utf-8', 'UTF8', 'UTF-8' ) ) )
 	$whitelist_options['reading'][] = 'blog_charset';
-}
-
-/**
- * @global WP_Locale $wp_locale
- */
-global $wp_locale;
-if ( get_option( 'start_of_week' ) != $wp_locale->start_of_week ) {
-	$whitelist_options['general'][] = 'start_of_week';
-}
 
 if ( get_site_option( 'initial_db_version' ) < 32453 ) {
 	$whitelist_options['writing'][] = 'use_smilies';
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/locale.php b/src/wp-includes/locale.php
index 7ba005c352..040fa5563a 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/locale.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/locale.php
@@ -126,9 +126,6 @@ class WP_Locale {
 		$this->weekday_initial[ __( 'Friday' ) ]    = /* translators: one-letter abbreviation of the weekday */ _x( 'F', 'Friday initial' );
 		$this->weekday_initial[ __( 'Saturday' ) ]  = /* translators: one-letter abbreviation of the weekday */ _x( 'S', 'Saturday initial' );
 
-		// Start of the week.
-		$this->start_of_week = /* translators: default start of the week. 0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday */ _x( '1', 'start of week' );
-
 		// Abbreviations for each day.
 		$this->weekday_abbrev[__('Sunday')]    = /* translators: three-letter abbreviation of the weekday */ __('Sun');
 		$this->weekday_abbrev[__('Monday')]    = /* translators: three-letter abbreviation of the weekday */ __('Mon');