sml/col-number-format not respected when set

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If I set sml/col-number-format to "". It isn't respected and still shows the column number as long as column-number-mode is enabled.

Actually, I am using total-lines packages so I set it like this:

(setq-default sml/col-number-format "")
(setq-default mode-line-front-space
              (append mode-line-front-space '((12 "/" (:eval (format "%d::%2d" total-lines (1+ (current-column))))))))

so I can get the total-lines next to the current column.

I get this if column-number-mode is enabled:

Ideally, I would be able to insert the total-lines after the current line but also enable and disable column-number-mode. But I don't think this is possible?