diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/schema.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
index 59a5574d51..cd66e1924b 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
@@ -516,9 +516,6 @@ function populate_options() {
 	// 4.4.0
 	'medium_large_size_w' => 768,
 	'medium_large_size_h' => 0,
-
-	// 4.7.0
-	'fresh_site' => 1,
 	);
 
 	// 3.3
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php
index 848002e87b..63c59a4565 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ function wp_install( $blog_title, $user_name, $user_email, $public, $deprecated
 	update_option('admin_email', $user_email);
 	update_option('blog_public', $public);
 
+	// Freshness of site - in the future, this could get more specific about actions taken, perhaps.
+	update_option( 'fresh_site', 1 );
+
 	if ( $language ) {
 		update_option( 'WPLANG', $language );
 	}