diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 11de469ac8..e4f6d72660 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '5.0-alpha-42834';
+$wp_version = '5.0-alpha-42835';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.
diff --git a/wp-settings.php b/wp-settings.php
index 6edd3c98ca..6b1f32bbff 100644
--- a/wp-settings.php
+++ b/wp-settings.php
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ wp_set_lang_dir();
 // Load early WordPress files.
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/compat.php' );
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-list-util.php' );
+require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/formatting.php' );
+require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/meta.php' );
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/functions.php' );
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-matchesmapregex.php' );
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp.php' );
@@ -143,7 +145,6 @@ wp_not_installed();
 // Load most of WordPress.
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-walker.php' );
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-ajax-response.php' );
-require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/formatting.php' );
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/capabilities.php' );
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-roles.php' );
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-role.php' );
@@ -158,7 +159,6 @@ require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/user.php' );
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-user-query.php' );
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-session-tokens.php' );
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-user-meta-session-tokens.php' );
-require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/meta.php' );
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-meta-query.php' );
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-metadata-lazyloader.php' );
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/general-template.php' );