diff --git a/.php-cs-fixer.dist.php b/.php-cs-fixer.dist.php
index 2e5cc541915e6..b188dd552c400 100644
--- a/.php-cs-fixer.dist.php
+++ b/.php-cs-fixer.dist.php
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@
             'combine_consecutive_issets'                       => true,
             // Calling unset on multiple items should be done in one call
             'combine_consecutive_unsets'                       => true,
+            // There must be no sprintf calls with only the first argument
+            'no_useless_sprintf'                               => true,
         ]
     )
     ->setFinder($finder);
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_actionlogs/src/Model/ActionlogModel.php b/administrator/components/com_actionlogs/src/Model/ActionlogModel.php
index 611e7578fd2c3..0a1ac8b1cd9ff 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_actionlogs/src/Model/ActionlogModel.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_actionlogs/src/Model/ActionlogModel.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public function addLog($messages, $messageLanguageKey, $context, $userId = 0)
         try {
             $user = $userId ? $this->getUserFactory()->loadUserById($userId) : $this->getCurrentUser();
         } catch (\UnexpectedValueException $e) {
-            @trigger_error(\sprintf('UserFactory must be set, this will not be caught anymore in 7.0.'), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+            @trigger_error('UserFactory must be set, this will not be caught anymore in 7.0.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
             $user = Factory::getUser($userId);
         }
 
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_fields/src/Model/FieldModel.php b/administrator/components/com_fields/src/Model/FieldModel.php
index db44abc384813..cdb173524567c 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_fields/src/Model/FieldModel.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_fields/src/Model/FieldModel.php
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ private function checkDefaultValue($data)
             try {
                 $rule->setDatabase($this->getDatabase());
             } catch (DatabaseNotFoundException) {
-                @trigger_error(\sprintf('Database must be set, this will not be caught anymore in 5.0.'), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+                @trigger_error('Database must be set, this will not be caught anymore in 5.0.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
                 $rule->setDatabase(Factory::getContainer()->get(DatabaseInterface::class));
             }
         }
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Indexer/Indexer.php b/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Indexer/Indexer.php
index 6aec4b6572342..1ed61b79faf90 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Indexer/Indexer.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Indexer/Indexer.php
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class Indexer
     public function __construct(?DatabaseInterface $db = null)
     {
         if ($db === null) {
-            @trigger_error(\sprintf('Database will be mandatory in 5.0.'), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+            @trigger_error('Database will be mandatory in 5.0.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
             $db = Factory::getContainer()->get(DatabaseInterface::class);
         }
 
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Indexer/Query.php b/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Indexer/Query.php
index 61b1bd4cd9b5f..17838e033bdc2 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Indexer/Query.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Indexer/Query.php
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class Query
     public function __construct($options, ?DatabaseInterface $db = null)
     {
         if ($db === null) {
-            @trigger_error(\sprintf('Database will be mandatory in 5.0.'), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+            @trigger_error('Database will be mandatory in 5.0.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
             $db = Factory::getContainer()->get(DatabaseInterface::class);
         }
 
diff --git a/libraries/src/Categories/Categories.php b/libraries/src/Categories/Categories.php
index 7205c7e563db2..018717fc719f6 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Categories/Categories.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Categories/Categories.php
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ protected function _load($id)
         try {
             $db = $this->getDatabase();
         } catch (DatabaseNotFoundException) {
-            @trigger_error(\sprintf('Database must be set, this will not be caught anymore in 5.0.'), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+            @trigger_error('Database must be set, this will not be caught anymore in 5.0.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
             $db = Factory::getContainer()->get(DatabaseInterface::class);
         }
 
