diff --git a/wp-admin/menu-header.php b/wp-admin/menu-header.php
index a5d7df3bc..504d72f58 100644
--- a/wp-admin/menu-header.php
+++ b/wp-admin/menu-header.php
@@ -103,15 +103,6 @@ function _wp_menu_output( &$menu, &$submenu, $submenu_as_parent = true ) {
 
 ?>
 
-<ul id="dashmenu" class="wp-menu">
-<?php
-
-_wp_menu_output( $top_menu, $top_submenu, false );
-do_action( 'dashmenu' );
-
-?>
-</ul>
-
 <ul id="adminmenu" class="wp-menu">
 
 <?php
diff --git a/wp-admin/menu.php b/wp-admin/menu.php
index 48d25afe8..4306faebc 100644
--- a/wp-admin/menu.php
+++ b/wp-admin/menu.php
@@ -22,17 +22,6 @@
 $awaiting_mod = wp_count_comments();
 $awaiting_mod = $awaiting_mod->moderated;
 
-$top_menu = $top_submenu = $menu = $submenu = array();
-
-$top_menu[5]  = array( __('My Account'), 'read', 'profile.php' );
-$top_menu[10] = array( __('My Dashboard'), 'read', 'index.php' );
-$top_menu[15] = array( __('New Post'), 'edit_posts', 'post-new.php', 'highlighted' );
-//$top_menu[20] = array( sprintf( __('Inbox (%s)'), "<span id='inbox-num' class='count-$inbox_num'><span class='inbox-count'>" . number_format_i18n($inbox_num) . "</span></span>" ), 'edit_posts', 'inbox.php' );
-$top_menu[20] = array( sprintf( __('Comments (%s)'), "<span id='awaiting-mod' class='count-$awaiting_mod'><span class='comment-count'>" . number_format_i18n($awaiting_mod) . "</span></span>" ), 'edit_posts', 'edit-comments.php');
-$top_menu[25] = array( __('Help'), 'read', 'index.php?help' ); // place holder
-
-$top_submenu['profile.php'][5]  = array( __('Profile'), 'read', 'profile.php' );
-
 $menu[0] = array( __('Dashboard'), 'read', 'index.php' );
 
 $menu[5] = array( __('Posts'), 'edit_posts', 'edit.php', 'wp-menu-open' );
@@ -99,7 +88,7 @@ foreach ($menu as $menu_page) {
 $_wp_submenu_nopriv = array();
 $_wp_menu_nopriv = array();
 // Loop over submenus and remove pages for which the user does not have privs.
-foreach ( array( 'top_submenu', 'submenu' ) as $sub_loop ) {
+foreach ( array( 'submenu' ) as $sub_loop ) {
 	foreach ($$sub_loop as $parent => $sub) {
 		foreach ($sub as $index => $data) {
 			if ( ! current_user_can($data[1]) ) {