diff --git a/Main/SOGo.m b/Main/SOGo.m
index 8504f8509..beef82a47 100644
--- a/Main/SOGo.m
+++ b/Main/SOGo.m
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2005-2016 Inverse inc.
+  Copyright (C) 2005-2022 Inverse inc.
 
   This file is part of SOGo
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static BOOL debugLeaks;
   /* FIXME: make use of [EOChannelAdaptor describeTableNames] instead */
   tableName = [url lastPathComponent];
   if ([tc evaluateExpressionX:
-	    [NSString stringWithFormat: @"SELECT count(*) FROM %@",
+	    [NSString stringWithFormat: @"SELECT 1 FROM %@ WHERE 1 = 2",
 		      tableName]])
     {
       // We re-acquire the channel in case it was abruptly closed between statements
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static BOOL debugLeaks;
 
   tableName = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"sogo_quick_%@", typeName];
   driver = [url substringToIndex: [url rangeOfString: @":"].location];
-  sql = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"SELECT count(*) FROM %@",
+  sql = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"SELECT 1 FROM %@ WHERE 1 = 2",
                   tableName];
   if ([channel evaluateExpressionX: sql])
     {
diff --git a/SOPE/GDLContentStore/EOAdaptorChannel+GCS.m b/SOPE/GDLContentStore/EOAdaptorChannel+GCS.m
index 649d19383..8be7b7b48 100644
--- a/SOPE/GDLContentStore/EOAdaptorChannel+GCS.m
+++ b/SOPE/GDLContentStore/EOAdaptorChannel+GCS.m
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     didOpen = YES;
   }
 
-  sql = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM %@ WHERE 1 = 2",
+  sql = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"SELECT 1 FROM %@ WHERE 1 = 2",
                   tableName];
   ex = [self evaluateExpressionX: sql];
   [self cancelFetch];
diff --git a/SOPE/GDLContentStore/GCSAlarmsFolder.m b/SOPE/GDLContentStore/GCSAlarmsFolder.m
index 811477031..d20727009 100644
--- a/SOPE/GDLContentStore/GCSAlarmsFolder.m
+++ b/SOPE/GDLContentStore/GCSAlarmsFolder.m
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* GCSAlarmsFolder.m - this file is part of SOGo
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2010-2016 Inverse inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2010-2022 Inverse inc.
  *
  * This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static NSString *alarmsFolderURLString = nil;
 
   queries = [tc specialQueries];
 
-  sql = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"SELECT count(*) FROM %@",
+  sql = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"SELECT 1 FROM %@ WHERE 1 = 2",
                   [self _storeTableName]];
   if ([tc evaluateExpressionX: sql])
     {
diff --git a/SOPE/GDLContentStore/GCSSessionsFolder.m b/SOPE/GDLContentStore/GCSSessionsFolder.m
index 734a7b692..b550ec974 100644
--- a/SOPE/GDLContentStore/GCSSessionsFolder.m
+++ b/SOPE/GDLContentStore/GCSSessionsFolder.m
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 /* GCSSessionsFolder.m - this file is part of SOGo
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Inverse inc.
- *
- * Author: Ludovic Marcotte  <lmarcotte@inverse.ca>
+ * Copyright (C) 2010-2022 Inverse inc.
  *
  * This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -181,7 +179,7 @@ static NSString *sessionsFolderURLString = nil;
 
   queries = [tc specialQueries];
 
-  sql = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"SELECT count(*) FROM %@", tableName];
+  sql = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"SELECT 1 FROM %@ WHERE 1 = 2", tableName];
   if ([tc evaluateExpressionX: sql])
     {
       sql = [queries createSessionsFolderWithName: tableName];