diff --git a/libraries/src/Form/Form.php b/libraries/src/Form/Form.php
index 5d7f949ef449c..db61578b72694 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Form/Form.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Form/Form.php
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ protected function loadField($element, $group = null, $value = null)
             try {
                 $field->setDatabase($this->getDatabase());
             } catch (DatabaseNotFoundException) {
-                @trigger_error(\sprintf('Database must be set, this will not be caught anymore in 5.0.'), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+                @trigger_error('Database must be set, this will not be caught anymore in 5.0.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
                 $field->setDatabase(Factory::getContainer()->get(DatabaseInterface::class));
             }
         }
diff --git a/libraries/src/Form/FormField.php b/libraries/src/Form/FormField.php
index 7e369ad7fe344..ae60376c7af0c 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Form/FormField.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Form/FormField.php
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ public function validate($value, $group = null, ?Registry $input = null)
                 try {
                     $rule->setDatabase($this->getDatabase());
                 } catch (DatabaseNotFoundException) {
-                    @trigger_error(\sprintf('Database must be set, this will not be caught anymore in 5.0.'), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+                    @trigger_error('Database must be set, this will not be caught anymore in 5.0.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
                     $rule->setDatabase(Factory::getContainer()->get(DatabaseInterface::class));
                 }
             }
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ public function validate($value, $group = null, ?Registry $input = null)
                 try {
                     $rule->setDatabase($this->getDatabase());
                 } catch (DatabaseNotFoundException) {
-                    @trigger_error(\sprintf('Database must be set, this will not be caught anymore in 5.0.'), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+                    @trigger_error('Database must be set, this will not be caught anymore in 5.0.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
                     $rule->setDatabase(Factory::getContainer()->get(DatabaseInterface::class));
                 }
             }
diff --git a/libraries/src/MVC/Factory/MVCFactory.php b/libraries/src/MVC/Factory/MVCFactory.php
index 35fe905b69ee0..b21b3a1021f54 100644
--- a/libraries/src/MVC/Factory/MVCFactory.php
+++ b/libraries/src/MVC/Factory/MVCFactory.php
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ public function createModel($name, $prefix = '', array $config = [])
             try {
                 $model->setDatabase($this->getDatabase());
             } catch (DatabaseNotFoundException) {
-                @trigger_error(\sprintf('Database must be set, this will not be caught anymore in 5.0.'), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+                @trigger_error('Database must be set, this will not be caught anymore in 5.0.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
                 $model->setDatabase(Factory::getContainer()->get(DatabaseInterface::class));
             }
         }
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ public function createTable($name, $prefix = '', array $config = [])
         try {
             $db = \array_key_exists('dbo', $config) ? $config['dbo'] : $this->getDatabase();
         } catch (DatabaseNotFoundException) {
-            @trigger_error(\sprintf('Database must be set, this will not be caught anymore in 5.0.'), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+            @trigger_error('Database must be set, this will not be caught anymore in 5.0.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
             $db = Factory::getContainer()->get(DatabaseInterface::class);
         }
 
diff --git a/libraries/src/MVC/Model/BaseDatabaseModel.php b/libraries/src/MVC/Model/BaseDatabaseModel.php
index e7dbc8e27dfa2..1970f16a1e26c 100644
--- a/libraries/src/MVC/Model/BaseDatabaseModel.php
+++ b/libraries/src/MVC/Model/BaseDatabaseModel.php
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public function __construct($config = [], ?MVCFactoryInterface $factory = null)
         $db = \array_key_exists('dbo', $config) ? $config['dbo'] : Factory::getDbo();
 
         if ($db) {
-            @trigger_error(\sprintf('Database is not available in constructor in 6.0.'), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+            @trigger_error('Database is not available in constructor in 6.0.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
             $this->setDatabase($db);
 
             // Is needed, when models use the deprecated MVC DatabaseAwareTrait, as the trait is overriding the local functions
diff --git a/libraries/src/Menu/SiteMenu.php b/libraries/src/Menu/SiteMenu.php
index 8abedbe60af73..f99f6015006e8 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Menu/SiteMenu.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Menu/SiteMenu.php
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public function __construct($options = [])
         $this->language = isset($options['language']) && $options['language'] instanceof Language ? $options['language'] : Factory::getLanguage();
 
         if (!isset($options['db']) || !($options['db'] instanceof DatabaseDriver)) {
-            @trigger_error(\sprintf('Database will be mandatory in 5.0.'), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+            @trigger_error('Database will be mandatory in 5.0.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
             $options['db'] = Factory::getContainer()->get(DatabaseDriver::class);
         }
 
diff --git a/libraries/src/Table/ContentType.php b/libraries/src/Table/ContentType.php
index aedc87f793bbe..06afe016015a9 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Table/ContentType.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Table/ContentType.php
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ public function check()
 
         // Check for valid name.
         if (trim($this->type_title) === '') {
-            throw new \UnexpectedValueException(\sprintf('The title is empty'));
+            throw new \UnexpectedValueException('The title is empty');
         }
 
         $this->type_title = ucfirst($this->type_title);
 
         if (empty($this->type_alias)) {
-            throw new \UnexpectedValueException(\sprintf('The type_alias is empty'));
+            throw new \UnexpectedValueException('The type_alias is empty');
         }
 
         return true;