diff --git a/wp-includes/deprecated.php b/wp-includes/deprecated.php
index 00f2c8053..f585792a2 100644
--- a/wp-includes/deprecated.php
+++ b/wp-includes/deprecated.php
@@ -479,4 +479,9 @@ function get_settings($option) {
 	return get_option($option);
 }
 
+// Use the_permalink().
+function permalink_link() {
+	the_permalink();
+}
+
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/wp-includes/link-template.php b/wp-includes/link-template.php
index 38c0fa415..bc5c2294c 100644
--- a/wp-includes/link-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/link-template.php
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ function the_permalink() {
 }
 
 
-function permalink_link() { // For backwards compatibility
-	echo apply_filters('the_permalink', get_permalink());
-}
-
-
 /**
  * Conditionally adds a trailing slash if the permalink structure
  * has a trailing slash, strips the trailing slash if not