Index: wp-admin/options-writing.php
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--- wp-admin/options-writing.php	(revision 8779)
+++ wp-admin/options-writing.php	(working copy)
@@ -122,20 +122,6 @@
 </tr>
 </table>
 
-<h3><?php _e('Update Services') ?></h3>
-
-<?php if ( get_option('blog_public') ) : ?>
-
-<p><label for="ping_sites"><?php _e('When you publish a new post, WordPress automatically notifies the following site update services. For more about this, see <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Update_Services">Update Services</a> on the Codex. Separate multiple service <abbr title="Universal Resource Locator">URL</abbr>s with line breaks.') ?></label></p>
-
-<textarea name="ping_sites" id="ping_sites" style="width: 98%;" rows="3" cols="50"><?php form_option('ping_sites'); ?></textarea>
-
-<?php else : ?>
-
-	<p><?php printf(__('WordPress is not notifying any <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Update_Services">Update Services</a> because of your blog\'s <a href="%s">privacy settings</a>.'), 'options-privacy.php'); ?></p>
-
-<?php endif; ?>
-
 <p class="submit">
 <input type="hidden" name="action" value="update" />
 <input type="hidden" name="page_options" value="default_post_edit_rows,use_smilies,ping_sites,mailserver_url,mailserver_port,mailserver_login,mailserver_pass,default_category,default_email_category,use_balanceTags,default_link_category,enable_app,enable_xmlrpc" />