diff --git a/wp-includes/blocks.php b/wp-includes/blocks.php
index 3c6a9cdf99..26f82f8624 100644
--- a/wp-includes/blocks.php
+++ b/wp-includes/blocks.php
@@ -763,13 +763,12 @@ function _excerpt_render_inner_columns_blocks( $columns, $allowed_blocks ) {
  * @since 5.0.0
  *
  * @global WP_Post  $post     The post to edit.
- * @global WP_Query $wp_query WordPress Query object.
  *
  * @param array $parsed_block A single parsed block object.
  * @return string String of rendered HTML.
  */
 function render_block( $parsed_block ) {
-	global $post, $wp_query;
+	global $post;
 
 	/**
 	 * Allows render_block() to be short-circuited, by returning a non-null value.
@@ -810,13 +809,6 @@ function render_block( $parsed_block ) {
 		$context['postType'] = $post->post_type;
 	}
 
-	if ( $wp_query instanceof WP_Query && isset( $wp_query->tax_query->queried_terms['category'] ) ) {
-		$context['query'] = array( 'categoryIds' => array() );
-		foreach ( $wp_query->tax_query->queried_terms['category']['terms'] as $category_slug_or_id ) {
-			$context['query']['categoryIds'][] = 'slug' === $wp_query->tax_query->queried_terms['category']['field'] ? get_cat_ID( $category_slug_or_id ) : $category_slug_or_id;
-		}
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Filters the default context provided to a rendered block.
 	 *
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 4a92cf716c..c5c14922b8 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '5.8-alpha-50949';
+$wp_version = '5.8-alpha-50950';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.