diff --git a/src/wp-includes/array.php b/src/wp-includes/array.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 30d55e9d67..0000000000
--- a/src/wp-includes/array.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * Array API: WordPress array utilities.
- *
- * @package WordPress
- * @since 5.6.0
- */
-
-/**
- * Accesses an array in depth based on a path of keys.
- * It is the PHP equivalent of JavaScript's lodash.get, and mirroring it may help other components
- * retain some symmetry between client and server implementations.
- *
- * @param array $array   An array from which we want to retrieve some information.
- * @param array $path    An array of keys describing the path with which to retrieve information.
- * @param array $default The return value if the path is not set on the array or if the types of array and path are not arrays.
- *
- * @return array An array matching the path specified.
- */
-function wp_array_get( $array, $path, $default = array() ) {
-	// Confirm input values are expected type to avoid notice warnings.
-	if ( ! is_array( $array ) || ! is_array( $path ) ) {
-		return $default;
-	}
-
-	$path_length = count( $path );
-	for ( $i = 0; $i < $path_length; ++$i ) {
-		if ( ! isset( $array[ $path[ $i ] ] ) ) {
-			return $default;
-		}
-		$array = $array[ $path[ $i ] ];
-	}
-	return $array;
-}
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/functions.php b/src/wp-includes/functions.php
index f46fc6ea65..ad623d107b 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -4526,6 +4526,38 @@ function wp_is_numeric_array( $data ) {
 	return count( $string_keys ) === 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Accesses an array in depth based on a path of keys.
+ *
+ * It is the PHP equivalent of JavaScript's lodash.get, and mirroring it may help other components
+ * retain some symmetry between client and server implementations.
+ *
+ * @since 5.6.0
+ *
+ * @param array $array   An array from which we want to retrieve some information.
+ * @param array $path    An array of keys describing the path with which to retrieve information.
+ * @param array $default The return value if the path is not set on the array,
+ *                       or if the types of array and path are not arrays.
+ * @return array An array matching the path specified.
+ */
+function wp_array_get( $array, $path, $default = array() ) {
+	// Confirm input values are expected type to avoid notice warnings.
+	if ( ! is_array( $array ) || ! is_array( $path ) ) {
+		return $default;
+	}
+
+	$path_length = count( $path );
+
+	for ( $i = 0; $i < $path_length; ++$i ) {
+		if ( ! isset( $array[ $path[ $i ] ] ) ) {
+			return $default;
+		}
+		$array = $array[ $path[ $i ] ];
+	}
+
+	return $array;
+}
+
 /**
  * Filters a list of objects, based on a set of key => value arguments.
  *
diff --git a/src/wp-settings.php b/src/wp-settings.php
index 98e4f034a3..8b3cc1297b 100644
--- a/src/wp-settings.php
+++ b/src/wp-settings.php
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-user-meta-session-tokens.php';
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-metadata-lazyloader.php';
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/general-template.php';
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/link-template.php';
-require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/array.php';
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/author-template.php';
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/post.php';
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-walker-page.php';