diff --git a/src/cpu/minor/execute.cc b/src/cpu/minor/execute.cc
index a65a77e643..0d704c7135 100644
--- a/src/cpu/minor/execute.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/minor/execute.cc
@@ -1062,8 +1062,6 @@ Execute::commitInst(MinorDynInstPtr inst, bool early_memory_issue,
             DPRINTF(MinorInterrupt, "Suspending thread: %d from Execute"
                 " inst: %s\n", thread_id, *inst);
 
-            // output both old and new stats
-            cpu.stats.numFetchSuspends++;
             cpu.fetchStats[thread_id]->numFetchSuspends++;
 
             updateBranchData(thread_id, BranchData::SuspendThread, inst,
diff --git a/src/cpu/minor/stats.cc b/src/cpu/minor/stats.cc
index 64d4c475e0..e9ca562c16 100644
--- a/src/cpu/minor/stats.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/minor/stats.cc
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ MinorStats::MinorStats(BaseCPU *base_cpu)
     ADD_STAT(numDiscardedOps, statistics::units::Count::get(),
              "Number of ops (including micro ops) which were discarded before "
              "commit"),
-    ADD_STAT(numFetchSuspends, statistics::units::Count::get(),
-             "Number of times Execute suspended instruction fetching"),
     ADD_STAT(quiesceCycles, statistics::units::Cycle::get(),
              "Total number of cycles that CPU has spent quiesced or waiting "
              "for an interrupt"),
diff --git a/src/cpu/minor/stats.hh b/src/cpu/minor/stats.hh
index 1ab81f4407..524d20f85d 100644
--- a/src/cpu/minor/stats.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/minor/stats.hh
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ struct MinorStats : public statistics::Group
     /** Number of ops discarded before committing */
     statistics::Scalar numDiscardedOps;
 
-    /** Number of times fetch was asked to suspend by Execute */
-    statistics::Scalar numFetchSuspends;
-
     /** Number of cycles in quiescent state */
     statistics::Scalar quiesceCycles;
 
diff --git a/src/cpu/simple/base.cc b/src/cpu/simple/base.cc
index 9e831a25f6..4f2665401f 100644
--- a/src/cpu/simple/base.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/simple/base.cc
@@ -431,8 +431,6 @@ BaseSimpleCPU::postExecute()
     }
 
     if (curStaticInst->isControl()) {
-        // output both old and new stats
-        ++t_info.execContextStats.numBranches;
         ++fetchStats[t_info.thread->threadId()]->numBranches;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/cpu/simple/exec_context.hh b/src/cpu/simple/exec_context.hh
index 31aa5d44c7..3b6593da9d 100644
--- a/src/cpu/simple/exec_context.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/simple/exec_context.hh
@@ -152,8 +152,6 @@ class SimpleExecContext : public ExecContext
                        "ICache total stall cycles"),
               ADD_STAT(dcacheStallCycles, statistics::units::Cycle::get(),
                        "DCache total stall cycles"),
-              ADD_STAT(numBranches, statistics::units::Count::get(),
-                       "Number of branches fetched"),
               ADD_STAT(numPredictedBranches, statistics::units::Count::get(),
                        "Number of branches predicted as taken"),
               ADD_STAT(numBranchMispred, statistics::units::Count::get(),
@@ -204,9 +202,6 @@ class SimpleExecContext : public ExecContext
             numIdleCycles = idleFraction * cpu->baseStats.numCycles;
             numBusyCycles = notIdleFraction * cpu->baseStats.numCycles;
 
-            numBranches
-                .prereq(numBranches);
-
             numPredictedBranches
                 .prereq(numPredictedBranches);
 
@@ -298,8 +293,6 @@ class SimpleExecContext : public ExecContext
         statistics::Scalar dcacheStallCycles;
 
         /// @{
-        /// Total number of branches fetched
-        statistics::Scalar numBranches;
         /// Number of branches predicted as taken
         statistics::Scalar numPredictedBranches;
         /// Number of misprediced branches