Index: wp-includes/load.php
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--- wp-includes/load.php	(revision 21282)
+++ wp-includes/load.php	(working copy)
@@ -105,12 +105,12 @@
 	$php_version = phpversion();
 	if ( version_compare( $required_php_version, $php_version, '>' ) ) {
 		wp_load_translations_early();
-		wp_die( sprintf( __( 'Your server is running PHP version %1$s but WordPress %2$s requires at least %3$s.' ), $php_version, $wp_version, $required_php_version ) );
+		die( sprintf( __( 'Your server is running PHP version %1$s but WordPress %2$s requires at least %3$s.' ), $php_version, $wp_version, $required_php_version ) );
 	}
 
 	if ( ! extension_loaded( 'mysql' ) && ! file_exists( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/db.php' ) ) {
 		wp_load_translations_early();
-		wp_die( __( 'Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress.' ) );
+		die( __( 'Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress.' ) );
 	}
 }
 
@@ -685,7 +685,6 @@
 	require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/locale.php';
 
 	// General libraries
-	require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/functions.php';
 	require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/plugin.php';
 
 	$locales = $locations = array();