diff --git a/infer/src/backend/InferAnalyze.ml b/infer/src/backend/InferAnalyze.ml
index b06b534dd..66475b327 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/InferAnalyze.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/InferAnalyze.ml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ let print_legend () =
   L.progress "legend:@." ;
   L.progress "  \"%s\" analyzing a file@\n" Config.log_analysis_file ;
   L.progress "  \"%s\" analyzing a procedure@\n" Config.log_analysis_procedure ;
-  if Config.stats_mode || Config.debug_mode then (
+  if Config.debug_mode then (
     L.progress "  \"%s\" analyzer crashed@\n" Config.log_analysis_crash ;
     L.progress "  \"%s\" timeout: procedure analysis took too much time@\n"
       Config.log_analysis_wallclock_timeout ;
@@ -177,4 +177,3 @@ let register_perf_stats_report () =
   let stats_base = Config.perf_stats_prefix ^ Filename.basename cluster ^ ".json" in
   let stats_file = Filename.concat stats_dir stats_base in
   PerfStats.register_report_at_exit stats_file
-
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.ml b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
index 933935057..5b8123e1b 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
@@ -999,7 +999,6 @@ and ( bo_debug
     , print_logs
     , print_types
     , reports_include_ml_loc
-    , stats
     , trace_error
     , write_html
     , write_html_whitelist_regex
@@ -1061,7 +1060,8 @@ and ( bo_debug
     debug_level_linters := level
   in
   let debug =
-    CLOpt.mk_bool_group ~deprecated:["debug"] ~long:"debug" ~short:'g' ~in_help:all_generic_manuals
+    CLOpt.mk_bool_group ~deprecated:["debug"; "-stats"] ~long:"debug" ~short:'g'
+      ~in_help:all_generic_manuals
       "Debug mode (also sets $(b,--debug-level 2), $(b,--developer-mode), $(b,--no-filtering), $(b,--print-buckets), $(b,--print-types), $(b,--reports-include-ml-loc), $(b,--no-only-cheap-debug), $(b,--trace-error), $(b,--write-dotty), $(b,--write-html))"
       ~f:(fun debug ->
         if debug then set_debug_level 2 else set_debug_level 0 ;
@@ -1104,10 +1104,6 @@ and ( bo_debug
           ; (Run, manual_generic)
           ; (Report, manual_generic) ])
       "Also log messages to stdout and stderr"
-  and stats =
-    CLOpt.mk_bool ~deprecated:["stats"] ~long:"stats" "Stats mode (debugging)" ~f:(fun stats ->
-        if stats then set_debug_level 1 else set_debug_level 0 ;
-        stats )
   in
   let linters_developer_mode =
     CLOpt.mk_bool_group ~long:"linters-developer-mode"
@@ -1136,7 +1132,6 @@ and ( bo_debug
   , print_logs
   , print_types
   , reports_include_ml_loc
-  , stats
   , trace_error
   , write_html
   , write_html_whitelist_regex
@@ -2655,8 +2650,6 @@ and stacktrace = !stacktrace
 
 and stacktraces_dir = !stacktraces_dir
 
-and stats_mode = !stats
-
 and stats_report = !stats_report
 
 and subtype_multirange = !subtype_multirange
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.mli b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
index 294d7e159..4cd232681 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.mli
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
@@ -642,8 +642,6 @@ val stacktrace : string option
 
 val stacktraces_dir : string option
 
-val stats_mode : bool
-
 val stats_report : string option
 
 val subtype_multirange : bool
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Logging.ml b/infer/src/base/Logging.ml
index e743aada5..749b59b6e 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Logging.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/Logging.ml
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ let progressbar_file () = progress_bar Config.log_analysis_file
 let progressbar_procedure () = progress_bar Config.log_analysis_procedure
 
