diff --git a/js/server_status_variables.js b/js/server_status_variables.js
index 47956f8464..9c3974ba14 100644
--- a/js/server_status_variables.js
+++ b/js/server_status_variables.js
@@ -88,21 +88,12 @@ AJAX.registerOnload('server_status_variables.js', function () {
             $('#linkSuggestions').css('display', 'none');
         }
 
-        odd_row = false;
         $('#serverstatusvariables').find('th.name').each(function () {
             if ((textFilter === null || textFilter.exec($(this).text())) &&
                 (! alertFilter || $(this).next().find('span.attention').length > 0) &&
                 (categoryFilter.length === 0 || $(this).parent().hasClass('s_' + categoryFilter))
             ) {
-                odd_row = ! odd_row;
                 $(this).parent().css('display', '');
-                if (odd_row) {
-                    $(this).parent().addClass('odd');
-                    $(this).parent().removeClass('even');
-                } else {
-                    $(this).parent().addClass('even');
-                    $(this).parent().removeClass('odd');
-                }
             } else {
                 $(this).parent().css('display', 'none');
             }
diff --git a/libraries/server_status_variables.lib.php b/libraries/server_status_variables.lib.php
index 60ec7d589e..0b4d6356d0 100644
--- a/libraries/server_status_variables.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/server_status_variables.lib.php
@@ -221,11 +221,8 @@ function PMA_getHtmlForRenderVariables($ServerStatusData, $alerts, $strShowStatu
     $retval .= '</thead>';
     $retval .= '<tbody>';
 
-    $odd_row = false;
     foreach ($ServerStatusData->status as $name => $value) {
-        $odd_row = !$odd_row;
-        $retval .= '<tr class="' . ($odd_row ? 'odd' : 'even')
-            . (isset($ServerStatusData->allocationMap[$name])
+        $retval .= '<tr class="' . (isset($ServerStatusData->allocationMap[$name])
                 ?' s_' . $ServerStatusData->allocationMap[$name]
                 : '')
             . '">';