diff --git a/src/wp-admin/about.php b/src/wp-admin/about.php
index a26eae95fb..b7b37c0973 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/about.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/about.php
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ $title = __( 'About' );
 
 list( $display_version ) = explode( '-', $wp_version );
 
-wp_enqueue_script( 'about' );
+// Temporary 3.8 hack: We want to use user-profile for the color schemes but don't need the heavy zxcvbn.
+wp_deregister_script( 'zxcvbn-async' );
+wp_register_script( 'zxcvbn-async', true );
+wp_enqueue_script( 'user-profile' );
 
 include( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/admin-header.php' );
 ?>
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php b/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index 044708f896..6e3244f263 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -331,8 +331,6 @@ function wp_default_scripts( &$scripts ) {
 
 	$scripts->add( 'user-suggest', "/wp-admin/js/user-suggest$suffix.js", array( 'jquery-ui-autocomplete' ), false, 1 );
 
-	$scripts->add( 'about', false, array( 'user-profile' ), false );
-
 	$scripts->add( 'admin-bar', "/wp-includes/js/admin-bar$suffix.js", array(), false, 1 );
 
 	$scripts->add( 'wplink', "/wp-includes/js/wplink$suffix.js", array( 'jquery', 'wpdialogs' ), false, 1 );