diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp.php
index f2de5f4143..14beeaa338 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp.php
@@ -95,6 +95,17 @@ class WP {
 			$this->public_query_vars[] = $qv;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Remove name from list of public query variables.
+	 *
+	 * @since 4.5.0
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name Query variable name.
+	 */
+	public function remove_query_var( $name ) {
+		$this->public_query_vars = array_diff( $this->public_query_vars, array( $name ) );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Set the value of a query variable.
 	 *
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/wp.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/wp.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df5cdfcf37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/wp.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @group wp
+ */
+class Tests_WP extends WP_UnitTestCase {
+	/**
+	 * @var WP
+	 */
+	protected $wp;
+
+	public function setUp() {
+		$this->wp = new WP();
+	}
+
+	public function test_add_query_var() {
+		$public_qv_count = count( $this->wp->public_query_vars );
+
+		$this->wp->add_query_var( 'test' );
+		$this->wp->add_query_var( 'test2' );
+		$this->wp->add_query_var( 'test' );
+
+		$this->assertSame( $public_qv_count + 2, count( $this->wp->public_query_vars ) );
+		$this->assertTrue( in_array( 'test', $this->wp->public_query_vars ) );
+		$this->assertTrue( in_array( 'test2', $this->wp->public_query_vars ) );
+	}
+
+	public function test_remove_query_var() {
+		$public_qv_count = count( $this->wp->public_query_vars );
+
+		$this->wp->add_query_var( 'test' );
+		$this->assertTrue( in_array( 'test', $this->wp->public_query_vars ) );
+		$this->wp->remove_query_var( 'test' );
+
+		$this->assertSame( $public_qv_count, count( $this->wp->public_query_vars ) );
+	}
+}