diff --git a/src/calibre/library/caches.py b/src/calibre/library/caches.py
index 6aef45dbbd..4168360d3a 100644
--- a/src/calibre/library/caches.py
+++ b/src/calibre/library/caches.py
@@ -411,7 +411,8 @@ class ResultCache(SearchQueryParser): # {{{
             if isinstance(location, list):
                 if allow_recursion:
                     for loc in location:
-                        matches |= self.get_matches(loc, query, allow_recursion=False)
+                        matches |= self.get_matches(loc, query, candidates,
+                                                    allow_recursion=False)
                     return matches
                 raise ParseException(query, len(query), 'Recursive query group detected', self)
 
@@ -419,11 +420,11 @@ class ResultCache(SearchQueryParser): # {{{
                 fm = self.field_metadata[location]
                 # take care of dates special case
                 if fm['datatype'] == 'datetime':
-                    return self.get_dates_matches(location, query.lower())
+                    return self.get_dates_matches(location, query.lower(), candidates)
 
                 # take care of numbers special case
                 if fm['datatype'] in ('rating', 'int', 'float'):
-                    return self.get_numeric_matches(location, query.lower())
+                    return self.get_numeric_matches(location, query.lower(), candidates)
 
                 # take care of the 'count' operator for is_multiples
                 if fm['is_multiple'] and \
@@ -431,7 +432,8 @@ class ResultCache(SearchQueryParser): # {{{
                         query[1:1] in '=<>!':
                     vf = lambda item, loc=fm['rec_index'], ms=fm['is_multiple']:\
                             len(item[loc].split(ms)) if item[loc] is not None else 0
-                    return self.get_numeric_matches(location, query[1:], val_func=vf)
+                    return self.get_numeric_matches(location, query[1:],
+                                                    candidates, val_func=vf)
 
             # everything else, or 'all' matches
             matchkind = CONTAINS_MATCH
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'):