diff --git a/includes/bootstrap.inc b/includes/bootstrap.inc
index adf56c85ceea63cb31339c788c30ce7d45f93f4b..a664fc85797c2651d2e8b38a7c4311214c01fa1e 100644
--- a/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -673,18 +673,6 @@ function page_get_cache() {
   return $cache;
 }
 
-/**
- * Call all init or exit hooks without including all modules.
- *
- * @param $hook
- *   The name of the bootstrap hook we wish to invoke.
- */
-function bootstrap_invoke_all($hook) {
-  foreach (module_implements($hook) as $module) {
-    module_invoke($module, $hook);
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * Includes a file with the provided type and name. This prevents
  * including a theme, engine, module, etc., more than once.
@@ -789,13 +777,6 @@ function drupal_page_cache_header($cache) {
   print $cache->data;
 }
 
-/**
- * Define the critical hooks that force modules to always be loaded.
- */
-function bootstrap_hooks() {
-  return array('boot', 'exit');
-}
-
 /**
  * Unserializes and appends elements from a serialized string.
  *
@@ -1157,14 +1138,14 @@ function _drupal_bootstrap($phase) {
       if (!$cache || $cache_mode != CACHE_AGGRESSIVE) {
         // Load module handling.
         require_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/includes/module.inc';
-        bootstrap_invoke_all('boot');
+        module_invoke_all('boot');
       }
       // If there is a cached page, display it.
       if ($cache) {
         drupal_page_cache_header($cache);
         // If the skipping of the bootstrap hooks is not enforced, call hook_exit.
         if ($cache_mode != CACHE_AGGRESSIVE) {
-          bootstrap_invoke_all('exit');
+          module_invoke_all('exit');
         }
         // We are done.
         exit;
@@ -1368,7 +1349,7 @@ function drupal_get_schema($table = NULL, $rebuild = FALSE) {
         // "prime" module_list() here to to values we want, specifically
         // "yes rebuild the list and don't limit to bootstrap".
         // TODO: Remove this call after http://drupal.org/node/222109 is fixed.
-        module_list(TRUE, FALSE);
+        module_list(TRUE);
         module_load_all_includes('install');
       }
 
diff --git a/includes/install.inc b/includes/install.inc
index 4bbd060b421cddb6e02d76c1c21d21ea06010359..8902d34009f69d6749d67f03998109282e3c807f 100644
--- a/includes/install.inc
+++ b/includes/install.inc
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ function drupal_install_system() {
 
   $system_versions = drupal_get_schema_versions('system');
   $system_version = $system_versions ? max($system_versions) : SCHEMA_INSTALLED;
-  db_query("INSERT INTO {system} (filename, name, type, owner, status, bootstrap, schema_version) VALUES('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, %d)", $system_path . '/system.module', 'system', 'module', '', 1, 0, $system_version);
+  db_query("INSERT INTO {system} (filename, name, type, owner, status, schema_version) VALUES('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d)", $system_path . '/system.module', 'system', 'module', '', 1, $system_version);
   // Now that we've installed things properly, bootstrap the full Drupal environment
   drupal_install_init_database();
   drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_FULL);
diff --git a/includes/module.inc b/includes/module.inc
index 9eb2eeeae500d9a69107a2285a145dd7e5dcd313..92b77a5baf899e95061a0389c9b6c2ca9b55af24 100644
--- a/includes/module.inc
+++ b/includes/module.inc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * Load all the modules that have been enabled in the system table.
  */
 function module_load_all() {
-  foreach (module_list(TRUE, FALSE) as $module) {
+  foreach (module_list(TRUE) as $module) {
     drupal_load('module', $module);
   }
 }
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ function module_load_all() {
  * @param $refresh
  *   Whether to force the module list to be regenerated (such as after the
  *   administrator has changed the system settings).
- * @param $bootstrap
- *   Whether to return the reduced set of modules loaded in "bootstrap mode"
- *   for cached pages. See bootstrap.inc.
  * @param $sort
  *   By default, modules are ordered by weight and filename. Set this option to
  *   TRUE to return a module list ordered only by module name.
@@ -46,7 +43,7 @@ function module_load_all() {
  *   An associative array whose keys and values are the names of all loaded
  *   modules.
  */
-function module_list($refresh = FALSE, $bootstrap = TRUE, $sort = FALSE, $fixed_list = NULL) {
+function module_list($refresh = FALSE, $sort = FALSE, $fixed_list = NULL) {
   static $list = array(), $sorted_list;
 
