diff --git a/src/wp-includes/general-template.php b/src/wp-includes/general-template.php
index d3cf27a445..2ba72a38f3 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/general-template.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/general-template.php
@@ -1679,22 +1679,6 @@ function wp_get_archives( $args = '' ) {
 	// this is what will separate dates on weekly archive links
 	$archive_week_separator = '–';
 
-	// over-ride general date format ? 0 = no: use the date format set in Options, 1 = yes: over-ride
-	$archive_date_format_over_ride = 0;
-
-	// options for daily archive (only if you over-ride the general date format)
-	$archive_day_date_format = 'Y/m/d';
-
-	// options for weekly archive (only if you over-ride the general date format)
-	$archive_week_start_date_format = 'Y/m/d';
-	$archive_week_end_date_format	= 'Y/m/d';
-
-	if ( ! $archive_date_format_over_ride ) {
-		$archive_day_date_format = get_option( 'date_format' );
-		$archive_week_start_date_format = get_option( 'date_format' );
-		$archive_week_end_date_format = get_option( 'date_format' );
-	}
-
 	$sql_where = $wpdb->prepare( "WHERE post_type = %s AND post_status = 'publish'", $r['post_type'] );
 
 	/**
@@ -1788,7 +1772,7 @@ function wp_get_archives( $args = '' ) {
 					$url = add_query_arg( 'post_type', $r['post_type'], $url );
 				}
 				$date = sprintf( '%1$d-%2$02d-%3$02d 00:00:00', $result->year, $result->month, $result->dayofmonth );
-				$text = mysql2date( $archive_day_date_format, $date );
+				$text = mysql2date( get_option( 'date_format' ), $date );
 				if ( $r['show_post_count'] ) {
 					$r['after'] = ' (' . $result->posts . ')' . $after;
 				}
@@ -1812,8 +1796,8 @@ function wp_get_archives( $args = '' ) {
 					$arc_year       = $result->yr;
 					$arc_w_last     = $result->week;
 					$arc_week       = get_weekstartend( $result->yyyymmdd, get_option( 'start_of_week' ) );
-					$arc_week_start = date_i18n( $archive_week_start_date_format, $arc_week['start'] );
-					$arc_week_end   = date_i18n( $archive_week_end_date_format, $arc_week['end'] );
+					$arc_week_start = date_i18n( get_option( 'date_format' ), $arc_week['start'] );
+					$arc_week_end   = date_i18n( get_option( 'date_format' ), $arc_week['end'] );
 					$url            = sprintf( '%1$s/%2$s%3$sm%4$s%5$s%6$sw%7$s%8$d', home_url(), '', '?', '=', $arc_year, '&', '=', $result->week );
 					if ( 'post' !== $r['post_type'] ) {
 						$url = add_query_arg( 'post_type', $r['post_type'], $url );