Remove code related to `num_entries` #3106

Job	Run time
env	1s
gatekeeper	4s
changes	3s
application_tester	0s
documentation	0s
guitest	0s
mac	0s
pytest	0s
ubuntu	0s
windows	0s
guitest_draft / run (windows-latest)	2m 16s
application_tester_draft / run (ubuntu-latest)	2m 47s
coverage_draft / generate and upload	3m 42s
scripttest_draft / run	1m 1s
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