diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/file.php b/wp-admin/includes/file.php
index b4a58a40a3..b8052ebe56 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/file.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/file.php
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ $wp_file_descriptions = array(
 	'editor-style-rtl.css' => __( 'Visual Editor RTL Stylesheet' ),
 	'rtl.css' => __( 'RTL Stylesheet' ),
 	'comments.php' => __( 'Comments' ),
-	'comments-popup.php' => __( 'Popup Comments' ),
 	'footer.php' => __( 'Theme Footer' ),
 	'header.php' => __( 'Theme Header' ),
 	'sidebar.php' => __( 'Sidebar' ),
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@ $wp_file_descriptions = array(
 	'wp-layout.css' => __( 'Stylesheet' ),
 	'wp-comments.php' => __( 'Comments Template' ),
 	'wp-comments-popup.php' => __( 'Popup Comments Template' ),
+	'comments-popup.php' => __( 'Popup Comments' ),
 );
 
 /**
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php b/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
index 9f17a086d9..4408376990 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
@@ -700,6 +700,8 @@ $_old_files = array(
 'wp-admin/js/wp-fullscreen.min.js',
 'wp-includes/js/tinymce/wp-mce-help.php',
 'wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wpfullscreen',
+// 4.5
+'wp-includes/theme-compat/comments-popup.php',
 );
 
 /**
diff --git a/wp-includes/canonical.php b/wp-includes/canonical.php
index cacbdaadfe..34bb774d45 100644
--- a/wp-includes/canonical.php
+++ b/wp-includes/canonical.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * prevents penalty for duplicate content by redirecting all incoming links to
  * one or the other.
  *
- * Prevents redirection for feeds, trackbacks, searches, comment popup, and
+ * Prevents redirection for feeds, trackbacks, searches, and
  * admin URLs. Does not redirect on non-pretty-permalink-supporting IIS 7+,
  * page/post previews, WP admin, Trackbacks, robots.txt, searches, or on POST
  * requests.
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ function redirect_canonical( $requested_url = null, $do_redirect = true ) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if ( is_trackback() || is_search() || is_comments_popup() || is_admin() || is_preview() || is_robots() || ( $is_IIS && !iis7_supports_permalinks() ) ) {
+	if ( is_trackback() || is_search() || is_admin() || is_preview() || is_robots() || ( $is_IIS && !iis7_supports_permalinks() ) ) {
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/class-wp.php b/wp-includes/class-wp.php
index 555167b1ea..06c59bd7b7 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-wp.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-wp.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class WP {
 	 * @access public
 	 * @var array
 	 */
-	public $public_query_vars = array('m', 'p', 'posts', 'w', 'cat', 'withcomments', 'withoutcomments', 's', 'search', 'exact', 'sentence', 'calendar', 'page', 'paged', 'more', 'tb', 'pb', 'author', 'order', 'orderby', 'year', 'monthnum', 'day', 'hour', 'minute', 'second', 'name', 'category_name', 'tag', 'feed', 'author_name', 'static', 'pagename', 'page_id', 'error', 'comments_popup', 'attachment', 'attachment_id', 'subpost', 'subpost_id', 'preview', 'robots', 'taxonomy', 'term', 'cpage', 'post_type', 'title', 'embed' );
+	public $public_query_vars = array('m', 'p', 'posts', 'w', 'cat', 'withcomments', 'withoutcomments', 's', 'search', 'exact', 'sentence', 'calendar', 'page', 'paged', 'more', 'tb', 'pb', 'author', 'order', 'orderby', 'year', 'monthnum', 'day', 'hour', 'minute', 'second', 'name', 'category_name', 'tag', 'feed', 'author_name', 'static', 'pagename', 'page_id', 'error', 'attachment', 'attachment_id', 'subpost', 'subpost_id', 'preview', 'robots', 'taxonomy', 'term', 'cpage', 'post_type', 'title', 'embed' );
 
