diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/bookmark.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/bookmark.php
index 43da0e44dc..1aa8224536 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/bookmark.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/bookmark.php
@@ -149,8 +149,6 @@ function wp_insert_link( $linkdata, $wp_error = false ) {
 	$args = wp_parse_args( $linkdata, $defaults );
 	$r = sanitize_bookmark( $args, 'db' );
 
-	extract( wp_unslash( $linkdata ), EXTR_SKIP );
-
 	$update = false;
 	if ( ! empty( $r['link_id'] ) ) {
 		$update = true;