diff --git a/psalm-baseline.xml b/psalm-baseline.xml
index e070740ff6..e02718cfb1 100644
--- a/psalm-baseline.xml
+++ b/psalm-baseline.xml
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@
       <code><![CDATA[$configData]]></code>
       <code><![CDATA[$defaultValue]]></code>
       <code><![CDATA[$defaultValue]]></code>
-      <code><![CDATA[$evalResult]]></code>
       <code><![CDATA[$path]]></code>
       <code><![CDATA[$prefsType]]></code>
       <code><![CDATA[$prefsType]]></code>
diff --git a/src/Config.php b/src/Config.php
index 5592c24851..a56ea965db 100644
--- a/src/Config.php
+++ b/src/Config.php
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ use function array_replace_recursive;
 use function array_slice;
 use function count;
 use function defined;
-use function error_reporting;
 use function explode;
 use function fclose;
 use function file_exists;
@@ -92,8 +91,6 @@ class Config
     /** @var int     source modification time */
     public int $sourceMtime = 0;
 
-    public bool $errorConfigFile = false;
-
     private bool $isHttps = false;
 
     public Settings $config;
@@ -357,36 +354,21 @@ class Config
         /** @var mixed $cfg */
         $cfg = [];
 
-        /**
-         * Parses the configuration file, we throw away any errors or
-         * output.
-         */
-        $canUseErrorReporting = function_exists('error_reporting');
-        $oldErrorReporting = null;
-        if ($canUseErrorReporting) {
-            $oldErrorReporting = error_reporting(0);
-        }
-
         ob_start();
         try {
-            /** @psalm-suppress UnresolvableInclude */
-            $evalResult = include $this->getSource();
+            /**
+             * Suppress any warnings generated by require or inside the included file
+             *
+             * @psalm-suppress UnresolvableInclude
+             */
+            @require $this->getSource();
         } catch (Throwable) {
             throw new ConfigException('Failed to load phpMyAdmin configuration.');
         }
 
         ob_end_clean();
 
-        if ($canUseErrorReporting) {
-            error_reporting($oldErrorReporting);
-        }
-
-        if ($evalResult === false) {
-            $this->errorConfigFile = true;
-        } else {
-            $this->errorConfigFile = false;
-            $this->sourceMtime = (int) filemtime($this->getSource());
-        }
+        $this->sourceMtime = (int) filemtime($this->getSource());
 
         if (is_array($cfg)) {
             $this->config = new Settings($cfg);
@@ -656,24 +638,6 @@ class Config
         throw new ConfigException(__('Wrong permissions on configuration file, should not be world writable!'));
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Checks for errors (must be called after config.inc.php has been merged)
-     *
-     * @throws ConfigException
-     */
-    public function checkErrors(): void
-    {
-        if (! $this->errorConfigFile) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        $error = '[strong]' . __('Failed to read configuration file!') . '[/strong]'
-            . '[br][br]'
-            . __('This usually means there is a syntax error in it.');
-
-        throw new ConfigException(Sanitize::convertBBCode($error));
-    }
-
     /**
      * returns specific config setting
      *
diff --git a/src/Http/Middleware/ConfigErrorAndPermissionChecking.php b/src/Http/Middleware/ConfigErrorAndPermissionChecking.php
index d2ac800f43..609da3ea08 100644
--- a/src/Http/Middleware/ConfigErrorAndPermissionChecking.php
+++ b/src/Http/Middleware/ConfigErrorAndPermissionChecking.php
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ final class ConfigErrorAndPermissionChecking implements MiddlewareInterface
     {
         try {
             $this->config->checkPermissions();
-            $this->config->checkErrors();
         } catch (ConfigException $exception) {
             $response = $this->responseFactory->createResponse(StatusCodeInterface::STATUS_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);