diff --git a/src/cpu/kvm/base.cc b/src/cpu/kvm/base.cc
index cb0b4bb0d5..b364d4f29d 100644
--- a/src/cpu/kvm/base.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/kvm/base.cc
@@ -766,7 +766,6 @@ BaseKvmCPU::kvmRun(Tick ticks)
         baseStats.numCycles += simCyclesExecuted;;
         stats.committedInsts += instsExecuted;
         ctrInsts += instsExecuted;
-        system->totalNumInsts += instsExecuted;
 
         DPRINTF(KvmRun,
                 "KVM: Executed %i instructions in %i cycles "
diff --git a/src/cpu/minor/execute.cc b/src/cpu/minor/execute.cc
index 52708abbe6..3eb7811417 100644
--- a/src/cpu/minor/execute.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/minor/execute.cc
@@ -866,7 +866,6 @@ Execute::doInstCommitAccounting(MinorDynInstPtr inst)
         thread->numInst++;
         thread->threadStats.numInsts++;
         cpu.stats.numInsts++;
-        cpu.system->totalNumInsts++;
 
         /* Act on events related to instruction counts */
         thread->comInstEventQueue.serviceEvents(thread->numInst);
diff --git a/src/cpu/o3/cpu.cc b/src/cpu/o3/cpu.cc
index c67ee64b44..c910cc4870 100644
--- a/src/cpu/o3/cpu.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/cpu.cc
@@ -1474,7 +1474,6 @@ FullO3CPU<Impl>::instDone(ThreadID tid, const DynInstPtr &inst)
         thread[tid]->numInst++;
         thread[tid]->threadStats.numInsts++;
         cpuStats.committedInsts[tid]++;
-        system->totalNumInsts++;
 
         // Check for instruction-count-based events.
         thread[tid]->comInstEventQueue.serviceEvents(thread[tid]->numInst);
diff --git a/src/cpu/simple/base.cc b/src/cpu/simple/base.cc
index dc58e0acab..7f4797b624 100644
--- a/src/cpu/simple/base.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/simple/base.cc
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ BaseSimpleCPU::countInst()
         t_info.numInst++;
         t_info.execContextStats.numInsts++;
 
-        system->totalNumInsts++;
         t_info.thread->funcExeInst++;
     }
     t_info.numOp++;
diff --git a/src/cpu/simple/timing.cc b/src/cpu/simple/timing.cc
index 5e9eb92d7a..0fd83cae5d 100644
--- a/src/cpu/simple/timing.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/simple/timing.cc
@@ -148,8 +148,6 @@ TimingSimpleCPU::drainResume()
 
     // Reschedule any power gating event (if any)
     schedulePowerGatingEvent();
-
-    system->totalNumInsts = 0;
 }
 
 bool
diff --git a/src/sim/system.cc b/src/sim/system.cc
index d31238c348..de4744a5f9 100644
--- a/src/sim/system.cc
+++ b/src/sim/system.cc
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ System::System(const Params &p)
       _m5opRange(p.m5ops_base ?
                  RangeSize(p.m5ops_base, 0x10000) :
                  AddrRange(1, 0)), // Create an empty range if disabled
-      totalNumInsts(0),
       redirectPaths(p.redirect_paths)
 {
     if (workload)
@@ -439,12 +438,6 @@ System::getDeviceMemory(RequestorID id) const
     return deviceMemMap.at(id);
 }
 
-void
-System::drainResume()
-{
-    totalNumInsts = 0;
-}
-
 void
 System::serialize(CheckpointOut &cp) const
 {
diff --git a/src/sim/system.hh b/src/sim/system.hh
index 4954af68f4..ce77f0ad27 100644
--- a/src/sim/system.hh
+++ b/src/sim/system.hh
@@ -592,10 +592,7 @@ class System : public SimObject, public PCEventScope
     void serialize(CheckpointOut &cp) const override;
     void unserialize(CheckpointIn &cp) override;
 
-    void drainResume() override;
-
   public:
-    Counter totalNumInsts;
     std::map<std::pair<uint32_t,uint32_t>, Tick>  lastWorkItemStarted;
     std::map<uint32_t, Stats::Histogram*> workItemStats;