diff --git a/src/modules/dialog/dialog.c b/src/modules/dialog/dialog.c
index 9ae2ce8090e..83883a4fac5 100644
--- a/src/modules/dialog/dialog.c
+++ b/src/modules/dialog/dialog.c
@@ -130,8 +130,6 @@ int dlg_h_id_step = 1;
 
 /* statistic variables */
 int dlg_enable_stats = 1;
-int active_dlgs_cnt = 0;
-int early_dlgs_cnt = 0;
 int detect_spirals = 1;
 int dlg_send_bye = 0;
 int dlg_timeout_noreset = 0;
@@ -768,11 +766,6 @@ static int child_init(int rank)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (rank==1) {
-		if_update_stat(dlg_enable_stats, active_dlgs, active_dlgs_cnt);
-		if_update_stat(dlg_enable_stats, early_dlgs, early_dlgs_cnt);
-	}
-
 	if ( ((dlg_db_mode==DB_MODE_REALTIME || dlg_db_mode==DB_MODE_DELAYED) &&
 	(rank>0 || rank==PROC_TIMER || rank==PROC_RPC)) ||
 	(dlg_db_mode==DB_MODE_SHUTDOWN && (rank==PROC_MAIN)) ) {
diff --git a/src/modules/dialog/dlg_db_handler.c b/src/modules/dialog/dlg_db_handler.c
index eb1d97d7b7e..d7591400187 100644
--- a/src/modules/dialog/dlg_db_handler.c
+++ b/src/modules/dialog/dlg_db_handler.c
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ static db1_con_t* dialog_db_handle    = 0; /* database connection handle */
 static db_func_t dialog_dbf;
 
 extern int dlg_enable_stats;
-extern int active_dlgs_cnt;
-extern int early_dlgs_cnt;
 extern int dlg_h_id_start;
 extern int dlg_h_id_step;
 
@@ -414,10 +412,8 @@ int load_dialog_info_from_db(int dlg_hash_size, int fetch_num_rows,
 			dlg->state 		= VAL_INT(values+8);
 			if (dlg->state==DLG_STATE_CONFIRMED_NA ||
 			dlg->state==DLG_STATE_CONFIRMED) {
-				active_dlgs_cnt++;
 				if_update_stat(dlg_enable_stats, active_dlgs, 1);
 			} else if (dlg->state==DLG_STATE_EARLY) {
-				early_dlgs_cnt++;
 				if_update_stat(dlg_enable_stats, early_dlgs, 1);
 			}