diff --git a/psalm-baseline.xml b/psalm-baseline.xml
index a07692b5a1..dd0302dc1d 100644
--- a/psalm-baseline.xml
+++ b/psalm-baseline.xml
@@ -901,9 +901,6 @@
     <DeprecatedMethod>
       <code>Config::getInstance()</code>
     </DeprecatedMethod>
-    <InvalidArrayOffset>
-      <code><![CDATA[$GLOBALS['num_cols']]]></code>
-    </InvalidArrayOffset>
     <MixedArgument>
       <code>$columnDefault</code>
       <code>$columnDefault</code>
@@ -932,7 +929,6 @@
     </MixedArgumentTypeCoercion>
     <MixedAssignment>
       <code><![CDATA[$GLOBALS['message']]]></code>
-      <code><![CDATA[$GLOBALS['num_cols']]]></code>
       <code>$columnDefault</code>
       <code>$columnDefault</code>
     </MixedAssignment>
diff --git a/src/Controllers/Database/CentralColumnsController.php b/src/Controllers/Database/CentralColumnsController.php
index d627d191fc..a71d86b4d2 100644
--- a/src/Controllers/Database/CentralColumnsController.php
+++ b/src/Controllers/Database/CentralColumnsController.php
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ class CentralColumnsController extends AbstractController
     public function __invoke(ServerRequest $request): void
     {
         $GLOBALS['message'] ??= null;
-        $GLOBALS['num_cols'] ??= null;
 
         if ($request->hasBodyParam('edit_save')) {
             $this->response->addHTML((string) $this->editSave([
@@ -135,13 +134,13 @@ class CentralColumnsController extends AbstractController
             $pos = (int) $request->getParsedBodyParam('pos');
         }
 
-        $GLOBALS['num_cols'] = $this->centralColumns->getColumnsCount(
+        $numberOfColumns = $this->centralColumns->getColumnsCount(
             $GLOBALS['db'],
             $pos,
             Config::getInstance()->settings['MaxRows'],
         );
         $GLOBALS['message'] = Message::success(
-            sprintf(__('Showing rows %1$s - %2$s.'), $pos + 1, $pos + $GLOBALS['num_cols']),
+            sprintf(__('Showing rows %1$s - %2$s.'), $pos + 1, $pos + $numberOfColumns),
         );
         if (! isset($tmpMsg) || $tmpMsg === true) {
             return;