diff --git a/wp-includes/class-wp-metadata-lazyloader.php b/wp-includes/class-wp-metadata-lazyloader.php
index ae3cca4823..f9c02391d2 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-wp-metadata-lazyloader.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-wp-metadata-lazyloader.php
@@ -65,10 +65,6 @@ class WP_Metadata_Lazyloader {
 				'filter'   => 'get_blog_metadata',
 				'callback' => array( $this, 'lazyload_meta_callback' ),
 			),
-			'user'    => array(
-				'filter'   => 'get_user_metadata',
-				'callback' => array( $this, 'lazyload_meta_callback' ),
-			),
 		);
 	}
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/pluggable.php b/wp-includes/pluggable.php
index eb6eb9fb36..098024b083 100644
--- a/wp-includes/pluggable.php
+++ b/wp-includes/pluggable.php
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists( 'cache_users' ) ) :
 	function cache_users( $user_ids ) {
 		global $wpdb;
 
-		$user_ids = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $user_ids ), SORT_NUMERIC );
-		wp_lazyload_user_meta( $user_ids );
+		update_meta_cache( 'user', $user_ids );
 
 		$clean = _get_non_cached_ids( $user_ids, 'users' );
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/user.php b/wp-includes/user.php
index 4f431f0f81..10d8d4a21d 100644
--- a/wp-includes/user.php
+++ b/wp-includes/user.php
@@ -1310,21 +1310,6 @@ function update_user_meta( $user_id, $meta_key, $meta_value, $prev_value = '' )
 	return update_metadata( 'user', $user_id, $meta_key, $meta_value, $prev_value );
 }
 
-/**
- * Queue user meta for lazy-loading.
- *
- * @since 6.9.0
- *
- * @param int[] $user_ids List of user IDs.
- */
-function wp_lazyload_user_meta( array $user_ids ) {
-	if ( empty( $user_ids ) ) {
-		return;
-	}
-	$lazyloader = wp_metadata_lazyloader();
-	$lazyloader->queue_objects( 'user', $user_ids );
-}
-
 /**
  * Counts number of users who have each of the user roles.
  *
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 86d9d096f5..2723ecb59c 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.9-alpha-61037';
+$wp_version = '6.9-alpha-61038';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.