diff --git a/system/Database/Database.php b/system/Database/Database.php
index 75c959e9a46a..9598242f01bb 100644
--- a/system/Database/Database.php
+++ b/system/Database/Database.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public function load(array $params = [], string $alias = '')
      */
     public function loadForge(ConnectionInterface $db): Forge
     {
-        if (! $db->connID) {
+        if ($db->connID === false) {
             $db->initialize();
         }
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public function loadForge(ConnectionInterface $db): Forge
      */
     public function loadUtils(ConnectionInterface $db): BaseUtils
     {
-        if (! $db->connID) {
+        if ($db->connID === false) {
             $db->initialize();
         }
 
diff --git a/utils/phpstan-baseline/booleanNot.exprNotBoolean.neon b/utils/phpstan-baseline/booleanNot.exprNotBoolean.neon
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a6537ef488d..000000000000
--- a/utils/phpstan-baseline/booleanNot.exprNotBoolean.neon
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# total 2 errors
-
-parameters:
-    ignoreErrors:
-        -
-            message: '#^Only booleans are allowed in a negated boolean, mixed given\.$#'
-            count: 2
-            path: ../../system/Database/Database.php
diff --git a/utils/phpstan-baseline/loader.neon b/utils/phpstan-baseline/loader.neon
index 9e11a81c645c..b8c387c27d31 100644
--- a/utils/phpstan-baseline/loader.neon
+++ b/utils/phpstan-baseline/loader.neon
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# total 2168 errors
+# total 2166 errors
 
 includes:
     - argument.type.neon
     - arguments.count.neon
     - assign.propertyType.neon
-    - booleanNot.exprNotBoolean.neon
     - codeigniter.getReassignArray.neon
     - codeigniter.modelArgumentType.neon
     - codeigniter.superglobalAccess.neon