diff --git a/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php b/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
index 15e23ffc3b..6d1888fe68 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
@@ -4437,27 +4437,22 @@ function wp_get_split_term( $old_term_id, $taxonomy ) {
  * Generate a permalink for a taxonomy term archive.
  *
  * @since 2.5.0
- * @since 4.3.0 Introduced `$field` argument.
  *
  * @global WP_Rewrite $wp_rewrite
  *
  * @param object|int|string $term     The term object, ID, or slug whose link will be retrieved.
  * @param string            $taxonomy Optional. Taxonomy. Default empty.
- * @param string            $field    Optional. The term field that should be matched by the `$term` argument. Accepts
- *                                    any `$field` values accepted by `get_term_by()`: 'slug', 'name',
- *                                    'term_taxonomy_id', or 'id'. Default is 'slug', unless `$term` is an integer, in
- *                                    which case it's asssumed to be an ID.
  * @return string|WP_Error HTML link to taxonomy term archive on success, WP_Error if term does not exist.
  */
-function get_term_link( $term, $taxonomy = '', $field = null ) {
+function get_term_link( $term, $taxonomy = '' ) {
 	global $wp_rewrite;
 
 	if ( !is_object($term) ) {
-		if ( is_null( $field ) ) {
-			$field = is_int( $term ) ? 'id' : 'slug';
+		if ( is_int( $term ) ) {
+			$term = get_term( $term, $taxonomy );
+		} else {
+			$term = get_term_by( 'slug', $term, $taxonomy );
 		}
-
-		$term = get_term_by( $field, $term, $taxonomy );
 	}
 
 	if ( !is_object($term) )
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/term/getTermLink.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/term/getTermLink.php
index 728a7cc5b5..748b8e48c9 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/term/getTermLink.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/term/getTermLink.php
@@ -54,53 +54,6 @@ class Tests_Term_GetTermLink extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 
 		$term = (string) $t1;
 
-		$actual = get_term_link( $term, 'wptests_tax', 'id' );
-		$this->assertContains( 'wptests_tax=foo', $actual );
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @ticket 14156
-	 */
-	public function test_should_match_field_by_name() {
-		$t = $this->factory->term->create( array(
-			'taxonomy' => 'wptests_tax',
-			'slug' => 'foo',
-			'name' => 'Bar Term',
-		) );
-
-		$actual = get_term_link( 'Bar Term', 'wptests_tax', 'name' );
-		$this->assertContains( 'wptests_tax=foo', $actual );
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @ticket 14156
-	 */
-	public function test_should_match_field_by_tt_id() {
-		$t = $this->factory->term->create( array(
-			'taxonomy' => 'wptests_tax',
-			'slug' => 'foo',
-			'name' => 'Bar Term',
-		) );
-
-		$actual = get_term_link( 'Bar Term', 'wptests_tax', 'name' );
-		$this->assertContains( 'wptests_tax=foo', $actual );
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @ticket 14156
-	 */
-	public function test_numeric_string_should_be_interpreted_as_term_id_if_id_field_is_specified() {
-		$t1 = $this->factory->term->create( array(
-			'taxonomy' => 'wptests_tax',
-			'name' => 'foo',
-		) );
-		$t2 = $this->factory->term->create( array(
-			'taxonomy' => 'wptests_tax',
-			'slug' => $t1,
-		) );
-
-		$term = (string) $t1;
-
 		$actual = get_term_link( $term, 'wptests_tax' );
 		$this->assertContains( 'wptests_tax=' . $term, $actual );
 	}