Index: wp-admin/admin-functions.php
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--- wp-admin/admin-functions.php	(revision 5097)
+++ wp-admin/admin-functions.php	(working copy)
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@
 
 function return_categories_list( $parent = 0 ) {
 	global $wpdb;
-	return $wpdb->get_col( "SELECT cat_ID FROM $wpdb->categories WHERE category_parent = $parent AND ( link_count = 0 OR category_count != 0 OR ( link_count = 0 AND category_count = 0 ) ) ORDER BY category_count DESC" );
+	return $wpdb->get_col( "SELECT cat_ID FROM $wpdb->categories WHERE category_parent = $parent ORDER BY category_count DESC" );
 }
 
 function sort_cats( $cat1, $cat2 ) {