diff --git a/libraries/structure.lib.php b/libraries/structure.lib.php
index 414b48c1c1..247e3a9446 100644
--- a/libraries/structure.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/structure.lib.php
@@ -2488,27 +2488,6 @@ function PMA_displayHtmlForColumnChange($db, $table, $selected, $action)
     $GLOBALS['action'] = 'tbl_structure.php';
     $GLOBALS['num_fields'] = $num_fields;
 
-    // Get more complete field information.
-    // For now, this is done to obtain MySQL 4.1.2+ new TIMESTAMP options
-    // and to know when there is an empty DEFAULT value.
-    // Later, if the analyser returns more information, it
-    // could be executed to replace the info given by SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM.
-    /**
-     * @todo put this code into a require()
-     * or maybe make it part of $GLOBALS['dbi']->getColumns();
-     */
-
-    // We also need this to correctly learn if a TIMESTAMP is NOT NULL, since
-    // SHOW FULL COLUMNS says NULL and SHOW CREATE TABLE says NOT NULL (tested
-    // in MySQL 4.0.25).
-
-    $show_create_table = $GLOBALS['dbi']->fetchValue(
-        'SHOW CREATE TABLE ' . PMA_Util::backquote($db) . '.'
-        . PMA_Util::backquote($table),
-        0, 1
-    );
-    $analyzed_sql = PMA_SQP_analyze(PMA_SQP_parse($show_create_table));
-    unset($show_create_table);
     /**
      * Form for changing properties.
      */