diff --git a/wp-includes/taxonomy.php b/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
index 203601757..c51e54858 100644
--- a/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
+++ b/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ function create_initial_taxonomies() {
 													'_builtin' => true
 												) ) ;
 
-	register_taxonomy( 'menu', 'post', array(	'hierarchical' => false,
-														'query_var' => false,
-														'rewrite' => false
-													) ) ;
+	register_taxonomy( 'menu', 'post', array(		'hierarchical' => false,
+													'query_var' => false,
+													'rewrite' => false,
+													'show_ui' => false,
+											) ) ;
 
 	register_taxonomy( 'link_category', 'link', array(	'hierarchical' => false,
 													  	'label' => __('Categories'),