diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php b/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
index d480bb37c3..a0b64e9a36 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
@@ -125,8 +125,9 @@ foreach ( get_object_taxonomies($post_type) as $tax_name ) {
 if ( post_type_supports($post_type, 'page-attributes') )
 	add_meta_box('pageparentdiv', 'page' == $post_type ? __('Page Attributes') : __('Attributes'), 'page_attributes_meta_box', $post_type, 'side', 'core');
 
-if ( current_theme_supports( 'post-thumbnails', $post_type ) && post_type_supports($post_type, 'thumbnail') )
-	add_meta_box('postimagediv', __('Featured Image'), 'post_thumbnail_meta_box', $post_type, 'side', 'low');
+if ( current_theme_supports( 'post-thumbnails', $post_type ) && post_type_supports( $post_type, 'thumbnail' )
+	&& ( ! is_multisite() || ( ( $mu_media_buttons = get_site_option( 'mu_media_buttons', array() ) ) && ! empty( $mu_media_buttons['image'] ) ) ) )
+		add_meta_box('postimagediv', __('Featured Image'), 'post_thumbnail_meta_box', $post_type, 'side', 'low');
 
 if ( post_type_supports($post_type, 'excerpt') )
 	add_meta_box('postexcerpt', __('Excerpt'), 'post_excerpt_meta_box', $post_type, 'normal', 'core');