diff --git a/libraries/classes/Engines/Innodb.php b/libraries/classes/Engines/Innodb.php
index 5b32fb5f39..166d5bf619 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Engines/Innodb.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Engines/Innodb.php
@@ -281,18 +281,6 @@ class Innodb extends StorageEngine
         return 'innodb-storage-engine';
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Gets the InnoDB plugin version number
-     *
-     * @return string the version number, or empty if not running as a plugin
-     */
-    public function getInnodbPluginVersion()
-    {
-        global $dbi;
-
-        return $dbi->fetchValue('SELECT @@innodb_version;') ?: '';
-    }
-
     /**
      * Gets the InnoDB file format
      *
@@ -300,19 +288,14 @@ class Innodb extends StorageEngine
      *
      * @return string|null the InnoDB file format
      */
-    public function getInnodbFileFormat(): ?string
+    public function getInnodbFileFormat(): string|null
     {
         global $dbi;
 
-        $value = $dbi->fetchValue("SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES LIKE 'innodb_file_format';", 1);
-
-        if ($value === false) {
-            // This variable does not exist anymore on MariaDB >= 10.6.0
-            // This variable does not exist anymore on MySQL >= 8.0.0
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        return (string) $value;
+        return (
+          ($dbi->isMariaDB() && $dbi->getVersion() >= 100600)
+          || ($dbi->isMySql() && $dbi->getVersion() >= 80000) 
+        ) ? '' : $dbi->fetchValue("SELECT @@innodb_file_format;");
     }
 
     /**