diff --git a/wp-includes/l10n.php b/wp-includes/l10n.php
index 2c227bc1da..e8bb37a54b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/l10n.php
+++ b/wp-includes/l10n.php
@@ -50,16 +50,6 @@ function get_locale() {
 		$locale = WPLANG;
 	}
 
-	// If $wpdb hasn't been initialised yet, we can only return what we have.
-	if ( ! $wpdb ) {
-		if ( ! $locale ) {
-			$locale = 'en_US';
-		}
-
-		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/l10n.php */
-		return apply_filters( 'locale', $locale );
-	}
-
 	// If multisite, check options.
 	if ( is_multisite() ) {
 		// Don't check blog option when installing.
diff --git a/wp-includes/load.php b/wp-includes/load.php
index 523960f023..940eb660b4 100644
--- a/wp-includes/load.php
+++ b/wp-includes/load.php
@@ -917,8 +917,6 @@ function wp_load_translations_early() {
 	}
 
 	$wp_locale = new WP_Locale();
-	$wp_locale_switcher = new WP_Locale_Switcher();
-	$wp_locale_switcher->init();
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 1b18f40cf7..28f8f12a2f 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.7-beta1-39004';
+$wp_version = '4.7-beta1-39005';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.