diff --git a/wp-includes/compat.php b/wp-includes/compat.php
index 1351d75eb7..f32f99c986 100644
--- a/wp-includes/compat.php
+++ b/wp-includes/compat.php
@@ -111,4 +111,11 @@ if(!function_exists('http_build_query')) {
        return implode($separator, $res);
    }
 }
+
+if ( !function_exists('_') ) {
+	function _($string) {
+		return $string;
+	}
+}
+
 ?>
diff --git a/wp-includes/functions.php b/wp-includes/functions.php
index c7e257a5c8..2593daf384 100644
--- a/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@
 
 require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/compat.php');
 
-if ( !function_exists('_') ) {
-	function _($string) {
-		return $string;
-	}
-}
-
 function mysql2date($dateformatstring, $mysqlstring, $translate = true) {
 	global $wp_locale;
 	$m = $mysqlstring;