diff --git a/db_datadict.php b/db_datadict.php
index 37b98a046c..c7ea1a9225 100644
--- a/db_datadict.php
+++ b/db_datadict.php
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ foreach ($tables as $table) {
      * Gets columns properties
      */
     $columns = PMA_DBI_getColumns($db, $table);
-    $fields_cnt  = count($columns);
 
     if (PMA_MYSQL_INT_VERSION < 50025) {
         // We need this to correctly learn if a TIMESTAMP is NOT NULL, since