diff --git a/wp-includes/post.php b/wp-includes/post.php
index bb0ff0bab0..d4367d29e2 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post.php
@@ -3581,12 +3581,12 @@ function _transition_post_status($new_status, $old_status, $post) {
  * @since 2.3.0
  * @access private
  *
- * @param int $deprecated Not Used. Can be set to null.
+ * @param int $deprecated Not used. Can be set to null. Never implemented.
+ *   Not marked as deprecated with _deprecated_argument() as it conflicts with
+ *   wp_transition_post_status() and the default filter for _future_post_hook().
  * @param object $post Object type containing the post information
  */
 function _future_post_hook( $deprecated = '', $post ) {
-	if ( !empty( $deprecated ) )
-		_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '0.0' );
 	wp_clear_scheduled_hook( 'publish_future_post', array( $post->ID ) );
 	wp_schedule_single_event( strtotime( $post->post_date_gmt. ' GMT' ), 'publish_future_post', array( $post->ID ) );
 }