diff --git a/wp-includes/class.wp-scripts.php b/wp-includes/class.wp-scripts.php
index ce5469e543..144bfce220 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class.wp-scripts.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class.wp-scripts.php
@@ -92,15 +92,6 @@ class WP_Scripts extends WP_Dependencies {
 	 */
 	public $print_html = '';
 
-	/**
-	 * HTML to print before the script handle.
-	 *
-	 * @since 4.5.0
-	 * @access public
-	 * @var string
-	 */
-	public $print_html_before = '';
-
 	/**
 	 * Holds inline code if concatenation is enabled.
 	 *
@@ -304,11 +295,13 @@ class WP_Scripts extends WP_Dependencies {
 			 */
 			$srce = apply_filters( 'script_loader_src', $src, $handle );
 
-			if ( $before_handle && ! $conditional ) {
-				$this->print_html_before .= $before_handle;
-			}
+			if ( $this->in_default_dir( $srce ) && ( $before_handle || $after_handle ) ) {
+				$this->do_concat = false;
 
-			if ( $this->in_default_dir( $srce ) && ! $conditional && ! $after_handle ) {
+				// Have to print the so-far concatenated scripts right away to maintain the right order.
+				_print_scripts();
+				$this->reset();
+			} elseif ( $this->in_default_dir( $srce ) && ! $conditional ) {
 				$this->print_code .= $this->print_extra_script( $handle, false );
 				$this->concat .= "$handle,";
 				$this->concat_version .= "$handle$ver";
@@ -363,11 +356,7 @@ class WP_Scripts extends WP_Dependencies {
 		$tag = apply_filters( 'script_loader_tag', $tag, $handle, $src );
 
 		if ( $this->do_concat ) {
-			if ( $after_handle ) {
-				$this->print_html_before .= $tag;
-			} else {
-				$this->print_html .= $tag;
-			}
+			$this->print_html .= $tag;
 		} else {
 			echo $tag;
 		}
@@ -592,7 +581,6 @@ class WP_Scripts extends WP_Dependencies {
 		$this->concat = '';
 		$this->concat_version = '';
 		$this->print_html = '';
-		$this->print_html_before = '';
 		$this->ext_version = '';
 		$this->ext_handles = '';
 	}
diff --git a/wp-includes/script-loader.php b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index ab02bfd2eb..66080a835b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -998,10 +998,6 @@ function _print_scripts() {
 			echo "</script>\n";
 		}
 
-		if ( ! empty( $wp_scripts->print_html_before ) ) {
-			echo $wp_scripts->print_html_before;
-		}
-
 		$concat = str_split( $concat, 128 );
 		$concat = 'load%5B%5D=' . implode( '&load%5B%5D=', $concat );
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index b20973bdf7..978fa0fd5e 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.5-RC1-37170';
+$wp_version = '4.5-RC1-37171';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.