   if (empty($list) || $refresh || $fixed_list) {
@@ -59,12 +56,7 @@ function module_list($refresh = FALSE, $bootstrap = TRUE, $sort = FALSE, $fixed_
       }
     }
     else {
-      if ($bootstrap) {
-        $result = db_query("SELECT name, filename FROM {system} WHERE type = 'module' AND status = 1 AND bootstrap = 1 ORDER BY weight ASC, filename ASC");
-      }
-      else {
-        $result = db_query("SELECT name, filename FROM {system} WHERE type = 'module' AND status = 1 ORDER BY weight ASC, filename ASC");
-      }
+      $result = db_query("SELECT name, filename FROM {system} WHERE type = 'module' AND status = 1 ORDER BY weight ASC, filename ASC");
       while ($module = db_fetch_object($result)) {
         if (file_exists($module->filename)) {
           drupal_get_filename('module', $module->name, $module->filename);
@@ -125,24 +117,14 @@ function module_rebuild_cache() {
     // modify the data in the .info files if necessary.
     drupal_alter('system_info', $files[$filename]->info, $files[$filename]);
 
-    // Log the critical hooks implemented by this module.
-    $bootstrap = 0;
-    foreach (bootstrap_hooks() as $hook) {
-      // Only look for hooks in installed modules.
-      if (!empty($file->status) && in_array($file->name, module_implements($hook))) {
-        $bootstrap = 1;
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-
     // Update the contents of the system table:
     if (isset($file->status) || (isset($file->old_filename) && $file->old_filename != $file->filename)) {
-      db_query("UPDATE {system} SET info = '%s', name = '%s', filename = '%s', bootstrap = %d WHERE filename = '%s'", serialize($files[$filename]->info), $file->name, $file->filename, $bootstrap, $file->old_filename);
+      db_query("UPDATE {system} SET info = '%s', name = '%s', filename = '%s' WHERE filename = '%s'", serialize($files[$filename]->info), $file->name, $file->filename, $file->old_filename);
     }
     else {
       // This is a new module.
       $files[$filename]->status = 0;
-      db_query("INSERT INTO {system} (name, info, type, filename, status, bootstrap) VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d)", $file->name, serialize($files[$filename]->info), 'module', $file->filename, 0, $bootstrap);
+      db_query("INSERT INTO {system} (name, info, type, filename, status) VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d)", $file->name, serialize($files[$filename]->info), 'module', $file->filename, 0);
     }
   }
   $files = _module_build_dependencies($files);
@@ -295,7 +277,7 @@ function module_enable($module_list) {
 
   if (!empty($invoke_modules)) {
     // Refresh the module list to include the new enabled module.
-    module_list(TRUE, FALSE);
+    module_list(TRUE);
     // Force to regenerate the stored list of hook implementations.
     registry_rebuild();
   }
@@ -345,7 +327,7 @@ function module_disable($module_list) {
     // so we can still call module hooks to get information.
     module_invoke_all('modules_disabled', $invoke_modules);
     // Refresh the module list to exclude the disabled modules.
-    module_list(TRUE, FALSE);
+    module_list(TRUE);
     // Force to regenerate the stored list of hook implementations.
     registry_rebuild();
   }
diff --git a/includes/theme.maintenance.inc b/includes/theme.maintenance.inc
index f64fd42455248c8cebb9abd4d481207d67153bac..e88ebce93242b420e7325aa36243fd9e66b2a71c 100644
--- a/includes/theme.maintenance.inc
+++ b/includes/theme.maintenance.inc
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function _drupal_maintenance_theme() {
     // Load module basics (needed for hook invokes).
     $module_list['system']['filename'] = 'modules/system/system.module';
     $module_list['filter']['filename'] = 'modules/filter/filter.module';
-    module_list(TRUE, FALSE, FALSE, $module_list);
+    module_list(TRUE, FALSE, $module_list);
     drupal_load('module', 'system');
     drupal_load('module', 'filter');
 
diff --git a/install.php b/install.php
index 9b91d56d5c7b8b8641a7fb271c215bf39867ae7a..05654a4e64dd392b4aef76dad48ceb5488bc3621 100644
--- a/install.php
+++ b/install.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function install_main() {
   include_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/includes/module.inc';
   $module_list['system']['filename'] = 'modules/system/system.module';
   $module_list['filter']['filename'] = 'modules/filter/filter.module';
-  module_list(TRUE, FALSE, FALSE, $module_list);
+  module_list(TRUE, FALSE, $module_list);
   drupal_load('module', 'system');
   drupal_load('module', 'filter');
 
diff --git a/modules/system/system.admin.inc b/modules/system/system.admin.inc
index 970c0488a96f04eec05731d98954fac102b5f420..99033a32626ed11bb7d7e1dde95ac17073565a09 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.admin.inc
+++ b/modules/system/system.admin.inc
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ function system_modules_submit($form, &$form_state) {
     drupal_install_modules($new_modules);
   }
 
