diff --git a/doc/config.rst b/doc/config.rst
index b468c5bb59..4ce3cbe915 100644
--- a/doc/config.rst
+++ b/doc/config.rst
@@ -1056,25 +1056,6 @@ Server connection settings
     after logout (doesn't affect config authentication method). Should be
     absolute including protocol.
 
-.. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['StatusCacheDatabases']
-
-    :type: array of strings
-    :default: array()
-
-    Enables caching of ``TABLE STATUS`` outputs for specific databases on
-    this server (in some cases ``TABLE STATUS`` can be very slow, so you
-    may want to cache it). APC is used (if the PHP extension is available,
-    if not, this setting is ignored silently). You have to provide
-    :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['StatusCacheLifetime']`.
-
-.. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['StatusCacheLifetime']
-
-    :type: integer
-    :default: 0
-
-    Lifetime in seconds of the ``TABLE STATUS`` cache if
-    :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['StatusCacheDatabases']` is used.
-
 Generic settings
 ----------------
 
diff --git a/libraries/DatabaseInterface.class.php b/libraries/DatabaseInterface.class.php
index d5a3a4246f..56c8b72ff1 100644
--- a/libraries/DatabaseInterface.class.php
+++ b/libraries/DatabaseInterface.class.php
@@ -540,118 +540,6 @@ class PMA_DatabaseInterface
         }
         // end (get information from table schema)
 
-        // If permissions are wrong on even one database directory,
-        // information_schema does not return any table info for any database
-        // this is why we fall back to SHOW TABLE STATUS even for MySQL >= 50002
-        if (empty($tables) && !PMA_DRIZZLE) {
-            foreach ($databases as $each_database) {
-                if ($table || (true === $tbl_is_group) || $tble_type) {
-                    $sql = 'SHOW TABLE STATUS FROM '
-                        . PMA_Util::backquote($each_database)
-                        . ' WHERE';
-                    $needAnd = false;
-                    if ($table || (true === $tbl_is_group)) {
-                        $sql .= " `Name` LIKE '"
-                            . PMA_Util::escapeMysqlWildcards(
-                                PMA_Util::sqlAddSlashes($table, true)
-                            )
-                            . "%'";
-                        $needAnd = true;
-                    }
-                    if ($tble_type) {
-                        if ($needAnd) {
-                            $sql .= " AND";
-                        }
-                        if ($tble_type == 'view') {
-                            $sql .= " `Comment` = 'VIEW'";
-                        } else if ($tble_type == 'table') {
-                            $sql .= " `Comment` != 'VIEW'";
-                        }
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    $sql = 'SHOW TABLE STATUS FROM '
-                        . PMA_Util::backquote($each_database);
-                }
-
-                $useStatusCache = false;
-
-                if (extension_loaded('apc')
-                    && isset($GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['StatusCacheDatabases'])
-                    && ! empty($GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['StatusCacheLifetime'])
-                ) {
-                    $statusCacheDatabases
-                        = (array) $GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['StatusCacheDatabases'];
-                    if (in_array($each_database, $statusCacheDatabases)) {
-                        $useStatusCache = true;
-                    }
-                }
-
-                $each_tables = null;
-
-                if ($useStatusCache) {
-                    $cacheKey = 'phpMyAdmin_tableStatus_'
-                        . sha1($GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['host'] . '_' . $sql);
-
-                    $each_tables = apc_fetch($cacheKey);
-                }
-
-                if (! $each_tables) {
-                    $each_tables = $this->fetchResult($sql, 'Name', null, $link);
-                }
-
-                if ($useStatusCache) {
-                    apc_store(
-                        $cacheKey, $each_tables,
-                        $GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['StatusCacheLifetime']
-                    );
-                }
-
-                // Sort naturally if the config allows it and we're sorting
-                // the Name column.
-                if ($sort_by == 'Name' && $GLOBALS['cfg']['NaturalOrder']) {
-                    uksort($each_tables, 'strnatcasecmp');
-
-                    if ($sort_order == 'DESC') {
-                        $each_tables = array_reverse($each_tables);
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    // Prepare to sort by creating array of the selected sort
-                    // value to pass to array_multisort
-
-                    // Size = Data_length + Index_length
-                    if ($sort_by == 'Data_length') {
-                        foreach ($each_tables as $table_name => $table_data) {
-                            ${$sort_by}[$table_name] = strtolower(
-                                $table_data['Data_length']
-                                + $table_data['Index_length']
-                            );
-                        }
-                    } else {
-                        foreach ($each_tables as $table_name => $table_data) {
-                            ${$sort_by}[$table_name]
-                                = strtolower($table_data[$sort_by]);
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    if ($sort_order == 'DESC') {
-                        array_multisort($$sort_by, SORT_DESC, $each_tables);
-                    } else {
-                        array_multisort($$sort_by, SORT_ASC, $each_tables);
-                    }
-                }
-
-                if ($limit_count) {
-                    $each_tables = array_slice(
-                        $each_tables, $limit_offset, $limit_count
-                    );
-                }
-
-                $tables[$each_database] = $this->copyTableProperties(
-                    $each_tables, $each_database
-                );
-            }
-        }
-
         $this->_cacheTableData($tables, $table);
 
         if (! is_array($database)) {
diff --git a/libraries/config.default.php b/libraries/config.default.php
index e4b74baa89..d33b1fffe7 100644
--- a/libraries/config.default.php
+++ b/libraries/config.default.php
@@ -578,23 +578,6 @@ $cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking_add_drop_table'] = true;
 
 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking_add_drop_database'] = true;
 
-/**
- * Enables caching of TABLE STATUS outputs for specific databases on this server
- * (in some cases TABLE STATUS can be very slow, so you may want to cache it).
- * APC is used (if the PHP extension is available, if not, this setting is ignored
- * silently). You have to provide StatusCacheLifetime.
- *
- * @global array $cfg['Servers'][$i]['StatusCacheDatabases']
- */
-$cfg['Servers'][$i]['StatusCacheDatabases'] = array();
-
-/**
- * Lifetime in seconds of the TABLE STATUS cache if StatusCacheDatabases is used
- *
- * @global integer $cfg['Servers'][$i]['StatusCacheLifetime']
- */
-$cfg['Servers'][$i]['StatusCacheLifetime'] = 0;
-
 /**
  * Default server (0 = no default server)
  *