diff --git a/Documentation.html b/Documentation.html
index 05f1e93f9c..bdcc80fbb2 100644
--- a/Documentation.html
+++ b/Documentation.html
@@ -1238,19 +1238,6 @@ CREATE DATABASE,ALTER DATABASE,DROP DATABASE</pre>
         data (referring to tables which no longer exist).<br />
         We only keep this number of newest rows in table_uiprefs and automatically delete older rows.</dd>
 
-    <dt><span id="cfg_Servers_verbose_check">$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose_check']</span> boolean
-    </dt>
-    <dd>Because release 2.5.0 introduced the new MIME-transformation support, the
-        column_info table got enhanced with three new columns. If the above variable
-        is set to <code>TRUE</code> (default) phpMyAdmin will check if you have the
-        latest table structure available. If not, it will emit a warning to the
-        superuser.<br /><br />
-
-        You can disable this checking behavior by setting the variable to false,
-        which should offer a performance increase.<br /><br />
-
-        Recommended to set to FALSE, when you are sure, your table structure is
-        up to date.</dd>
     <dt><span id="cfg_Servers_AllowRoot">$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowRoot']</span>
         boolean</dt>
     <dd>Whether to allow root access. This is just a shortcut for the AllowDeny rules below.
diff --git a/libraries/config.default.php b/libraries/config.default.php
index fcf7d406cb..217d1cb9d8 100644
--- a/libraries/config.default.php
+++ b/libraries/config.default.php
@@ -399,14 +399,6 @@ $cfg['Servers'][$i]['userconfig'] = '';
  */
 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['MaxTableUiprefs'] = 100;
 
-/**
- * set to false if you know that your pma_* tables are up to date.
- * This prevents compatibility checks and thereby increases performance.
- *
- * @global boolean $cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose_check']
- */
-$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose_check'] = true;
-
 /**
  * whether to allow root login
  *
diff --git a/libraries/config/messages.inc.php b/libraries/config/messages.inc.php
index ed36b8775e..bd7d10a5d3 100644
--- a/libraries/config/messages.inc.php
+++ b/libraries/config/messages.inc.php
@@ -449,8 +449,6 @@ $strConfigServers_userconfig_desc = __('Leave blank for no user preferences stor
 $strConfigServers_userconfig_name = __('User preferences storage table');
 $strConfigServers_user_desc = __('Leave empty if not using config auth');
 $strConfigServers_user_name = __('User for config auth');
-$strConfigServers_verbose_check_desc = __('Disable if you know that your pma_* tables are up to date. This prevents compatibility checks and thereby increases performance');
-$strConfigServers_verbose_check_name = __('Verbose check');
 $strConfigServers_verbose_desc = __('A user-friendly description of this server. Leave blank to display the hostname instead.');
 $strConfigServers_verbose_name = __('Verbose name of this server');
 $strConfigShowAll_desc = __('Whether a user should be displayed a &quot;show all (rows)&quot; button');
diff --git a/libraries/config/setup.forms.php b/libraries/config/setup.forms.php
index 94912567fd..5ca2f03e08 100644
--- a/libraries/config/setup.forms.php
+++ b/libraries/config/setup.forms.php
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ $forms['Servers']['Server_pmadb'] = array('Servers' => array(1 => array(
     'controlhost',
     'controluser',
     'controlpass',
-    'verbose_check',
     'bookmarktable' => 'pma_bookmark',
     'relation' => 'pma_relation',
     'userconfig' => 'pma_userconfig',
diff --git a/libraries/relation.lib.php b/libraries/relation.lib.php
index 61164478ac..95372ec70e 100644
--- a/libraries/relation.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/relation.lib.php
@@ -293,34 +293,7 @@ function PMA__getRelationsParam()
 
     if (isset($cfgRelation['column_info'])) {
         $cfgRelation['commwork']    = true;
-
-        if ($GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['verbose_check']) {
-            $mime_query  = PMA_DBI_get_columns_sql($cfgRelation['db'], $cfgRelation['column_info']);
-            $mime_rs     = PMA_query_as_controluser($mime_query, false);
-
-            $mime_field_mimetype                = false;
-            $mime_field_transformation          = false;
-            $mime_field_transformation_options  = false;
-            while ($curr_mime_field = @PMA_DBI_fetch_row($mime_rs)) {
-                if ($curr_mime_field[0] == 'mimetype') {
-                    $mime_field_mimetype               = true;
-                } elseif ($curr_mime_field[0] == 'transformation') {
-                    $mime_field_transformation         = true;
-                } elseif ($curr_mime_field[0] == 'transformation_options') {
-                    $mime_field_transformation_options = true;
-                }
-            }
-            PMA_DBI_free_result($mime_rs);
-
-            if ($mime_field_mimetype
-                && $mime_field_transformation
-                && $mime_field_transformation_options
-            ) {
-                $cfgRelation['mimework'] = true;
-            }
-        } else {
-            $cfgRelation['mimework'] = true;
-        }
+        $cfgRelation['mimework'] = true;
     }
 
     if (isset($cfgRelation['history'])) {