 	/**
 	 * Private query variables.
diff --git a/wp-includes/comment-template.php b/wp-includes/comment-template.php
index ada53c8997..a972963f4e 100644
--- a/wp-includes/comment-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/comment-template.php
@@ -1388,45 +1388,7 @@ function comments_template( $file = '/comments.php', $separate_comments = false
 }
 
 /**
- * Display the JS popup script to show a comment.
- *
- * If the $file parameter is empty, then the home page is assumed. The defaults
- * for the window are 400px by 400px.
- *
- * For the comment link popup to work, this function has to be called or the
- * normal comment link will be assumed.
- *
- * @global string $wpcommentspopupfile  The URL to use for the popup window.
- * @global int    $wpcommentsjavascript Whether to use JavaScript. Set when function is called.
- *
- * @since 0.71
- *
- * @param int $width  Optional. The width of the popup window. Default 400.
- * @param int $height Optional. The height of the popup window. Default 400.
- * @param string $file Optional. Sets the location of the popup window.
- */
-function comments_popup_script( $width = 400, $height = 400, $file = '' ) {
-	global $wpcommentspopupfile, $wpcommentsjavascript;
-
-	if (empty ($file)) {
-		$wpcommentspopupfile = '';  // Use the index.
-	} else {
-		$wpcommentspopupfile = $file;
-	}
-
-	$wpcommentsjavascript = 1;
-	$javascript = "<script type='text/javascript'>\nfunction wpopen (macagna) {\n    window.open(macagna, '_blank', 'width=$width,height=$height,scrollbars=yes,status=yes');\n}\n</script>\n";
-	echo $javascript;
-}
-
-/**
- * Displays the link to the comments popup window for the current post ID.
- *
- * Is not meant to be displayed on single posts and pages. Should be used
- * on the lists of posts
- *
- * @global string $wpcommentspopupfile  The URL to use for the popup window.
- * @global int    $wpcommentsjavascript Whether to use JavaScript. Set when function is called.
+ * Displays the link to the comments for the current post ID.
  *
  * @since 0.71
  *
@@ -1440,8 +1402,6 @@ function comments_popup_script( $width = 400, $height = 400, $file = '' ) {
  *                          Default false.
  */
 function comments_popup_link( $zero = false, $one = false, $more = false, $css_class = '', $none = false ) {
-	global $wpcommentspopupfile, $wpcommentsjavascript;
-
 	$id = get_the_ID();
 	$title = get_the_title();
 	$number = get_comments_number( $id );
@@ -1478,31 +1438,21 @@ function comments_popup_link( $zero = false, $one = false, $more = false, $css_c
 	}
 
 	echo '<a href="';
-	if ( $wpcommentsjavascript ) {
-		if ( empty( $wpcommentspopupfile ) )
-			$home = home_url();
-		else
-			$home = get_option('siteurl');
-		echo $home . '/' . $wpcommentspopupfile . '?comments_popup=' . $id;
-		echo '" onclick="wpopen(this.href); return false"';
+	if ( 0 == $number ) {
+		$respond_link = get_permalink() . '#respond';
+		/**
+		 * Filter the respond link when a post has no comments.
+		 *
+		 * @since 4.4.0
+		 *
+		 * @param string $respond_link The default response link.
+		 * @param integer $id The post ID.
+		 */
+		echo apply_filters( 'respond_link', $respond_link, $id );
 	} else {
-		// if comments_popup_script() is not in the template, display simple comment link
-		if ( 0 == $number ) {
-			$respond_link = get_permalink() . '#respond';
-			/**
-			 * Filter the respond link when a post has no comments.
-			 *
-			 * @since 4.4.0
-			 *
-			 * @param string $respond_link The default response link.
-			 * @param integer $id The post ID.
-			 */
-			echo apply_filters( 'respond_link', $respond_link, $id );
-		} else {
-			comments_link();
-		}
-		echo '"';
+		comments_link();
 	}
+	echo '"';
 
 	if ( !empty( $css_class ) ) {
 		echo ' class="'.$css_class.'" ';
@@ -1510,11 +1460,11 @@ function comments_popup_link( $zero = false, $one = false, $more = false, $css_c
 
