diff --git a/bin/tests/system/synthfromdnssec/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/synthfromdnssec/tests.sh
index b2427ec09d..0ce3046f9f 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/synthfromdnssec/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/synthfromdnssec/tests.sh
@@ -683,21 +683,6 @@ for ns in 2 4 5 6; do
   if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
   status=$((status + ret))
 
-  echo_i "check 'rndc stats' output for 'cache NSEC auxiliary database nodes' (synth-from-dnssec ${description};) ($n)"
-  ret=0
-  # 2 views, _bind should always be '0 cache NSEC auxiliary database nodes'
-  count=$(grep "cache NSEC auxiliary database nodes" ns${ns}/named.stats | wc -l)
-  test $count = 2 || ret=1
-  zero=$(grep "0 cache NSEC auxiliary database nodes" ns${ns}/named.stats | wc -l)
-  if [ ${ad} = yes ]; then
-    test $zero = 1 || ret=1
-  else
-    test $zero = 2 || ret=1
-  fi
-  n=$((n + 1))
-  if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
-  status=$((status + ret))
-
   for synthesized in NXDOMAIN no-data wildcard; do
     case $synthesized in
       NXDOMAIN) count=2 ;;
@@ -740,21 +725,6 @@ for ns in 2 4 5 6; do
     if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
     status=$((status + ret))
 
-    echo_i "check XML for 'CacheNSECNodes' with (synth-from-dnssec ${description};) ($n)"
-    ret=0
-    counter=$(sed -n 's;.*<view name="_default">.*\(<counter name="CacheNSECNodes">[0-9]*</counter>\).*</view><view.*;\1;gp' $xml)
-    count=$(echo "$counter" | grep CacheNSECNodes | wc -l)
-    test $count = 1 || ret=1
-    zero=$(echo "$counter" | grep ">0<" | wc -l)
-    if [ ${ad} = yes ]; then
-      test $zero = 0 || ret=1
-    else
-      test $zero = 1 || ret=1
-    fi
-    n=$((n + 1))
-    if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
-    status=$((status + ret))
-
     for synthesized in SynthNXDOMAIN SynthNODATA SynthWILDCARD; do
       case $synthesized in
         SynthNXDOMAIN) count=2 ;;
@@ -800,20 +770,6 @@ for ns in 2 4 5 6; do
     if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
     status=$((status + ret))
 
-    echo_i "check JSON for 'CacheNSECNodes' with (synth-from-dnssec ${description};) ($n)"
-    ret=0
-    count=$(grep '"CacheNSECNodes":' $json | wc -l)
-    test $count = 2 || ret=1
-    zero=$(grep '"CacheNSECNodes":0' $json | wc -l)
-    if [ ${ad} = yes ]; then
-      test $zero = 1 || ret=1
-    else
-      test $zero = 2 || ret=1
-    fi
-    n=$((n + 1))
-    if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
-    status=$((status + ret))
-
     for synthesized in SynthNXDOMAIN SynthNODATA SynthWILDCARD; do
       case $synthesized in
         SynthNXDOMAIN) count=2 ;;
diff --git a/lib/dns/cache.c b/lib/dns/cache.c
index 69267ea4d4..777de10438 100644
--- a/lib/dns/cache.c
+++ b/lib/dns/cache.c
@@ -679,8 +679,6 @@ dns_cache_renderxml(dns_cache_t *cache, void *writer0) {
 
 	TRY0(renderstat("CacheNodes",
 			dns_db_nodecount(cache->db, dns_dbtree_main), writer));
-	TRY0(renderstat("CacheNSECNodes",
-			dns_db_nodecount(cache->db, dns_dbtree_nsec), writer));
 
 	TRY0(renderstat("TreeMemInUse", isc_mem_inuse(cache->tmctx), writer));
 
@@ -745,11 +743,6 @@ dns_cache_renderjson(dns_cache_t *cache, void *cstats0) {
 	CHECKMEM(obj);
 	json_object_object_add(cstats, "CacheNodes", obj);
 
-	obj = json_object_new_int64(
-		dns_db_nodecount(cache->db, dns_dbtree_nsec));
-	CHECKMEM(obj);
-	json_object_object_add(cstats, "CacheNSECNodes", obj);
-
 	obj = json_object_new_int64(isc_mem_inuse(cache->tmctx));
 	CHECKMEM(obj);
 	json_object_object_add(cstats, "TreeMemInUse", obj);