diff --git a/src/server/kbn_server.js b/src/server/kbn_server.js
index 8ed9760701c65..518c7da5190f2 100644
--- a/src/server/kbn_server.js
+++ b/src/server/kbn_server.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import optimizeMixin from '../optimize';
 import pluginsInitializeMixin from './plugins/initialize';
 import { indexPatternsMixin } from './index_patterns';
 import { savedObjectsMixin } from './saved_objects';
-import { statsMixin } from './stats';
 import { kibanaIndexMappingsMixin } from './mappings';
 import { serverExtensionsMixin } from './server_extensions';
 
@@ -45,9 +44,6 @@ export default class KbnServer {
       warningsMixin,
       statusMixin,
 
-      // set up stats route
-      statsMixin,
-
       // writes pid file
       pidMixin,
 
diff --git a/src/server/stats/index.js b/src/server/stats/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c76a0b6ca257..0000000000000
--- a/src/server/stats/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export { statsMixin } from './stats_mixin';
diff --git a/src/server/stats/stats.js b/src/server/stats/stats.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1813fe801761c..0000000000000
--- a/src/server/stats/stats.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-
-import { snakeCase } from 'lodash';
-
-async function getStatsForType(savedObjectsClient, type) {
-  const { total } = await savedObjectsClient.find({ type, perPage: 0 });
-  return { total };
-}
-
-export async function getStats(kibanaIndex, savedObjectsClient) {
-  const types = ['dashboard', 'visualization', 'search', 'index-pattern'];
-  const requests = types.map(type => getStatsForType(savedObjectsClient, type));
-  const results = await Promise.all(requests);
-  const stats = {};
-
-  results.forEach((statsForType, index) => {
-    stats[snakeCase(types[index])] = statsForType;
-  });
-
-  stats.index = kibanaIndex;
-  return stats;
-}
diff --git a/src/server/stats/stats_mixin.js b/src/server/stats/stats_mixin.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0559793dd3268..0000000000000
--- a/src/server/stats/stats_mixin.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import { getStats } from './stats';
-
-export function statsMixin(kbnServer, server) {
-  server.route({
-    method: 'GET',
-    path: '/api/stats',
-    handler: function (request, reply) {
-      const stats = getStats(
-        server.config().get('kibana.index'),
-        request.getSavedObjectsClient()
-      );
-
-      return reply(stats);
-    }
-  });
-}