diff --git a/wp-includes/ms-settings.php b/wp-includes/ms-settings.php
index 9022313e5..42df103d4 100644
--- a/wp-includes/ms-settings.php
+++ b/wp-includes/ms-settings.php
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@
* @since 3.0.0
*/
-// $base sanity check.
-if ( 'BASE' == $base )
- die( /*WP_I18N_BASE_ERROR*/'Configuration error in wp-config.php
. $base
is set to BASE
when it should be like /
or /blogs/
.'/*/WP_I18N_BASE_ERROR*/ );
-
/** Include Multisite initialization functions */
require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/ms-load.php' );
require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/ms-default-constants.php' );