diff --git a/wp-includes/canonical.php b/wp-includes/canonical.php
index bffe27ba6..b4d190718 100644
--- a/wp-includes/canonical.php
+++ b/wp-includes/canonical.php
@@ -277,6 +277,15 @@ function redirect_canonical( $requested_url = null, $do_redirect = true ) {
 				$redirect['path'] = trailingslashit($redirect['path']) . $addl_path;
 			$redirect_url = $redirect['scheme'] . '://' . $redirect['host'] . $redirect['path'];
 		}
+
+		if ( 'wp-register.php' == basename( $redirect['path'] ) ) {
+			if ( is_multisite() )
+				$redirect_url = apply_filters( 'wp_signup_location', site_url( 'wp-signup.php' ) );
+			else
+				$redirect_url = site_url( 'wp-login.php?action=register' );
+			wp_redirect( $redirect_url, 301 );
+			die();
+		}
 	}
 
 	// tack on any additional query vars
diff --git a/wp-includes/rewrite.php b/wp-includes/rewrite.php
index b805515fb..13808d14e 100644
--- a/wp-includes/rewrite.php
+++ b/wp-includes/rewrite.php
@@ -1534,6 +1534,7 @@ class WP_Rewrite {
 			$registration_pages['.*wp-signup.php$'] = $this->index . '?signup=true';
 			$registration_pages['.*wp-activate.php$'] = $this->index . '?activate=true';
 		}
+		$registration_pages['.*wp-register.php$'] = $this->index . '?register=true'; // Deprecated
 
 		// Post
 		$post_rewrite = $this->generate_rewrite_rules( $this->permalink_structure, EP_PERMALINK, false, true, false, false );
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 6150e072e..a58746c19 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ $wp_version = '3.4-beta3-20587';
  *
  * @global int $wp_db_version
  */
-$wp_db_version = 20148;
+$wp_db_version = 20596;
 
 /**
  * Holds the TinyMCE version
diff --git a/wp-register.php b/wp-register.php
deleted file mode 100644
index a9062e0d5..000000000
--- a/wp-register.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * Used to be the page which displayed the registration form.
- *
- * This file is no longer used in WordPress and is
- * deprecated.
- *
- * @package WordPress
- * @deprecated Use wp_register() to create a registration link instead
- */
-
-require('./wp-load.php');
-wp_redirect( site_url('wp-login.php?action=register') );
-exit;