diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/schema.php b/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
index 8ce72d1516..0c7a53c909 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
@@ -392,9 +392,6 @@ function populate_options() {
 	'time_format' => __('g:i a'),
 	/* translators: links last updated date format, see http://php.net/date */
 	'links_updated_date_format' => __('F j, Y g:i a'),
-	'links_recently_updated_prepend' => '<em>',
-	'links_recently_updated_append' => '</em>',
-	'links_recently_updated_time' => 120,
 	'comment_moderation' => 0,
 	'moderation_notify' => 1,
 	'permalink_structure' => '',
@@ -537,6 +534,7 @@ function populate_options() {
 		'links_rating_ignore_zero', 'links_rating_single_image', 'links_rating_image0', 'links_rating_image1',
 		'links_rating_image2', 'links_rating_image3', 'links_rating_image4', 'links_rating_image5',
 		'links_rating_image6', 'links_rating_image7', 'links_rating_image8', 'links_rating_image9',
+		'links_recently_updated_time', 'links_recently_updated_prepend', 'links_recently_updated_append',
 		'weblogs_cacheminutes', 'comment_allowed_tags', 'search_engine_friendly_urls', 'default_geourl_lat',
 		'default_geourl_lon', 'use_default_geourl', 'weblogs_xml_url', 'new_users_can_blog', '_wpnonce',
 		'_wp_http_referer', 'Update', 'action', 'rich_editing', 'autosave_interval', 'deactivated_plugins',
diff --git a/wp-includes/bookmark-template.php b/wp-includes/bookmark-template.php
index d16407beee..1724590f3c 100644
--- a/wp-includes/bookmark-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/bookmark-template.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function _walk_bookmarks($bookmarks, $args = '' ) {
 			$bookmark->recently_updated = false;
 		$output .= $before;
 		if ( $show_updated && $bookmark->recently_updated )
-			$output .= get_option('links_recently_updated_prepend');
+			$output .= '<em>';
 
 		$the_link = '#';
 		if ( !empty($bookmark->link_url) )
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ function _walk_bookmarks($bookmarks, $args = '' ) {
 		$output .= '</a>';
 
 		if ( $show_updated && $bookmark->recently_updated )
-			$output .= get_option('links_recently_updated_append');
+			$output .= '</em>';
 
 		if ( $show_description && '' != $desc )
 			$output .= $between . $desc;
diff --git a/wp-includes/bookmark.php b/wp-includes/bookmark.php
index af418167cd..86ea3d22ae 100644
--- a/wp-includes/bookmark.php
+++ b/wp-includes/bookmark.php
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ function get_bookmarks($args = '') {
 		$join = " INNER JOIN $wpdb->term_relationships AS tr ON ($wpdb->links.link_id = tr.object_id) INNER JOIN $wpdb->term_taxonomy as tt ON tt.term_taxonomy_id = tr.term_taxonomy_id";
 	}
 
-	if ( $show_updated && get_option('links_recently_updated_time') ) {
-		$recently_updated_test = ", IF (DATE_ADD(link_updated, INTERVAL " . get_option('links_recently_updated_time') . " MINUTE) >= NOW(), 1,0) as recently_updated ";
+	if ( $show_updated ) {
+		$recently_updated_test = ", IF (DATE_ADD(link_updated, INTERVAL 120 MINUTE) >= NOW(), 1,0) as recently_updated ";
 	} else {
 		$recently_updated_test = '';
 	}
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 7ad634831d..83bdadbed9 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ $wp_version = '3.9-beta3-27857';
  *
  * @global int $wp_db_version
  */
-$wp_db_version = 26691;
+$wp_db_version = 27916;
 
 /**
  * Holds the TinyMCE version