 	$attributes = '';
 	/**
-	 * Filter the comments popup link attributes for display.
+	 * Filter the comments link attributes for display.
 	 *
 	 * @since 2.5.0
 	 *
-	 * @param string $attributes The comments popup link attributes. Default empty.
+	 * @param string $attributes The comments link attributes. Default empty.
 	 */
 	echo apply_filters( 'comments_popup_link_attributes', $attributes );
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/deprecated.php b/wp-includes/deprecated.php
index 91a1543cd1..571de245b5 100644
--- a/wp-includes/deprecated.php
+++ b/wp-includes/deprecated.php
@@ -3635,3 +3635,56 @@ function force_ssl_login( $force = null ) {
 	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '4.4', 'force_ssl_admin()' );
 	return force_ssl_admin( $force );
 }
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve path of comment popup template in current or parent template.
+ *
+ * @since 1.5.0
+ * @deprecated 4.5.0
+ *
+ * @return string Full path to comments popup template file.
+ */
+function get_comments_popup_template() {
+	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '4.5' );
+
+	return '';
+}
+
+/**
+ * Whether the current URL is within the comments popup window.
+ *
+ * @since 1.5.0
+ * @deprecated 4.5.0
+ *
+ * @return bool
+ */
+function is_comments_popup() {
+	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '4.5' );
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Display the JS popup script to show a comment.
+ *
+ * @since 0.71
+ * @deprecated 4.5.0
+ */
+function comments_popup_script() {
+	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '4.5' );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Adds element attributes to open links in new windows.
+ *
+ * @since 0.71
+ * @deprecated 4.5.0
+ *
+ * @param string $text Content to replace links to open in a new window.
+ * @return string Content that has filtered links.
+ */
+function popuplinks( $text ) {
+	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '4.5' );
+	$text = preg_replace('/<a (.+?)>/i', "<a $1 target='_blank' rel='external'>", $text);
+	return $text;
+}
diff --git a/wp-includes/formatting.php b/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 37bd1b3301..c9899bb8c3 100644
--- a/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -2691,23 +2691,6 @@ function iso8601_to_datetime( $date_string, $timezone = 'user' ) {
 	}
 }
 
-/**
- * Adds a element attributes to open links in new windows.
- *
- * Comment text in popup windows should be filtered through this. Right now it's
- * a moderately dumb function, ideally it would detect whether a target or rel
- * attribute was already there and adjust its actions accordingly.
- *
- * @since 0.71
- *
- * @param string $text Content to replace links to open in a new window.
- * @return string Content that has filtered links.
- */
-function popuplinks( $text ) {
-	$text = preg_replace('/<a (.+?)>/i', "<a $1 target='_blank' rel='external'>", $text);
-	return $text;
-}
-
 /**
  * Strips out all characters that are not allowable in an email.
  *
diff --git a/wp-includes/query.php b/wp-includes/query.php
index a2b236540e..55f617219e 100644
--- a/wp-includes/query.php
+++ b/wp-includes/query.php
@@ -296,26 +296,6 @@ function is_tax( $taxonomy = '', $term = '' ) {
 	return $wp_query->is_tax( $taxonomy, $term );
 }
 
-/**
- * Whether the current URL is within the comments popup window.
- *
- * @since 1.5.0
- *
- * @global WP_Query $wp_query Global WP_Query instance.
- *
- * @return bool
- */
-function is_comments_popup() {
-	global $wp_query;
-
-	if ( ! isset( $wp_query ) ) {
-		_doing_it_wrong( __FUNCTION__, __( 'Conditional query tags do not work before the query is run. Before then, they always return false.' ), '3.1' );
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	return $wp_query->is_comments_popup();
-}
-
 /**
  * Is the query for an existing date archive?
  *
@@ -862,6 +842,7 @@ function the_comment() {
  * @link https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/WP_Query Codex page.
  *
  * @since 1.5.0
+ * @since 4.5.0 Removed the `$comments_popup` property.
  */
 class WP_Query {
 
