diff --git a/core/includes/bootstrap.inc b/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
index e26cb36..6e49675 100644
--- a/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -2474,7 +2474,6 @@ function drupal_container(Container $reset = NULL) {
  *   HMAC and timestamp.
  */
 function drupal_valid_test_ua() {
-  global $drupal_hash_salt;
   // No reason to reset this.
   static $test_prefix;
 
@@ -2488,7 +2487,7 @@ function drupal_valid_test_ua() {
     // We use the salt from settings.php to make the HMAC key, since
     // the database is not yet initialized and we can't access any Drupal variables.
     // The file properties add more entropy not easily accessible to others.
-    $key = $drupal_hash_salt . filectime(__FILE__) . fileinode(__FILE__);
+    $key = drupal_get_hash_salt() . filectime(__FILE__) . fileinode(__FILE__);
     $time_diff = REQUEST_TIME - $time;
     // Since we are making a local request a 5 second time window is allowed,
     // and the HMAC must match.
@@ -2506,14 +2505,13 @@ function drupal_valid_test_ua() {
  * Generates a user agent string with a HMAC and timestamp for simpletest.
  */
 function drupal_generate_test_ua($prefix) {
-  global $drupal_hash_salt;
   static $key;
 
   if (!isset($key)) {
     // We use the salt from settings.php to make the HMAC key, since
     // the database is not yet initialized and we can't access any Drupal variables.
     // The file properties add more entropy not easily accessible to others.
-    $key = $drupal_hash_salt . filectime(__FILE__) . fileinode(__FILE__);
+    $key = drupal_get_hash_salt() . filectime(__FILE__) . fileinode(__FILE__);
   }
   // Generate a moderately secure HMAC based on the database credentials.
   $salt = uniqid('', TRUE);
@@ -3058,7 +3056,7 @@ function drupal_classloader() {
       case 'apc':
         if (function_exists('apc_store')) {
           require_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/core/vendor/symfony/class-loader/Symfony/Component/ClassLoader/ApcUniversalClassLoader.php';
-          $loader = new ApcUniversalClassLoader('drupal.' . $GLOBALS['drupal_hash_salt']);
+          $loader = new ApcUniversalClassLoader('drupal.' . drupal_get_hash_salt());
           break;
         }
       // Fall through to the default loader if APC was not loaded, so that the
@@ -3447,6 +3445,19 @@ function drupal_is_cli() {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Gets a salt useful for hardening against SQL injection.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   A salt based on information in settings.php, not in the database.
+ */
+function drupal_get_hash_salt() {
+  global $drupal_hash_salt, $databases;
+  // If the $drupal_hash_salt variable is empty, a hash of the serialized
+  // database credentials is used as a fallback salt.
+  return empty($drupal_hash_salt) ? hash('sha256', serialize($databases)) : $drupal_hash_salt;
+}
+
+/**
  * Formats text for emphasized display in a placeholder inside a sentence.
  *
  * Used automatically by format_string().
diff --git a/core/includes/common.inc b/core/includes/common.inc
index 17e1363..eaa5e04 100644
--- a/core/includes/common.inc
+++ b/core/includes/common.inc
@@ -4822,19 +4822,6 @@ function drupal_json_decode($var) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Gets a salt useful for hardening against SQL injection.
- *
- * @return
- *   A salt based on information in settings.php, not in the database.
- */
-function drupal_get_hash_salt() {
-  global $drupal_hash_salt, $databases;
-  // If the $drupal_hash_salt variable is empty, a hash of the serialized
-  // database credentials is used as a fallback salt.
-  return empty($drupal_hash_salt) ? hash('sha256', serialize($databases)) : $drupal_hash_salt;
-}
-
-/**
  * Ensures the private key variable used to generate tokens is set.
  *
  * @return