Index: /Users/simon/Projects/WordPress-Bleeding/site/wp-includes/query.php
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--- /Users/simon/Projects/WordPress-Bleeding/site/wp-includes/query.php	(revision 14159)
+++ /Users/simon/Projects/WordPress-Bleeding/site/wp-includes/query.php	(working copy)
@@ -2080,7 +2080,6 @@
 				}
 			}
 			$q['author_name'] = sanitize_title($q['author_name']);
-			$q['author'] = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->users WHERE user_nicename='".$q['author_name']."'");
 			$q['author'] = get_user_by('slug', $q['author_name']);
 			if ( $q['author'] )
 				$q['author'] = $q['author']->ID;