diff --git a/include/git2/index.h b/include/git2/index.h
index 062932e1a..d8282e80f 100644
--- a/include/git2/index.h
+++ b/include/git2/index.h
@@ -343,10 +343,9 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_index_entry_stage(const git_index_entry *entry);
  *
  * @param index an existing index object
  * @param tree tree to read
- * @param stats structure that receives the total node count (may be NULL)
  * @return 0 or an error code
  */
-GIT_EXTERN(int) git_index_read_tree(git_index *index, git_tree *tree, git_indexer_stats *stats);
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_index_read_tree(git_index *index, git_tree *tree);
 
 /** @} */
 GIT_END_DECL
diff --git a/src/checkout.c b/src/checkout.c
index cbe13aa79..155ac5ac1 100644
--- a/src/checkout.c
+++ b/src/checkout.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ int git_checkout_tree(
 	if ((error = git_repository_index(&index, repo)) < 0)
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	if ((error = git_index_read_tree(index, tree, NULL)) < 0)
+	if ((error = git_index_read_tree(index, tree)) < 0)
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	if ((error = git_index_write(index)) < 0)
diff --git a/src/index.c b/src/index.c
index f9f3b14cc..362c2c690 100644
--- a/src/index.c
+++ b/src/index.c
@@ -1039,12 +1039,10 @@ typedef struct read_tree_data {
 
 static int read_tree_cb(const char *root, const git_tree_entry *tentry, void *data)
 {
-	read_tree_data *rtd = data;
+	git_index *index = (git_index *)data;
 	git_index_entry *entry = NULL;
 	git_buf path = GIT_BUF_INIT;
 
-	rtd->stats->total++;
-
 	if (git_tree_entry__is_tree(tentry))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -1059,7 +1057,7 @@ static int read_tree_cb(const char *root, const git_tree_entry *tentry, void *da
 	entry->path = git_buf_detach(&path);
 	git_buf_free(&path);
 
-	if (index_insert(rtd->index, entry, 0) < 0) {
+	if (index_insert(index, entry, 0) < 0) {
 		index_entry_free(entry);
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -1067,16 +1065,9 @@ static int read_tree_cb(const char *root, const git_tree_entry *tentry, void *da
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int git_index_read_tree(git_index *index, git_tree *tree, git_indexer_stats *stats)
+int git_index_read_tree(git_index *index, git_tree *tree)
 {
-	git_indexer_stats dummy_stats;
-	read_tree_data rtd = {index, NULL};
-
-	if (!stats) stats = &dummy_stats;
-	stats->total = 0;
-	rtd.stats = stats;
-
 	git_index_clear(index);
 
-	return git_tree_walk(tree, read_tree_cb, GIT_TREEWALK_POST, &rtd);
+	return git_tree_walk(tree, read_tree_cb, GIT_TREEWALK_POST, index);
 }
diff --git a/src/reset.c b/src/reset.c
index 3fcad7f46..642318d90 100644
--- a/src/reset.c
+++ b/src/reset.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ int git_reset(
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	if (git_index_read_tree(index, tree, NULL) < 0) {
+	if (git_index_read_tree(index, tree) < 0) {
 		giterr_set(GITERR_INDEX, "%s - Failed to update the index.", ERROR_MSG);
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
diff --git a/tests-clar/checkout/index.c b/tests-clar/checkout/index.c
index 944d679f8..a21af5f60 100644
--- a/tests-clar/checkout/index.c
+++ b/tests-clar/checkout/index.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ static void reset_index_to_treeish(git_object *treeish)
 	cl_git_pass(git_object_peel(&tree, treeish, GIT_OBJ_TREE));
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_repository_index(&index, g_repo));
-	cl_git_pass(git_index_read_tree(index, (git_tree *)tree, NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_index_read_tree(index, (git_tree *)tree));
 	cl_git_pass(git_index_write(index));
 
 	git_object_free(tree);
diff --git a/tests-clar/index/read_tree.c b/tests-clar/index/read_tree.c
index 0479332dc..c657d4f71 100644
--- a/tests-clar/index/read_tree.c
+++ b/tests-clar/index/read_tree.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ void test_index_read_tree__read_write_involution(void)
 
 	/* read-tree */
 	git_tree_lookup(&tree, repo, &expected);
-	cl_git_pass(git_index_read_tree(index, tree, NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_index_read_tree(index, tree));
 	git_tree_free(tree);
 
 	cl_git_pass(git_tree_create_fromindex(&tree_oid, index));
diff --git a/tests-clar/status/worktree.c b/tests-clar/status/worktree.c
index 908d34510..4ff315f84 100644
--- a/tests-clar/status/worktree.c
+++ b/tests-clar/status/worktree.c
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ static void fill_index_wth_head_entries(git_repository *repo, git_index *index)
 	cl_git_pass(git_commit_lookup(&commit, repo, &oid));
 	cl_git_pass(git_commit_tree(&tree, commit));
 
-	cl_git_pass(git_index_read_tree(index, tree, NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_index_read_tree(index, tree));
 	cl_git_pass(git_index_write(index));
 
 	git_tree_free(tree);