diff --git a/wp-includes/deprecated.php b/wp-includes/deprecated.php
index e53bc5d7c..49c2538e2 100644
--- a/wp-includes/deprecated.php
+++ b/wp-includes/deprecated.php
@@ -2602,24 +2602,6 @@ function update_category_cache() {
 	return true;
 }
 
-
-/**
- * Copy an object.
- *
- * Returns a cloned copy of an object.
- *
- * @since 2.7.0
- * @deprecated 3.2
- *
- * @param object $object The object to clone
- * @return object The cloned object
- */
-function wp_clone( $object ) {
-	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.2' );
-
-	return clone $object;
-}
-
 /**
  * Check for PHP timezone support
  *
diff --git a/wp-includes/load.php b/wp-includes/load.php
index 47167b351..1841f16e7 100644
--- a/wp-includes/load.php
+++ b/wp-includes/load.php
@@ -550,6 +550,22 @@ function shutdown_action_hook() {
 	wp_cache_close();
 }
 
+/**
+ * Copy an object.
+ *
+ * @since 2.7.0
+ * @deprecated 3.2
+ *
+ * @param object $object The object to clone
+ * @return object The cloned object
+ */
+
+function wp_clone( $object ) {
+	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.2' );
+
+	return clone $object;
+}
+
 /**
  * Whether the current request is for a network or blog admin page
  *