@@ -1229,15 +1210,6 @@ class WP_Query {
 	 */
 	public $is_embed = false;
 
-	/**
-	 * Set if query is within comments popup window.
-	 *
-	 * @since 1.5.0
-	 * @access public
-	 * @var bool
-	 */
-	public $is_comments_popup = false;
-
 	/**
 	 * Set if query is paged
 	 *
@@ -1389,7 +1361,6 @@ class WP_Query {
 		$this->is_trackback = false;
 		$this->is_home = false;
 		$this->is_404 = false;
-		$this->is_comments_popup = false;
 		$this->is_paged = false;
 		$this->is_admin = false;
 		$this->is_attachment = false;
@@ -1441,6 +1412,7 @@ class WP_Query {
 	 * Fills in the query variables, which do not exist within the parameter.
 	 *
 	 * @since 2.1.0
+	 * @since 4.4.0 Removed the `comments_popup` public query variable.
 	 * @access public
 	 *
 	 * @param array $array Defined query variables.
@@ -1476,7 +1448,6 @@ class WP_Query {
 			, 'feed'
 			, 'tb'
 			, 'paged'
-			, 'comments_popup'
 			, 'meta_key'
 			, 'meta_value'
 			, 'preview'
@@ -1511,6 +1482,7 @@ class WP_Query {
 	 *              array key to `$orderby`.
 	 * @since 4.4.0 Introduced `$post_name__in` and `$title` parameters. `$s` was updated to support excluded
 	 *              search terms, by prepending a hyphen.
+	 * @since 4.5.0 Removed the `$comments_popup` parameter.
 	 * @access public
 	 *
 	 * @param string|array $query {
@@ -1529,7 +1501,6 @@ class WP_Query {
 	 *     @type string       $category_name           Use category slug (not name, this or any children).
 	 *     @type int          $comments_per_page       The number of comments to return per page.
 	 *                                                 Default 'comments_per_page' option.
-	 *     @type int|string   $comments_popup          Whether the query is within the comments popup. Default empty.
 	 *     @type array        $date_query              An associative array of WP_Date_Query arguments.
 	 *                                                 {@see WP_Date_Query::__construct()}
 	 *     @type int          $day                     Day of the month. Default empty. Accepts numbers 1-31.
@@ -1791,9 +1762,6 @@ class WP_Query {
 		if ( '' != $qv['paged'] && ( intval($qv['paged']) > 1 ) )
 			$this->is_paged = true;
 
-		if ( '' != $qv['comments_popup'] )
-			$this->is_comments_popup = true;
-
 		// if we're previewing inside the write screen
 		if ( '' != $qv['preview'] )
 			$this->is_preview = true;
@@ -1811,7 +1779,7 @@ class WP_Query {
 		if ( $this->is_feed && ( !empty($qv['withcomments']) || ( empty($qv['withoutcomments']) && $this->is_singular ) ) )
 			$this->is_comment_feed = true;
 
-		if ( !( $this->is_singular || $this->is_archive || $this->is_search || $this->is_feed || ( defined( 'REST_REQUEST' ) && REST_REQUEST ) || $this->is_trackback || $this->is_404 || $this->is_admin || $this->is_comments_popup || $this->is_robots ) )
+		if ( !( $this->is_singular || $this->is_archive || $this->is_search || $this->is_feed || ( defined( 'REST_REQUEST' ) && REST_REQUEST ) || $this->is_trackback || $this->is_404 || $this->is_admin || $this->is_robots ) )
 			$this->is_home = true;
 
 		// Correct is_* for page_on_front and page_for_posts
@@ -2771,9 +2739,6 @@ class WP_Query {
 			$where .= " AND $wpdb->posts.post_name IN ('" . implode( "' ,'", $q['post_name__in'] ) . "')";
 		}
 
