diff --git a/.phpcs.xml b/.phpcs.xml
index 541fb4d1..c78cd9ff 100644
--- a/.phpcs.xml
+++ b/.phpcs.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 <ruleset>
 	<rule ref="./vendor/mediawiki/mediawiki-codesniffer/MediaWiki">
 		<exclude name="MediaWiki.Files.ClassMatchesFilename.NotMatch" />
-		<exclude name="MediaWiki.VariableAnalysis.UnusedGlobalVariables.UnusedGlobal$wgWBClientSettings" />
 		<exclude name="MediaWiki.Commenting.FunctionComment.MissingDocumentationPublic" />
 		<exclude name="MediaWiki.Commenting.LicenseComment.InvalidLicenseTag" />
 	</rule>
diff --git a/UniversalLanguageSelector.hooks.php b/UniversalLanguageSelector.hooks.php
index b927c22a..917960eb 100644
--- a/UniversalLanguageSelector.hooks.php
+++ b/UniversalLanguageSelector.hooks.php
@@ -301,7 +301,6 @@ class UniversalLanguageSelectorHooks {
 			$wgULSImeSelectors, $wgULSNoImeSelectors,
 			$wgULSFontRepositoryBasePath,
 			$wgExtensionAssetsPath,
-			$wgWBClientSettings,
 			$wgInterwikiSortingSortPrepend;
 
 		// Place constant stuff here (not depending on request context)