diff --git a/wp-admin/post.php b/wp-admin/post.php
index 54fb8caaf7..f48f5ff1cd 100644
--- a/wp-admin/post.php
+++ b/wp-admin/post.php
@@ -373,8 +373,6 @@ switch($action) {
 
         // are we going from draft/private to published?
         if ((($prev_status == 'draft') || ($prev_status == 'private')) && ($post_status == 'publish')) {
-            pingWeblogs($blog_ID);
-            pingBlogs($blog_ID);
 		} // end if moving from draft/private to published
         if ($post_status == 'publish') {
 			do_action('publish_post', $post_ID);
diff --git a/wp-mail.php b/wp-mail.php
index 89a1ecb97e..af8cc1ae44 100644
--- a/wp-mail.php
+++ b/wp-mail.php
@@ -243,8 +243,6 @@ for ($iCount=1; $iCount<=$Count; $iCount++) {
 					pingGeoUrl($post_ID);	
 				}
 
-				pingWeblogs($blog_ID);
-				pingBlogs($blog_ID);
 				pingback($content, $post_ID);
 			}
 			echo "\n<p><b>Posted title:</b> $post_title<br />";