diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php
index 03d8fd0d52..fa1cf4984a 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php
@@ -531,15 +531,9 @@ function upgrade_all() {
 	if ( $wp_current_db_version < 29630 )
 		upgrade_400();
 
-	// Don't harsh my mellow. upgrade_430() must be called before
-	// upgrade_420() to catch bad comments prior to any auto-expansion of
-	// MySQL column widths.
-	if ( $wp_current_db_version < 32814 )
+	if ( $wp_current_db_version < 33055 )
 		upgrade_430();
 
-	if ( $wp_current_db_version < 31351 )
-		upgrade_420();
-
 	maybe_disable_link_manager();
 
 	maybe_disable_automattic_widgets();
@@ -1494,21 +1488,7 @@ function upgrade_400() {
  * @global int   $wp_current_db_version
  * @global wpdb  $wpdb
  */
-function upgrade_420() {
-	global $wp_current_db_version, $wpdb;
-
-	if ( $wp_current_db_version < 31351 && $wpdb->charset === 'utf8mb4' ) {
-		if ( is_multisite() ) {
-			$tables = $wpdb->tables( 'blog' );
-		} else {
-			$tables = $wpdb->tables( 'all' );
-		}
-
-		foreach ( $tables as $table ) {
-			maybe_convert_table_to_utf8mb4( $table );
-		}
-	}
-}
+function upgrade_420() {}
 
 /**
  * Execute changes made in WordPress 4.3.0.
@@ -1528,6 +1508,18 @@ function upgrade_430() {
 	if ( $wp_current_db_version < 32814 ) {
 		split_all_shared_terms();
 	}
+
+	if ( $wp_current_db_version < 33055 && 'utf8mb4' === $wpdb->charset ) {
+		if ( is_multisite() ) {
+			$tables = $wpdb->tables( 'blog' );
+		} else {
+			$tables = $wpdb->tables( 'all' );
+		}
+	
+		foreach ( $tables as $table ) {
+			maybe_convert_table_to_utf8mb4( $table );
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1696,7 +1688,7 @@ function upgrade_network() {
 	}
 
 	// 4.3
-	if ( $wp_current_db_version < 32378 && 'utf8mb4' === $wpdb->charset ) {
+	if ( $wp_current_db_version < 33055 && 'utf8mb4' === $wpdb->charset ) {
 		if ( ! ( defined( 'DO_NOT_UPGRADE_GLOBAL_TABLES' ) && DO_NOT_UPGRADE_GLOBAL_TABLES ) ) {
 			$upgrade = false;
 			$indexes = $wpdb->get_results( "SHOW INDEXES FROM $wpdb->signups" );
@@ -1710,6 +1702,12 @@ function upgrade_network() {
 			if ( $upgrade ) {
 				$wpdb->query( "ALTER TABLE $wpdb->signups DROP INDEX domain_path, ADD INDEX domain_path(domain(140),path(51))" );
 			}
+
+			$tables = $wpdb->tables( 'global' );
+
+			foreach ( $tables as $table ) {
+				maybe_convert_table_to_utf8mb4( $table );
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/version.php b/src/wp-includes/version.php
index ea22d24d15..5dfd94184c 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ $wp_version = '4.3-beta1-33046-src';
  *
  * @global int $wp_db_version
  */
-$wp_db_version = 32814;
+$wp_db_version = 33055;
 
 /**
  * Holds the TinyMCE version
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/wp-db.php b/src/wp-includes/wp-db.php
index 42792a4d78..2f6d4f484c 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/wp-db.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/wp-db.php
@@ -740,8 +740,7 @@ class wpdb {
 			$this->charset = DB_CHARSET;
 		}
 
-		if ( ( $this->use_mysqli && ! ( $this->dbh instanceof mysqli ) )
-		  || ( empty( $this->dbh ) || ! ( $this->dbh instanceof mysqli ) ) ) {
+		if ( ( $this->use_mysqli && ! ( $this->dbh instanceof mysqli ) ) || empty( $this->dbh ) ) {
 			return;
 		}