diff --git a/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php b/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index 60dcc420ec..afb9bb058e 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -580,12 +580,8 @@ function wp_default_styles( &$styles ) {
 			$subsets .= ',vietnamese';
 		}
 
-		$query_args = array(
-			'family' => 'Open+Sans:300italic,400italic,600italic,300,400,600',
-			'subset' => $subsets,
-		);
 		// Hotlink Open Sans, for now
-		$open_sans_font_url = add_query_arg( $query_args, '//fonts.googleapis.com/css' );
+		$open_sans_font_url = "//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300italic,400italic,600italic,300,400,600&subset=$subsets";
 	}
 
 	$styles->add( 'open-sans', $open_sans_font_url );