diff --git a/wp-includes/widgets.php b/wp-includes/widgets.php
index fba00f2a33..ae82078ae6 100644
--- a/wp-includes/widgets.php
+++ b/wp-includes/widgets.php
@@ -388,18 +388,12 @@ function wp_widget_pages_control() {
 }
 
 function wp_widget_links($args) {
-	global $wp_db_version;
 	extract($args, EXTR_SKIP);
-	if ( $wp_db_version < 3582 ) {
-		// This ONLY works with li/h2 sidebars.
-		get_links_list();
-	} else {
-		wp_list_bookmarks(array(
-			'title_before' => $before_title, 'title_after' => $after_title, 
-			'category_before' => $before_widget, 'category_after' => $after_widget, 
-			'show_images' => true, 'class' => 'linkcat widget'
-		));
-	}
+	wp_list_bookmarks(array(
+		'title_before' => $before_title, 'title_after' => $after_title, 
+		'category_before' => $before_widget, 'category_after' => $after_widget, 
+		'show_images' => true, 'class' => 'linkcat widget'
+	));
 }
 
 function wp_widget_search($args) {