-		if ( intval($q['comments_popup']) )
-			$q['p'] = absint($q['comments_popup']);
-
 		// If an attachment is requested by number, let it supersede any post number.
 		if ( $q['attachment_id'] )
 			$q['p'] = absint($q['attachment_id']);
@@ -4384,11 +4349,14 @@ class WP_Query {
 	 * Whether the current URL is within the comments popup window.
 	 *
 	 * @since 3.1.0
+	 * @deprecated 4.5.0
 	 *
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
 	public function is_comments_popup() {
-		return (bool) $this->is_comments_popup;
+		_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '4.5' );
+
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/wp-includes/template-loader.php b/wp-includes/template-loader.php
index d3eebe93ed..297b9704ff 100644
--- a/wp-includes/template-loader.php
+++ b/wp-includes/template-loader.php
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ if ( defined('WP_USE_THEMES') && WP_USE_THEMES ) :
 	elseif ( is_author()         && $template = get_author_template()         ) :
 	elseif ( is_date()           && $template = get_date_template()           ) :
 	elseif ( is_archive()        && $template = get_archive_template()        ) :
-	elseif ( is_comments_popup() && $template = get_comments_popup_template() ) :
 	elseif ( is_paged()          && $template = get_paged_template()          ) :
 	else :
 		$template = get_index_template();
diff --git a/wp-includes/template.php b/wp-includes/template.php
index 45d1db0c0f..b304e31a72 100644
--- a/wp-includes/template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/template.php
@@ -465,31 +465,6 @@ function get_attachment_template() {
 	return get_query_template( 'attachment', $templates );
 }
 
