diff --git a/phpstan.neon.dist b/phpstan.neon.dist
index 655bb9bbc807c..40445fdd271a6 100644
--- a/phpstan.neon.dist
+++ b/phpstan.neon.dist
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ includes:
 	- tests/phpstan/baselines/property.private.neon
 	- tests/phpstan/baselines/return.type.neon
 	- tests/phpstan/baselines/return.unusedType.neon
-	- tests/phpstan/baselines/varTag.noVariable.neon
 	- tests/phpstan/baselines/variable.undefined.neon
 	# phpstan:baselines end
 
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/install.php b/src/wp-admin/install.php
index 85ae31b68b5ae..4a6a57c4be30b 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/install.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/install.php
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
  * We are installing WordPress.
  *
  * @since 1.5.1
- * @var bool
  */
 define( 'WP_INSTALLING', true );
 
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/profile.php b/src/wp-admin/profile.php
index 18fb60069ba75..e7afba6631c6c 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/profile.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/profile.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
  * This is a profile page.
  *
  * @since 2.5.0
- * @var bool
  */
 define( 'IS_PROFILE_PAGE', true );
 
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/upgrade.php b/src/wp-admin/upgrade.php
index 69a7b7693b44e..da84dc4466ccc 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/upgrade.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/upgrade.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
  * We are upgrading WordPress.
  *
  * @since 1.5.1
- * @var bool
  */
 define( 'WP_INSTALLING', true );
 
diff --git a/src/wp-cron.php b/src/wp-cron.php
index 417dcce375849..92dfb67b92db1 100644
--- a/src/wp-cron.php
+++ b/src/wp-cron.php
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@
 
 /**
  * Tell WordPress the cron task is running.
- *
- * @var bool
  */
 define( 'DOING_CRON', true );
 
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php
index 88981421ff937..9e3b66f4fe387 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php
@@ -2904,7 +2904,6 @@ public function get_posts() {
 			_prime_comment_caches( $comment_ids );
 
 			// Convert to WP_Comment.
-			/** @var WP_Comment[] */
 			$this->comments      = array_map( 'get_comment', $comment_ids );
 			$this->comment_count = count( $this->comments );
 
@@ -3310,7 +3309,6 @@ public function get_posts() {
 						return $post_parents;
 					} else {
 						_prime_post_caches( $post_ids, $query_vars['update_post_term_cache'], $query_vars['update_post_meta_cache'] );
-						/** @var WP_Post[] */
 						$this->posts = array_map( 'get_post', $post_ids );
 					}
 				}
@@ -3320,7 +3318,6 @@ public function get_posts() {
 		if ( 'ids' === $query_vars['fields'] ) {
 			$this->posts ??= $wpdb->get_col( $this->request );
 
-			/** @var int[] */
 			$this->posts      = array_map( 'intval', $this->posts );
 			$this->post_count = count( $this->posts );
 			$this->set_found_posts( $query_vars, $limits );
@@ -3451,7 +3448,6 @@ public function get_posts() {
 
 		// Convert to WP_Post objects.
 		if ( $this->posts ) {
-			/** @var WP_Post[] */
 			$this->posts = array_map( 'get_post', $this->posts );
 		}
 
@@ -3571,7 +3567,6 @@ public function get_posts() {
 			_prime_comment_caches( $comment_ids );
 
 			// Convert to WP_Comment.
-			/** @var WP_Comment[] */
 			$this->comments      = array_map( 'get_comment', $comment_ids );
 			$this->comment_count = count( $this->comments );
 		}
@@ -3645,7 +3640,6 @@ public function get_posts() {
 		if ( $this->posts ) {
 			$this->post_count = count( $this->posts );
 
-			/** @var WP_Post[] */
 			$this->posts = array_map( 'get_post', $this->posts );
 
 			if ( $query_vars['cache_results'] ) {
@@ -3657,7 +3651,6 @@ public function get_posts() {
 				}
 			}
 
-			/** @var WP_Post */
 			$this->post = reset( $this->posts );
 		} else {
 			$this->post_count = 0;
@@ -3747,7 +3740,6 @@ public function next_post() {
 
 		++$this->current_post;
 
-		/** @var WP_Post */
 		$this->post = $this->posts[ $this->current_post ];
 		return $this->post;
 	}
@@ -3894,7 +3886,6 @@ public function rewind_posts() {
 	public function next_comment() {
 		++$this->current_comment;
 
