diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/file.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/file.php
index dbc9055360..8fc0fe1205 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/file.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/file.php
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ $wp_file_descriptions = array(
 	'video.php' => __('Video Attachment Template'),
 	'audio.php' => __('Audio Attachment Template'),
 	'application.php' => __('Application Attachment Template'),
-	'my-hacks.php' => __( 'my-hacks.php (legacy hacks support)' ),
 	'.htaccess' => __( '.htaccess (for rewrite rules )' ),
 	// Deprecated files
 	'wp-layout.css' => __( 'Stylesheet' ),
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/schema.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
index 4eb6bca715..7129300436 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
@@ -412,7 +412,6 @@ function populate_options() {
 	'moderation_notify' => 1,
 	'permalink_structure' => '',
 	'gzipcompression' => 0,
-	'hack_file' => 0,
 	'blog_charset' => 'UTF-8',
 	'moderation_keys' => '',
 	'active_plugins' => array(),
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/load.php b/src/wp-includes/load.php
index 7ffac2f662..0b34456ab0 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/load.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/load.php
@@ -527,13 +527,6 @@ function wp_get_mu_plugins() {
 function wp_get_active_and_valid_plugins() {
 	$plugins = array();
 	$active_plugins = (array) get_option( 'active_plugins', array() );
-
-	// Check for hacks file if the option is enabled
-	if ( get_option( 'hack_file' ) && file_exists( ABSPATH . 'my-hacks.php' ) ) {
-		_deprecated_file( 'my-hacks.php', '1.5' );
-		array_unshift( $plugins, ABSPATH . 'my-hacks.php' );
-	}
-
 	if ( empty( $active_plugins ) || defined( 'WP_INSTALLING' ) )
 		return $plugins;