diff --git a/lib/dns/cache.c b/lib/dns/cache.c
index 83a8e494a9..69267ea4d4 100644
--- a/lib/dns/cache.c
+++ b/lib/dns/cache.c
@@ -622,8 +622,6 @@ dns_cache_dumpstats(dns_cache_t *cache, FILE *fp) {
 		"cache database nodes");
 	fprintf(fp, "%20u %s\n", dns_db_nodecount(cache->db, dns_dbtree_nsec),
 		"cache NSEC auxiliary database nodes");
-	fprintf(fp, "%20" PRIu64 " %s\n", (uint64_t)dns_db_hashsize(cache->db),
-		"cache database hash buckets");
 
 	fprintf(fp, "%20" PRIu64 " %s\n", (uint64_t)isc_mem_inuse(cache->tmctx),
 		"cache tree memory in use");
@@ -683,7 +681,6 @@ dns_cache_renderxml(dns_cache_t *cache, void *writer0) {
 			dns_db_nodecount(cache->db, dns_dbtree_main), writer));
 	TRY0(renderstat("CacheNSECNodes",
 			dns_db_nodecount(cache->db, dns_dbtree_nsec), writer));
-	TRY0(renderstat("CacheBuckets", dns_db_hashsize(cache->db), writer));
 
 	TRY0(renderstat("TreeMemInUse", isc_mem_inuse(cache->tmctx), writer));
 
@@ -753,10 +750,6 @@ dns_cache_renderjson(dns_cache_t *cache, void *cstats0) {
 	CHECKMEM(obj);
 	json_object_object_add(cstats, "CacheNSECNodes", obj);
 
-	obj = json_object_new_int64(dns_db_hashsize(cache->db));
-	CHECKMEM(obj);
-	json_object_object_add(cstats, "CacheBuckets", obj);
-
 	obj = json_object_new_int64(isc_mem_inuse(cache->tmctx));
 	CHECKMEM(obj);
 	json_object_object_add(cstats, "TreeMemInUse", obj);
diff --git a/lib/dns/db.c b/lib/dns/db.c
index c9f3363a34..6ffcdca7d4 100644
--- a/lib/dns/db.c
+++ b/lib/dns/db.c
@@ -800,17 +800,6 @@ dns_db_nodecount(dns_db_t *db, dns_dbtree_t tree) {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-size_t
-dns_db_hashsize(dns_db_t *db) {
-	REQUIRE(DNS_DB_VALID(db));
-
-	if (db->methods->hashsize == NULL) {
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	return (db->methods->hashsize)(db);
-}
-
 isc_result_t
 dns_db_register(const char *name, dns_dbcreatefunc_t create, void *driverarg,
 		isc_mem_t *mctx, dns_dbimplementation_t **dbimp) {
diff --git a/lib/dns/include/dns/db.h b/lib/dns/include/dns/db.h
index 6b6f742753..91a43e2c13 100644
--- a/lib/dns/include/dns/db.h
+++ b/lib/dns/include/dns/db.h
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ typedef struct dns_db_methods {
 				dns_rdataset_t		   *rdataset,
 				dns_rdataset_t *sigrdataset DNS__DB_FLARG);
 	isc_result_t (*setcachestats)(dns_db_t *db, isc_stats_t *stats);
-	size_t (*hashsize)(dns_db_t *db);
 	isc_result_t (*getsize)(dns_db_t *db, dns_dbversion_t *version,
 				uint64_t *records, uint64_t *bytes);
 	isc_result_t (*setservestalettl)(dns_db_t *db, dns_ttl_t ttl);