-		/** @var WP_Comment */
 		$this->comment = $this->comments[ $this->current_comment ];
 		return $this->comment;
 	}
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/kses.php b/src/wp-includes/kses.php
index aee33b474a4d6..f98ebc37b52c1 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/kses.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/kses.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
  * Using `CUSTOM_TAGS` is not recommended and should be considered deprecated. The
  * {@see 'wp_kses_allowed_html'} filter is more powerful and supplies context.
  *
- * When using this constant, make sure to set all of these globals to arrays:
+ * To use custom tags, define this constant as `true` and set all of these globals to arrays:
  *
  *  - `$allowedposttags`
  *  - `$allowedtags`
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@
  *
  * @see wp_kses_allowed_html()
  * @since 1.2.0
- *
- * @var array[]|false Array of default allowable HTML tags, or false to use the defaults.
  */
 if ( ! defined( 'CUSTOM_TAGS' ) ) {
 	define( 'CUSTOM_TAGS', false );
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/rest-api.php b/src/wp-includes/rest-api.php
index f40021f4d06cd..f1c445e4c58ea 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/rest-api.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/rest-api.php
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 
 /**
  * Version number for our API.
- *
- * @var string
  */
 define( 'REST_API_VERSION', '2.0' );
 
@@ -481,7 +479,6 @@ function rest_api_loaded() {
 	 * Whether this is a REST Request.
 	 *
 	 * @since 4.4.0
-	 * @var bool
 	 */
 	define( 'REST_REQUEST', true );
 
diff --git a/src/xmlrpc.php b/src/xmlrpc.php
index ae73f687a2daa..bbf170d1126f4 100644
--- a/src/xmlrpc.php
+++ b/src/xmlrpc.php
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 
 /**
  * Whether this is an XML-RPC Request.
- *
- * @var bool
  */
 define( 'XMLRPC_REQUEST', true );
 
diff --git a/tests/phpstan/baselines/varTag.noVariable.neon b/tests/phpstan/baselines/varTag.noVariable.neon
deleted file mode 100644
index 36e0f9fed1382..0000000000000
--- a/tests/phpstan/baselines/varTag.noVariable.neon
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-# PHPStan baseline for the `varTag.noVariable` errors in WordPress core.
-#
-# https://phpstan.org/error-identifiers/varTag.noVariable
-#
-# Each entry is scoped to a single file and carries an exact occurrence count,
-# so that a new instance is reported as a new error rather than being absorbed
-# silently. Fixing an occurrence therefore means decrementing or removing its
-# entry here as part of the same change.
-#
-# The goal is to empty this file and delete it, along with the `includes` entry
-# for it in phpstan.neon.dist.
-#
-# Generated by `composer phpstan:baselines`. Do not edit by hand; regenerate with
-#
-#     composer phpstan:baselines -- --identifier=varTag.noVariable
-#
-# which reruns the analysis with this file suppressed so the errors surface again.
-
-parameters:
-	ignoreErrors:
-		-
-			message: '#^PHPDoc tag @var does not specify variable name\.$#'
-			identifier: varTag.noVariable
-			count: 1
-			path: ../../../src/wp-admin/install.php
-		-
-			message: '#^PHPDoc tag @var does not specify variable name\.$#'
-			identifier: varTag.noVariable
-			count: 1
-			path: ../../../src/wp-admin/profile.php
-		-
-			message: '#^PHPDoc tag @var does not specify variable name\.$#'
-			identifier: varTag.noVariable
-			count: 1
-			path: ../../../src/wp-admin/upgrade.php
-		-
-			message: '#^PHPDoc tag @var does not specify variable name\.$#'
-			identifier: varTag.noVariable
-			count: 1
-			path: ../../../src/wp-cron.php
-		-
-			message: '#^PHPDoc tag @var above assignment does not specify variable name\.$#'
-			identifier: varTag.noVariable
-			count: 9
-			path: ../../../src/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php
-		-
-			message: '#^PHPDoc tag @var does not specify variable name\.$#'
-			identifier: varTag.noVariable
-			count: 1
-			path: ../../../src/wp-includes/kses.php
-		-
-			message: '#^PHPDoc tag @var does not specify variable name\.$#'
-			identifier: varTag.noVariable
-			count: 2
-			path: ../../../src/wp-includes/rest-api.php
-		-
-			message: '#^PHPDoc tag @var does not specify variable name\.$#'
-			identifier: varTag.noVariable
-			count: 1
-			path: ../../../src/xmlrpc.php