-  $current_module_list = module_list(TRUE, FALSE);
+  $current_module_list = module_list(TRUE);
   if ($old_module_list != $current_module_list) {
     drupal_set_message(t('The configuration options have been saved.'));
   }
diff --git a/modules/system/system.install b/modules/system/system.install
index bcde1b9432266d188813a8856944d009b44bb0f2..ae9cd81cddfd0104babcc6d918d499c3c0c23bbb 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.install
+++ b/modules/system/system.install
@@ -1208,12 +1208,6 @@ function system_schema() {
         'not null' => TRUE,
         'default' => 0,
       ),
-      'bootstrap' => array(
-        'description' => "Boolean indicating whether this module is loaded during Drupal's early bootstrapping phase (e.g. even before the page cache is consulted).",
-        'type' => 'int',
-        'not null' => TRUE,
-        'default' => 0,
-      ),
       'schema_version' => array(
         'description' => "The module's database schema version number. -1 if the module is not installed (its tables do not exist); 0 or the largest N of the module's hook_update_N() function that has either been run or existed when the module was first installed.",
         'type' => 'int',
@@ -1236,7 +1230,6 @@ function system_schema() {
     'primary key' => array('filename'),
     'indexes' => array(
       'modules' => array(array('type', 12), 'status', 'weight', 'filename'),
-      'bootstrap' => array(array('type', 12), 'status', 'bootstrap', 'weight', 'filename'),
     ),
   );
 
@@ -3130,6 +3123,15 @@ function system_update_7013() {
   return $ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Drop the bootstrap column from the {system} table.
+ */
+function system_update_7014() {
+  $ret = array();
+  db_drop_field($ret, 'system', 'bootstrap');
+  return $ret;
+}
+
 /**
  * @} End of "defgroup updates-6.x-to-7.x"
  * The next series of updates should start at 8000.
diff --git a/modules/system/system.module b/modules/system/system.module
index 151c26979ec8bf8468b386c0e8f893d73a78e7d8..833e54556414d47c690d8e4e3695f8c87058830d 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.module
+++ b/modules/system/system.module
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ function system_theme_data() {
       $theme->owner = '';
     }
 
-    db_query("INSERT INTO {system} (name, owner, info, type, filename, status, bootstrap) VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d)", $theme->name, $theme->owner, serialize($theme->info), 'theme', $theme->filename, isset($theme->status) ? $theme->status : 0, 0);
+    db_query("INSERT INTO {system} (name, owner, info, type, filename, status) VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d)", $theme->name, $theme->owner, serialize($theme->info), 'theme', $theme->filename, isset($theme->status) ? $theme->status : 0);
   }
 
   return $themes;
diff --git a/modules/system/system.test b/modules/system/system.test
index 756b6c196c714f048424ecd45b2031db1a25d9b8..a88cef45713cfa496aec723d2e8bf05b478b51eb 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.test
+++ b/modules/system/system.test
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class EnableDisableCoreTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
    * @param boolean $enabled Module state.
    */
   function assertModules(Array $modules, $enabled) {
-    module_list(TRUE, FALSE);
+    module_list(TRUE);
     foreach ($modules as $module) {
       if ($enabled) {
         $message = 'Module "@module" is enabled.';
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index 937e98f32f967dfabe8d8afa6187e0266d94c1c4..0cefcb70568a541f3648919a8940f37eecf46e35 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ function update_check_requirements() {
   include_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/includes/module.inc';
   $module_list['system']['filename'] = 'modules/system/system.module';
   $module_list['filter']['filename'] = 'modules/filter/filter.module';
-  module_list(TRUE, FALSE, FALSE, $module_list);
+  module_list(TRUE, FALSE, $module_list);
   drupal_load('module', 'system');
   drupal_load('module', 'filter');