diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/ChatModel.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/ChatModel.swift
index 63de4cd3a9..79fd8a36aa 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/ChatModel.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/ChatModel.swift
@@ -316,12 +316,6 @@ final class ChatModel: ObservableObject {
             chats[i].created = Date.now
         }
     }
-    
-    func updateChatStats(id: String, cStats: ChatStats) {
-        if let i = getChatIndex(id) {
-            chats[i].chatStats = cStats
-        }
-    }
 
     func updateContactConnection(_ contactConnection: PendingContactConnection) {
         updateChat(.contactConnection(contactConnection: contactConnection))
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
index 45f04c4d82..9297aa7898 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
@@ -344,7 +344,6 @@ func loadChat(chat: Chat, search: String = "", clearItems: Bool = true) async {
         let chat = try await apiGetChat(type: cInfo.chatType, id: cInfo.apiId, search: search)
         await MainActor.run {
             im.reversedChatItems = chat.chatItems.reversed()
-            m.updateChatStats(id: chat.chatInfo.id, cStats: chat.chatStats)
             m.updateChatInfo(chat.chatInfo)
         }
     } catch let error {