Index: wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php	(revision 19628)
+++ wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php	(working copy)
@@ -54,22 +54,6 @@
 		wp_add_dashboard_widget( 'dashboard_recent_comments', $recent_comments_title, 'wp_dashboard_recent_comments', 'wp_dashboard_recent_comments_control' );
 	}
 
-	// Incoming Links Widget
-	if ( is_blog_admin() && current_user_can('publish_posts') ) {
-		if ( !isset( $widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links'] ) || !isset( $widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links']['home'] ) || $widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links']['home'] != get_option('home') ) {
-			$update = true;
-			$num_items = isset($widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links']['items']) ? $widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links']['items'] : 10;
-			$widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links'] = array(
-				'home' => get_option('home'),
-				'link' => apply_filters( 'dashboard_incoming_links_link', 'http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?scoring=d&partner=wordpress&q=link:' . trailingslashit( get_option('home') ) ),
-				'url' => isset($widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links']['url']) ? apply_filters( 'dashboard_incoming_links_feed', $widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links']['url'] ) : apply_filters( 'dashboard_incoming_links_feed', 'http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch_feeds?scoring=d&ie=utf-8&num=' . $num_items . '&output=rss&partner=wordpress&q=link:' . trailingslashit( get_option('home') ) ),
-				'items' => $num_items,
-				'show_date' => isset($widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links']['show_date']) ? $widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links']['show_date'] : false
-			);
-		}
-		wp_add_dashboard_widget( 'dashboard_incoming_links', __( 'Incoming Links' ), 'wp_dashboard_incoming_links', 'wp_dashboard_incoming_links_control' );
-	}
-
 	// QuickPress Widget
 	if ( is_blog_admin() && current_user_can('edit_posts') )
 		wp_add_dashboard_widget( 'dashboard_quick_press', __( 'QuickPress' ), 'wp_dashboard_quick_press' );
@@ -781,94 +765,6 @@
 	echo '<input id="comments-number" name="widget-recent-comments[items]" type="text" value="' . $number . '" size="3" /></p>';
 }
 
-function wp_dashboard_incoming_links() {
-	wp_dashboard_cached_rss_widget( 'dashboard_incoming_links', 'wp_dashboard_incoming_links_output' );
-}
-
-/**
- * Display incoming links dashboard widget content.
- *
- * @since 2.5.0
- */
-function wp_dashboard_incoming_links_output() {
-	$widgets = get_option( 'dashboard_widget_options' );
-	@extract( @$widgets['dashboard_incoming_links'], EXTR_SKIP );
-	$rss = fetch_feed( $url );
-
-	if ( is_wp_error($rss) ) {
-		if ( is_admin() || current_user_can('manage_options') ) {
-			echo '<p>';
-			printf(__('<strong>RSS Error</strong>: %s'), $rss->get_error_message());
-			echo '</p>';
-		}
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if ( !$rss->get_item_quantity() ) {
-		echo '<p>' . __('This dashboard widget queries <a href="http://blogsearch.google.com/">Google Blog Search</a> so that when another blog links to your site it will show up here. It has found no incoming links&hellip; yet. It&#8217;s okay &#8212; there is no rush.') . "</p>\n";
-		$rss->__destruct();
-		unset($rss);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	echo "<ul>\n";
-
-	if ( !isset($items) )
-		$items = 10;
-
-	foreach ( $rss->get_items(0, $items) as $item ) {
-		$publisher = '';
-		$site_link = '';
-		$link = '';
-		$content = '';
-		$date = '';
-		$link = esc_url( strip_tags( $item->get_link() ) );
-
-		$author = $item->get_author();
-		if ( $author ) {
-			$site_link = esc_url( strip_tags( $author->get_link() ) );
-
-			if ( !$publisher = esc_html( strip_tags( $author->get_name() ) ) )
-				$publisher = __( 'Somebody' );
-		} else {
-		  $publisher = __( 'Somebody' );
-		}
-		if ( $site_link )
-			$publisher = "<a href='$site_link'>$publisher</a>";
-		else
-			$publisher = "<strong>$publisher</strong>";
-
-		$content = $item->get_content();
-		$content = wp_html_excerpt($content, 50) . ' ...';
-
-		if ( $link )
-			/* translators: incoming links feed, %1$s is other person, %3$s is content */
-			$text = __( '%1$s linked here <a href="%2$s">saying</a>, "%3$s"' );
-		else
-			/* translators: incoming links feed, %1$s is other person, %3$s is content */
-			$text = __( '%1$s linked here saying, "%3$s"' );
-
-		if ( !empty($show_date) ) {
-			if ( !empty($show_author) || !empty($show_summary) )
-				/* translators: incoming links feed, %4$s is the date */
-				$text .= ' ' . __( 'on %4$s' );
-			$date = esc_html( strip_tags( $item->get_date() ) );
-			$date = strtotime( $date );
-			$date = gmdate( get_option( 'date_format' ), $date );
-		}
-
-		echo "\t<li>" . sprintf( $text, $publisher, $link, $content, $date ) . "</li>\n";
-	}
-
-	echo "</ul>\n";
-	$rss->__destruct();
-	unset($rss);
-}
-
-function wp_dashboard_incoming_links_control() {
-	wp_dashboard_rss_control( 'dashboard_incoming_links', array( 'title' => false, 'show_summary' => false, 'show_author' => false ) );
-}
-
 function wp_dashboard_primary() {
 	wp_dashboard_cached_rss_widget( 'dashboard_primary', 'wp_dashboard_rss_output' );
 }
Index: wp-admin/js/dashboard.dev.js
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/js/dashboard.dev.js	(revision 19628)
+++ wp-admin/js/dashboard.dev.js	(working copy)
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
 	// These widgets are sometimes populated via ajax
 	ajaxWidgets = [
-		'dashboard_incoming_links',
 		'dashboard_primary',
 		'dashboard_secondary',
 	];
Index: wp-admin/index-extra.php
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/index-extra.php	(revision 19628)
+++ wp-admin/index-extra.php	(working copy)
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@
 
 switch ( $_GET['jax'] ) {
 
-case 'dashboard_incoming_links' :
-	wp_dashboard_incoming_links();
-	break;
-
 case 'dashboard_primary' :
 	wp_dashboard_primary();
 	break;
Index: wp-admin/css/ie-rtl.dev.css
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/css/ie-rtl.dev.css	(revision 19628)
+++ wp-admin/css/ie-rtl.dev.css	(working copy)
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@
 	margin-right: 335px !important;
 }
 
-#dashboard_incoming_links ul li,
 #dashboard_secondary ul li,
 #dashboard_primary ul li,
 p.row-actions {