 let progressbar_timeout_event failure_kind =
-  if Config.stats_mode || Config.debug_mode then
+  if Config.debug_mode then
     match failure_kind with
     | SymOp.FKtimeout ->
         progress_bar Config.log_analysis_wallclock_timeout
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/cFrontend.ml b/infer/src/clang/cFrontend.ml
index 9327a0613..66deacb8d 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/cFrontend.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/cFrontend.ml
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ let do_source_file translation_unit_context ast =
   Cfg.store_to_file ~source_file cfg_file cfg ;
   Tenv.sort_fields_tenv tenv ;
   Tenv.store_to_file tenv_file tenv ;
-  if Config.stats_mode then Cfg.check_cfg_connectedness cfg ;
-  if Config.stats_mode || Config.debug_mode || Config.testing_mode || Config.frontend_tests
+  if Config.debug_mode then Cfg.check_cfg_connectedness cfg ;
+  if Config.debug_mode || Config.testing_mode || Config.frontend_tests
      || Option.is_some Config.icfg_dotty_outfile
   then (
     Dotty.print_icfg_dotty source_file cfg ;
@@ -71,4 +71,3 @@ let do_source_file translation_unit_context ast =
   L.(debug Capture Verbose) "%a" Cfg.pp_proc_signatures cfg ;
   (* NOTE: nothing should be written to source_dir after this *)
   DB.mark_file_updated (DB.source_dir_to_string source_dir)
-
diff --git a/infer/src/integration/Driver.ml b/infer/src/integration/Driver.ml
index 5f3e2af32..9ed81406f 100644
--- a/infer/src/integration/Driver.ml
+++ b/infer/src/integration/Driver.ml
@@ -539,8 +539,7 @@ let mode_from_command_line =
 
 let run_prologue mode =
   if CLOpt.is_originator then L.environment_info "%a@\n" Config.pp_version () ;
-  if Config.debug_mode || Config.stats_mode then
-    L.environment_info "Driver mode:@\n%a@." pp_mode mode ;
+  if Config.debug_mode then L.environment_info "Driver mode:@\n%a@." pp_mode mode ;
   if Config.dump_duplicate_symbols then reset_duplicates_file () ;
   (* infer might be called from a Makefile and itself uses `make` to run the analysis in parallel,
      but cannot communicate with the parent make command. Since infer won't interfere with them
@@ -575,3 +574,4 @@ let read_config_changed_files () =
     | Error error ->
         L.external_error "Error reading the changed files index '%s': %s@." index error ;
         None
+
diff --git a/infer/src/integration/Javac.ml b/infer/src/integration/Javac.ml
index c6fa3dda4..2bb1f3912 100644
--- a/infer/src/integration/Javac.ml
+++ b/infer/src/integration/Javac.ml
@@ -84,5 +84,4 @@ let compile compiler build_prog build_args =
 let capture compiler ~prog ~args =
   let verbose_out_file = compile compiler prog args in
   if Config.analyzer <> Config.CompileOnly then JMain.from_verbose_out verbose_out_file ;
-  if not (Config.debug_mode || Config.stats_mode) then Unix.unlink verbose_out_file
-
+  if not Config.debug_mode then Unix.unlink verbose_out_file
diff --git a/infer/src/integration/Maven.ml b/infer/src/integration/Maven.ml
index 9b8638558..4fb7b7489 100644
--- a/infer/src/integration/Maven.ml
+++ b/infer/src/integration/Maven.ml
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ let add_profile_to_pom_in_directory dir =
     ~f:(fun () -> Unix.rename ~src:saved_pom_path ~dst:maven_pom_path)
     "restoring Maven's pom.xml to its original state" ;
   Unix.rename ~src:infer_pom_path ~dst:maven_pom_path ;
-  if Config.debug_mode || Config.stats_mode then
+  if Config.debug_mode then
     Epilogues.register
       ~f:(fun () -> Unix.rename ~src:maven_pom_path ~dst:infer_pom_path)
       "saving infer's pom.xml"
@@ -178,4 +178,3 @@ let capture ~prog ~args =
           "*** Maven command failed:@\n*** %s@\n*** %s@\n"
           (String.concat ~sep:" " (prog :: capture_args))
           (Unix.Exit_or_signal.to_string_hum status)
-