diff --git a/src/wp-includes/functions.php b/src/wp-includes/functions.php
index 2cce881518..383c0fedef 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -4248,28 +4248,7 @@ function dead_db() {
}
// Otherwise, be terse.
- status_header( 500 );
- nocache_headers();
- header( 'Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8' );
-
- $dir_attr = '';
- if ( is_rtl() ) {
- $dir_attr = ' dir="rtl"';
- }
- ?>
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"<?php echo $dir_attr; ?>>
-<head>
-<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
- <title><?php _e( 'Database Error' ); ?></title>
-
-</head>
-<body>
- <h1><?php _e( 'Error establishing a database connection' ); ?></h1>
-</body>
-</html>
- <?php
- die();
+ wp_die( '<h1>' . __( 'Error establishing a database connection' ) . '</h1>', __( 'Database Error' ) );
}
/**