diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/post.php b/wp-admin/includes/post.php
index a7c07aae4..af4242d47 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/post.php
@@ -385,11 +385,7 @@ function get_default_post_to_edit( $post_type = 'post', $create_in_db = false )
$post->post_status = 'draft';
$post->to_ping = '';
$post->pinged = '';
- if ( 'page' == $post_type ) {
- $post->comment_status = get_option( 'default_comment_status_page' );
- } else {
- $post->comment_status = get_option( 'default_comment_status' );
- }
+ $post->comment_status = get_option( 'default_comment_status' );
$post->ping_status = get_option( 'default_ping_status' );
$post->post_pingback = get_option( 'default_pingback_flag' );
$post->post_category = get_option( 'default_category' );
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/schema.php b/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
index 098b4ff29..0218bffd8 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ function populate_options() {
'mailserver_port' => 110,
'default_category' => 1,
'default_comment_status' => 'open',
- 'default_comment_status_page' => 'open',
'default_ping_status' => 'open',
'default_pingback_flag' => 1,
'default_post_edit_rows' => 10,
diff --git a/wp-admin/options-discussion.php b/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
index d9457bbbb..8802f7631 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
@@ -42,12 +42,6 @@ include('./admin-header.php');
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/wp-admin/options.php b/wp-admin/options.php
index 0a4e8817e..15f489d3e 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ if ( is_multisite() && !is_super_admin() && 'update' != $action )
$whitelist_options = array(
'general' => array( 'blogname', 'blogdescription', 'gmt_offset', 'date_format', 'time_format', 'start_of_week', 'timezone_string' ),
- 'discussion' => array( 'default_pingback_flag', 'default_ping_status', 'default_comment_status_page', 'default_comment_status', 'comments_notify', 'moderation_notify', 'comment_moderation', 'require_name_email', 'comment_whitelist', 'comment_max_links', 'moderation_keys', 'blacklist_keys', 'show_avatars', 'avatar_rating', 'avatar_default', 'close_comments_for_old_posts', 'close_comments_days_old', 'thread_comments', 'thread_comments_depth', 'page_comments', 'comments_per_page', 'default_comments_page', 'comment_order', 'comment_registration' ),
+ 'discussion' => array( 'default_pingback_flag', 'default_ping_status', 'default_comment_status', 'comments_notify', 'moderation_notify', 'comment_moderation', 'require_name_email', 'comment_whitelist', 'comment_max_links', 'moderation_keys', 'blacklist_keys', 'show_avatars', 'avatar_rating', 'avatar_default', 'close_comments_for_old_posts', 'close_comments_days_old', 'thread_comments', 'thread_comments_depth', 'page_comments', 'comments_per_page', 'default_comments_page', 'comment_order', 'comment_registration' ),
'media' => array( 'thumbnail_size_w', 'thumbnail_size_h', 'thumbnail_crop', 'medium_size_w', 'medium_size_h', 'large_size_w', 'large_size_h', 'image_default_size', 'image_default_align', 'image_default_link_type', 'embed_autourls', 'embed_size_w', 'embed_size_h' ),
'privacy' => array( 'blog_public' ),
'reading' => array( 'posts_per_page', 'posts_per_rss', 'rss_use_excerpt', 'blog_charset', 'show_on_front', 'page_on_front', 'page_for_posts' ),
diff --git a/wp-includes/post.php b/wp-includes/post.php
index 820a624fe..e34f0a326 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post.php
@@ -2252,11 +2252,7 @@ function wp_insert_post($postarr = array(), $wp_error = false) {
if ( $update )
$comment_status = 'closed';
else
- if ( 'page' == $post_type ) {
- $comment_status = get_option( 'default_comment_status_page' );
- } else {
- $comment_status = get_option( 'default_comment_status' );
- }
+ $comment_status = get_option('default_comment_status');
}
if ( empty($ping_status) )
$ping_status = get_option('default_ping_status');