diff --git a/core/modules/locale/locale.compare.inc b/core/modules/locale/locale.compare.inc
index c7d4306..c27e350 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/locale.compare.inc
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.compare.inc
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@ function locale_translation_get_projects() {
 
   if (empty($projects)) {
     // Get project data from the database.
-    // @todo: http://drupal.org/node/1627006#comment-6396658
-    // Specify the columns because SELECT * has bad performance on InnoDB.
-    $result = db_query('SELECT * FROM {locale_project}');
+    $result = db_query('SELECT name, project_type, core, version, server_pattern, status FROM {locale_project}');
 
     // @todo: http://drupal.org/node/1627006#comment-6396658
     // This may not be sufficient to check if the information is out of date for
@@ -48,9 +46,7 @@ function locale_translation_get_projects() {
       // At least the core project should be in the database, so we build the
       // data if none are found.
       locale_translation_build_projects();
-      // @todo: http://drupal.org/node/1627006#comment-6396658
-      // Specify the columns because SELECT * has bad performance on InnoDB.
-      $result = db_query('SELECT * FROM {locale_project}');
+      $result = db_query('SELECT name, project_type, core, version, server_pattern, status FROM {locale_project}');
     }
 
     foreach ($result as $project) {