2 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-archives.php b/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-archives.php
index f32aa9bbb0..21d3a7b672 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-archives.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-archives.php
@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ class WP_Widget_Archives extends WP_Widget {
 					$label = __( 'Select Post' );
 					break;
 			}
-
-			$type_attr = current_theme_supports( 'html5', 'script' ) ? '' : ' type="text/javascript"';
 			?>
 
 			<option value=""><?php echo esc_html( $label ); ?></option>
@@ -109,8 +107,8 @@ class WP_Widget_Archives extends WP_Widget {
 
 		</select>
 
-<script<?php echo $type_attr; ?>>
-/* <![CDATA[ */
+			<?php ob_start(); ?>
+<script>
 (function() {
 	var dropdown = document.getElementById( "<?php echo esc_js( $dropdown_id ); ?>" );
 	function onSelectChange() {
@@ -120,9 +118,9 @@ class WP_Widget_Archives extends WP_Widget {
 	}
 	dropdown.onchange = onSelectChange;
 })();
-/* ]]> */
 </script>
 			<?php
+			wp_print_inline_script_tag( str_replace( array( '<script>', '</script>' ), '', ob_get_clean() ) );
 		} else {
 			$format = current_theme_supports( 'html5', 'navigation-widgets' ) ? 'html5' : 'xhtml';
 
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-categories.php b/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-categories.php
index 3c009709ba..e00ce7f960 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-categories.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-categories.php
@@ -92,11 +92,10 @@ class WP_Widget_Categories extends WP_Widget {
 
 			echo '</form>';
 
-			$type_attr = current_theme_supports( 'html5', 'script' ) ? '' : ' type="text/javascript"';
+			ob_start();
 			?>
 
-<script<?php echo $type_attr; ?>>
-/* <![CDATA[ */
+<script>
 (function() {
 	var dropdown = document.getElementById( "<?php echo esc_js( $dropdown_id ); ?>" );
 	function onCatChange() {
@@ -106,10 +105,10 @@ class WP_Widget_Categories extends WP_Widget {
 	}
 	dropdown.onchange = onCatChange;
 })();
-/* ]]> */
 </script>
 
 			<?php
+			wp_print_inline_script_tag( str_replace( array( '<script>', '</script>' ), '', ob_get_clean() ) );
 		} else {
 			$format = current_theme_supports( 'html5', 'navigation-widgets' ) ? 'html5' : 'xhtml';