diff --git a/src/Dev.php b/src/Dev.php
index aee459be5..e615386bc 100644
--- a/src/Dev.php
+++ b/src/Dev.php
@@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ class Dev
      */
     private static function get_sql_log_html(object $db_obj, string $log_name): string
     {
-        global $lang;
-
         $log = '';
 
         foreach ($db_obj->dbg as $i => $dbg) {
diff --git a/src/Legacy/SqlDb.php b/src/Legacy/SqlDb.php
index b58d2dbcc..9ceb9e17d 100644
--- a/src/Legacy/SqlDb.php
+++ b/src/Legacy/SqlDb.php
@@ -950,8 +950,6 @@ class SqlDb
      */
     public function explain($mode, $html_table = '', $row = '')
     {
-        global $lang;
-
         $query = str_compact($this->cur_query);
         // remove comments
         $query = preg_replace('#(\s*)(/\*)(.*)(\*/)(\s*)#', '', $query);