diff --git a/src/wp-includes/functions.php b/src/wp-includes/functions.php
index 2cce881518..383c0fedef 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -4248,28 +4248,7 @@ function dead_db() {
 	}
 
 	// Otherwise, be terse.
-	status_header( 500 );
-	nocache_headers();
-	header( 'Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8' );
-
-	$dir_attr = '';
-	if ( is_rtl() ) {
-		$dir_attr = ' dir="rtl"';
-	}
-	?>
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"<?php echo $dir_attr; ?>>
-<head>
-<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
-	<title><?php _e( 'Database Error' ); ?></title>
-
-</head>
-<body>
-	<h1><?php _e( 'Error establishing a database connection' ); ?></h1>
-</body>
-</html>
-	<?php
-	die();
+	wp_die( '<h1>' . __( 'Error establishing a database connection' ) . '</h1>', __( 'Database Error' ) );
 }
 
 /**
