diff --git a/lib/load.php b/lib/load.php
index 89d360fb80c4b6..801cd27527c96e 100644
--- a/lib/load.php
+++ b/lib/load.php
@@ -14,16 +14,6 @@
 require_once __DIR__ . '/init.php';
 require_once __DIR__ . '/upgrade.php';
 
-register_post_meta(
-	'post',
-	'footnotes',
-	array(
-		'show_in_rest' => true,
-		'single'       => true,
-		'type'         => 'string',
-	)
-);
-
 /**
  * Checks whether the Gutenberg experiment is enabled.
  *
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/store/reducer.js b/packages/block-editor/src/store/reducer.js
index a9a933a23a07c6..b851c0293c8f16 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/store/reducer.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/store/reducer.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import fastDeepEqual from 'fast-deep-equal/es6';
 import { pipe } from '@wordpress/compose';
 import { combineReducers, select } from '@wordpress/data';
 import { store as blocksStore } from '@wordpress/blocks';
-
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/footnotes/index.php b/packages/block-library/src/footnotes/index.php
index f04bb44e469750..bf0f9057b5cdcb 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/footnotes/index.php
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/footnotes/index.php
@@ -51,9 +51,18 @@ function render_block_core_footnotes( $attributes, $content, $block ) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Registers the `core/comment-template` block on the server.
+ * Registers the `core/footnotes` block on the server.
  */
 function register_block_core_footnotes() {
+	register_post_meta(
+		'post',
+		'footnotes',
+		array(
+			'show_in_rest' => true,
+			'single'       => true,
+			'type'         => 'string',
+		)
+	);
 	register_block_type_from_metadata(
 		__DIR__ . '/footnotes',
 		array(