diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/ms.php b/wp-admin/includes/ms.php
index 675ba90069..ae7e75dd93 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/ms.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/ms.php
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ function wpmu_delete_blog( $blog_id, $drop = false ) {
 
 	do_action( 'delete_blog', $blog_id, $drop );
 
-	$users = get_users_of_blog( $blog_id );
+	$users = get_users( array( 'blog_id' => $blog_id, 'fields' => 'ids' ) );
 
 	// Remove users from this blog.
 	if ( ! empty( $users ) ) {
-		foreach ( $users as $user ) {
-			remove_user_from_blog( $user->ID, $blog_id) ;
+		foreach ( $users as $user_id ) {
+			remove_user_from_blog( $user_id, $blog_id) ;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/network/edit.php b/wp-admin/network/edit.php
index be1b0b7e1a..5ada735a1f 100644
--- a/wp-admin/network/edit.php
+++ b/wp-admin/network/edit.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function confirm_delete_users( $users ) {
 				<br /><fieldset><p><legend><?php printf( __( "What should be done with posts and links owned by <em>%s</em>?" ), $delete_user->user_login ); ?></legend></p>
 				<?php
 				foreach ( (array) $blogs as $key => $details ) {
-					$blog_users = get_users_of_blog( $details->userblog_id );
+					$blog_users = get_users( array( 'blog_id' => $details->userblog_id ) );
 					if ( is_array( $blog_users ) && !empty( $blog_users ) ) {
 						$user_site = "<a href='" . esc_url( get_home_url( $details->userblog_id ) ) . "'>{$details->blogname}</a>";
 						$user_dropdown = "<select name='blog[$val][{$key}]'>";
diff --git a/wp-includes/deprecated.php b/wp-includes/deprecated.php
index d610044c00..2300572ef6 100644
--- a/wp-includes/deprecated.php
+++ b/wp-includes/deprecated.php
@@ -2415,6 +2415,31 @@ function update_usermeta( $user_id, $meta_key, $meta_value ) {
 	return true;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Get users for the blog.
+ *
+ * For setups that use the multi-blog feature. Can be used outside of the
+ * multi-blog feature.
+ *
+ * @since 2.2.0
+ * @deprecated 3.1.0
+ * @uses $wpdb WordPress database object for queries
+ * @uses $blog_id The Blog id of the blog for those that use more than one blog
+ *
+ * @param int $id Blog ID.
+ * @return array List of users that are part of that Blog ID
+ */
+function get_users_of_blog( $id = '' ) {
+	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.1', 'get_users()' );
+
+	global $wpdb, $blog_id;
+	if ( empty($id) )
+		$id = (int) $blog_id;
+	$blog_prefix = $wpdb->get_blog_prefix($id);
+	$users = $wpdb->get_results( "SELECT user_id, user_id AS ID, user_login, display_name, user_email, meta_value FROM $wpdb->users, $wpdb->usermeta WHERE {$wpdb->users}.ID = {$wpdb->usermeta}.user_id AND meta_key = '{$blog_prefix}capabilities' ORDER BY {$wpdb->usermeta}.user_id" );
+	return $users;
+}
+
 /**
  * Enable/disable automatic general feed link outputting.
  *
diff --git a/wp-includes/user.php b/wp-includes/user.php
index 20add19c37..aab7a51a81 100644
--- a/wp-includes/user.php
+++ b/wp-includes/user.php
@@ -618,26 +618,6 @@ function get_users( $args = array() ) {
 	return (array) $user_search->get_results();
 }
 
-/**
- * Get users for the blog.
- *
- * For setups that use the multi-blog feature. Can be used outside of the
- * multi-blog feature.
- *
- * @since 2.2.0
- * @uses get_users() for queries
- * @uses $blog_id The Blog id of the blog for those that use more than one blog
- *
- * @param int $id Blog ID.
- * @return array List of users that are part of that Blog ID
- */
-function get_users_of_blog( $id = '' ) {
-	if ( empty( $id ) )
-		$id = get_current_blog_id();
-
-	return get_users( array( 'blog_id' => $id ) );
-}
-
 /**
  * Get the blogs a user belongs to.
  *