diff --git a/wp-includes/media.php b/wp-includes/media.php
index 9d43a65446..e8785718b3 100644
--- a/wp-includes/media.php
+++ b/wp-includes/media.php
@@ -2424,7 +2424,6 @@ function get_the_post_format_image( $attached_size = 'full', &$post = null ) {
 						if ( strstr( $shortcode[0], $url ) ) {
 							if ( ! $matched )
 								$matched = do_shortcode_tag( $shortcode );
-							// $content = str_replace( $shortcode[0], '', $content, $count );
 						}
 					}
 				}
@@ -2438,7 +2437,6 @@ function get_the_post_format_image( $attached_size = 'full', &$post = null ) {
 						if ( strstr( $match[0], $url ) ) {
 							if ( ! $matched )
 								$matched = $match[0];
-							// $content = str_replace( $match[0], '', $content, $count );
 						}
 					}
 				}
@@ -2505,9 +2503,9 @@ function img_html_to_post_id( $html, &$matched_html = null ) {
 	if ( ! preg_match( '#class=([\'"])(.+?)\1#is', $matched_html, $matches ) || empty( $matches ) )
 		return $attachment_id;
 
-	$classes = $matches[2]; 
-	if ( ! empty( $classes ) && false !== strpos( $classes, 'wp-image-' ) ) 
-		if ( preg_match( '#wp-image-([0-9]+)#i', $classes, $matches ) )	
+	$classes = $matches[2];
+	if ( ! empty( $classes ) && false !== strpos( $classes, 'wp-image-' ) )
+		if ( preg_match( '#wp-image-([0-9]+)#i', $classes, $matches ) )
 			$attachment_id = absint( $matches[1] );
 
 	return $attachment_id;
diff --git a/wp-includes/post-formats.php b/wp-includes/post-formats.php
index d33cf32ca6..297cde0c1b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post-formats.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post-formats.php
@@ -240,21 +240,18 @@ add_filter( 'wp_get_object_terms', '_post_format_wp_get_object_terms' );
  *
  * @since 3.6.0
  *
- * @param string $content A string which might contain a URL, passed by reference.
- * @param boolean $remove Whether to remove the found URL from the passed content.
+ * @param string $content A string which might contain a URL.
  * @return string The found URL.
  */
-function get_content_url( &$content, $remove = false ) {
+function get_content_url( $content ) {
 	if ( empty( $content ) )
 		return '';
 
 	// the content is a URL
 	$trimmed = trim( $content );
 	if ( 0 === stripos( $trimmed, 'http' ) && ! preg_match( '#\s#', $trimmed ) ) {
-		if ( $remove )
-			$content = '';
-
 		return $trimmed;
+
 	// the content is HTML so we grab the first href
 	} elseif ( preg_match( '/<a\s[^>]*?href=([\'"])(.+?)\1/is', $content, $matches ) ) {
 		return esc_url_raw( $matches[2] );
@@ -264,12 +261,8 @@ function get_content_url( &$content, $remove = false ) {
 	$line = trim( array_shift( $lines ) );
 
 	// the content is a URL followed by content
-	if ( 0 === stripos( $line, 'http' ) ) {
-		if ( $remove )
-			$content = trim( join( "\n", $lines ) );
-
+	if ( 0 === stripos( $line, 'http' ) )
 		return esc_url_raw( $line );
-	}
 
 	return '';
 }