-/**
- * Retrieve path of comment popup template in current or parent template.
- *
- * Checks for comment popup template in current template, if it exists or in the
- * parent template.
- *
- * The template path is filterable via the dynamic {@see '$type_template'} hook,
- * e.g. 'commentspopup_template'.
- *
- * @since 1.5.0
- *
- * @see get_query_template()
- *
- * @return string Full path to comments popup template file.
- */
-function get_comments_popup_template() {
-	$template = get_query_template( 'comments_popup', array( 'comments-popup.php' ) );
-
-	// Backward compat code will be removed in a future release.
-	if ('' == $template)
-		$template = ABSPATH . WPINC . '/theme-compat/comments-popup.php';
-
-	return $template;
-}
-
 /**
  * Retrieve the name of the highest priority template file that exists.
  *
diff --git a/wp-includes/theme-compat/comments-popup.php b/wp-includes/theme-compat/comments-popup.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d56b45c0f..0000000000
--- a/wp-includes/theme-compat/comments-popup.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,133 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * @package WordPress
- * @subpackage Theme_Compat
- * @deprecated 3.0
- *
- * This file is here for Backwards compatibility with old themes and will be removed in a future version
- *
- */
-_deprecated_file(
-	/* translators: %s: template name */
-	sprintf( __( 'Theme without %s' ), basename( __FILE__ ) ),
-	'3.0',
-	null,
-	/* translators: %s: template name */
-	sprintf( __( 'Please include a %s template in your theme.' ), basename( __FILE__ ) )
-);
-?><!DOCTYPE html>
-<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
-<head>
-     <title><?php printf(__('%1$s - Comments on %2$s'), get_option('blogname'), the_title('','',false)); ?></title>
-
-	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="<?php bloginfo('html_type'); ?>; charset=<?php echo get_option('blog_charset'); ?>" />
-	<style type="text/css" media="screen">
-		@import url( <?php bloginfo('stylesheet_url'); ?> );
-		body { margin: 3px; }
-	</style>
-
-</head>
-<body id="commentspopup">
-
-<h1 id="header"><a href="" title="<?php echo get_option('blogname'); ?>"><?php echo get_option('blogname'); ?></a></h1>
-
-<?php
-/* Don't remove these lines. */
-add_filter('comment_text', 'popuplinks');
-if ( have_posts() ) :
-while( have_posts()) : the_post();
-?>
-<h2 id="comments"><?php _e('Comments'); ?></h2>
-
-<p><a href="<?php echo esc_url( get_post_comments_feed_link($post->ID) ); ?>"><?php _e('<abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr> feed for comments on this post.'); ?></a></p>
-
-<?php
-// this line is WordPress' motor, do not delete it.
-$commenter = wp_get_current_commenter();
-$comments = get_approved_comments($id);
-$post = get_post($id);
-if ( post_password_required($post) ) {  // and it doesn't match the cookie
-	echo(get_the_password_form());
-} else { ?>
-
-<?php if ($comments) { ?>
-<ol id="commentlist">
-<?php foreach ($comments as $comment) { ?>
-	<li id="comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>">
-	<?php comment_text() ?>
-	<p><cite><?php comment_type(); ?> <?php printf(__('by %1$s &#8212; %2$s @ <a href="#comment-%3$s">%4$s</a>'), get_comment_author_link( $comment ), get_comment_date( '', $comment ), get_comment_ID(), get_comment_time()); ?></cite></p>
-	</li>
-
-<?php } // end for each comment ?>
-</ol>
-<?php } else { // this is displayed if there are no comments so far ?>
-	<p><?php _e('No comments yet.'); ?></p>
-<?php } ?>
-
-<?php if ( comments_open() ) { ?>
-<h2><?php _e('Leave a comment'); ?></h2>
-
-<form action="<?php echo site_url(); ?>/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform">
-<?php if ( $user_ID ) : ?>
-	<p><?php printf(__('Logged in as <a href="%1$s">%2$s</a>. <a href="%3$s" title="Log out of this account">Log out &raquo;</a>'), get_edit_user_link(), $user_identity, wp_logout_url(get_permalink())); ?></p>
-<?php else : ?>
-	<p>
-	  <input type="text" name="author" id="author" class="textarea" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author'] ); ?>" size="28" tabindex="1" />
-	   <label for="author"><?php _e('Name'); ?></label>
-	</p>
-
-	<p>
-	  <input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author_email'] ); ?>" size="28" tabindex="2" />
-	   <label for="email"><?php _e('Email'); ?></label>
-	</p>
-
-	<p>
-	  <input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author_url'] ); ?>" size="28" tabindex="3" />
-	   <label for="url"><?php _e('<abbr title="Universal Resource Locator">URL</abbr>'); ?></label>
-	</p>
-<?php endif; ?>
-
-	<p>
-	  <label for="comment"><?php _e('Your Comment'); ?></label>
-	<br />
-	  <textarea name="comment" id="comment" cols="70" rows="4" tabindex="4"></textarea>
-	</p>
-
-	<p>
-	  <input type="hidden" name="comment_post_ID" value="<?php echo $id; ?>" />
-	  <input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" value="<?php echo esc_attr($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]); ?>" />
-	  <input name="submit" type="submit" tabindex="5" value="<?php esc_attr_e('Say It!' ); ?>" />
-	</p>
-	<?php
-	/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/comment-template.php */
-	do_action( 'comment_form', $post->ID );
-	?>
-</form>
-<?php } else { // comments are closed ?>
-<p><?php _e('Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.'); ?></p>
-<?php }
-} // end password check
-?>
-
-<div><strong><a href="javascript:window.close()"><?php _e('Close this window.'); ?></a></strong></div>
-
-<?php // if you delete this the sky will fall on your head
-endwhile; // have_posts()
-else: // have_posts()
-?>
-<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
-<?php endif; ?>
-<!-- // this is just the end of the motor - don't touch that line either :) -->
-<?php //} ?>
-<p class="credit"><?php timer_stop(1); ?> <cite><?php printf(__('Powered by <a href="%s" title="Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform"><strong>WordPress</strong></a>'), 'https://wordpress.org/'); ?></cite></p>
-<?php // Seen at http://www.mijnkopthee.nl/log2/archive/2003/05/28/esc(18) ?>
-<script type="text/javascript">
-<!--
-document.onkeypress = function esc(e) {
-	if(typeof(e) == "undefined") { e=event; }
-	if (e.keyCode == 27) { self.close(); }
-}
-// -->
-</script>
-</body>
-</html>
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index ac3bc7fd37..c31f66de9b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.5-alpha-35847';
+$wp_version = '4.5-alpha-35848';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.