I'm not sure if this is an intentional feature, but to me it seems like something that should be improved. I removed all the lines about the configuration storage from my config.inc.php then load my PMA instance. I see the warning message that my configuration storage is not completely configured. I don't recall a way to disable the display of the message (for instance, setting VerboseCheck = false still gives the message). I've encountered a user who doesn't have the tables created, has no need of them, and wishes the message could be hidden, which seems reasonable to me. To me, it seems the check should only be done if the pmadb directive is set. I understand wanting to notify the user that there are more advanced features they can use, but not at the cost of displaying a warning message in this instance. Any other thoughts about this?