diff --git a/wp-includes/post.php b/wp-includes/post.php
index 9ddf3d96b2..112ba52b7b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post.php
@@ -7653,8 +7653,6 @@ function wp_queue_posts_for_term_meta_lazyload( $posts ) {
 
 	$term_ids = array();
 	if ( $prime_post_terms ) {
-		$prime_term_ids     = array();
-		$prime_taxonomy_ids = array();
 		foreach ( $prime_post_terms as $taxonomy => $post_ids ) {
 			$cached_term_ids = wp_cache_get_multiple( $post_ids, "{$taxonomy}_relationships" );
 			if ( is_array( $cached_term_ids ) ) {
@@ -7663,36 +7661,15 @@ function wp_queue_posts_for_term_meta_lazyload( $posts ) {
 					// Backward compatibility for if a plugin is putting objects into the cache, rather than IDs.
 					foreach ( $_term_ids as $term_id ) {
 						if ( is_numeric( $term_id ) ) {
-							$prime_term_ids[]                  = (int) $term_id;
-							$prime_taxonomy_ids[ $taxonomy ][] = (int) $term_id;
+							$term_ids[] = (int) $term_id;
 						} elseif ( isset( $term_id->term_id ) ) {
-							$prime_taxonomy_ids[ $taxonomy ][] = (int) $term_id->term_id;
-							$prime_term_ids[]                  = (int) $term_id->term_id;
+							$term_ids[] = (int) $term_id->term_id;
 						}
 					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
-
-		if ( $prime_term_ids ) {
-			$prime_term_ids = array_unique( $prime_term_ids );
-			// Do not prime term meta at this point, let the lazy loader take care of that.
-			_prime_term_caches( $prime_term_ids, false );
-
-			foreach ( $prime_taxonomy_ids as $taxonomy => $_term_ids ) {
-				foreach ( $_term_ids as $term_id ) {
-					if ( in_array( $term_id, $term_ids, true ) ) {
-						continue;
-					}
-					$term = get_term( $term_id, $taxonomy );
-					if ( is_wp_error( $term ) ) {
-						continue;
-					}
-
-					$term_ids[] = $term_id;
-				}
-			}
-		}
+		$term_ids = array_unique( $term_ids );
 	}
 
 	wp_lazyload_term_meta( $term_ids );
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index fd6039b99c..75015bfef9 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.3-alpha-55700';
+$wp_version = '6.3-alpha-55701';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.