diff --git a/wp-includes/load.php b/wp-includes/load.php
index 70b748691f..1275acad37 100644
--- a/wp-includes/load.php
+++ b/wp-includes/load.php
@@ -603,9 +603,6 @@ function wp_magic_quotes() {
 		$_COOKIE = stripslashes_deep( $_COOKIE );
 	}
 
-	// Turn off sybase quoting after stripslashes has run
-	@ini_set( 'magic_quotes_sybase', 0 );
-
 	// Escape with wpdb.
 	$_GET    = add_magic_quotes( $_GET    );
 	$_POST   = add_magic_quotes( $_POST   );
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index bcadd99188..c4f9c52298 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.4-beta4-35640';
+$wp_version = '4.4-beta4-35641';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.
diff --git a/wp-settings.php b/wp-settings.php
index bb2043e43a..1c5da84923 100644
--- a/wp-settings.php
+++ b/wp-settings.php
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ wp_check_php_mysql_versions();
 
 // Disable magic quotes at runtime. Magic quotes are added using wpdb later in wp-settings.php.
 @ini_set( 'magic_quotes_runtime', 0 );
+@ini_set( 'magic_quotes_sybase',  0 );
 
 // WordPress calculates offsets from UTC.
 date_default_timezone_set( 'UTC' );