diff --git a/src/calibre/library/database2.py b/src/calibre/library/database2.py
index aa491aff28..d2654577b9 100644
--- a/src/calibre/library/database2.py
+++ b/src/calibre/library/database2.py
@@ -341,10 +341,6 @@ class LibraryDatabase2(LibraryDatabase, SchemaUpgrade, CustomColumns):
         self.has_id  = self.data.has_id
         self.count   = self.data.count
 
-        # Count times get_metadata is called, and how many times in the cache
-        self.gm_count  = 0
-        self.gm_missed = 0
-
         for prop in ('author_sort', 'authors', 'comment', 'comments', 'isbn',
                      'publisher', 'rating', 'series', 'series_index', 'tags',
                      'title', 'timestamp', 'uuid', 'pubdate', 'ondevice'):