diff --git a/inc/cleanup.php b/inc/cleanup.php
index 5cdf9e9..82a5ff1 100644
--- a/inc/cleanup.php
+++ b/inc/cleanup.php
@@ -586,10 +586,6 @@ function roots_notice_tagline_ignore() {
 
 add_action('admin_init', 'roots_notice_tagline_ignore');
 
-// set the post revisions to 5 unless the constant
-// was set in wp-config.php to avoid DB bloat
-if (!defined('WP_POST_REVISIONS')) { define('WP_POST_REVISIONS', 5); }
-
 // allow more tags in TinyMCE including <iframe> and <script>
 function roots_change_mce_options($options) {
   $ext = 'pre[id|name|class|style],iframe[align|longdesc|name|width|height|frameborder|scrolling|marginheight|marginwidth|src],script[charset|defer|language|src|type]';
diff --git a/inc/config.php b/inc/config.php
index eb4680a..889ff57 100644
--- a/inc/config.php
+++ b/inc/config.php
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ define('SIDEBAR_CLASSES',           'span4');
 define('FULLWIDTH_CLASSES',         'span12');
 define('GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID',       '');
 
+// Set the post revisions to 5 unless previously set to avoid DB bloat
+if (!defined('WP_POST_REVISIONS')) { define('WP_POST_REVISIONS', 5); }
+
 define('WP_BASE',                   wp_base_dir());
 define('THEME_NAME',                next(explode('/themes/', get_template_directory())));
 define('RELATIVE_PLUGIN_PATH',      str_replace(site_url() . '/', '', plugins_url()));