diff --git a/wp-admin/admin-header.php b/wp-admin/admin-header.php
index 199eda2a1..a32916e86 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin-header.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin-header.php
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ function gethelp_link($this_file, $helptag) {
 
 if (!isset($blogID))    $blog_ID=1;
 if (!isset($debug))        $debug=0;
-timer_start();
 
 $dogs = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->categories WHERE 1=1");
 foreach ($dogs as $catt) {
diff --git a/wp-blog-header.php b/wp-blog-header.php
index 5e6afd9ad..23f12c559 100644
--- a/wp-blog-header.php
+++ b/wp-blog-header.php
@@ -145,8 +145,6 @@ foreach (array_merge($wpvarstoreset, $more_wpvars) as $wpvar) {
     }
 }
 
-if ($pagenow != 'post.php') { timer_start(); }
-
 // Update some caches.
 update_category_cache();
 
diff --git a/wp-settings.php b/wp-settings.php
index e56534561..26a44ae12 100644
--- a/wp-settings.php
+++ b/wp-settings.php
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ if ( !(phpversion() >= '4.1') )
 
 
 require (ABSPATH . WPINC . '/functions.php');
+timer_start();
 require (ABSPATH . WPINC . '/functions-formatting.php');
 require (ABSPATH . WPINC . '/template-functions.php');
 require (ABSPATH . WPINC . '/links.php');