diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
index 8739c265701..ae6f1b6bb82 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
@@ -680,9 +680,6 @@ public class IndexShard extends AbstractIndexShardComponent {
         CompletionStats completionStats = new CompletionStats();
         try (final Engine.Searcher currentSearcher = acquireSearcher("completion_stats")) {
             completionStats.add(CompletionFieldStats.completionStats(currentSearcher.reader(), fields));
-            Completion090PostingsFormat postingsFormat = ((Completion090PostingsFormat)
-                PostingsFormat.forName(Completion090PostingsFormat.CODEC_NAME));
-            completionStats.add(postingsFormat.completionStats(currentSearcher.reader(), fields));
         }
         return completionStats;
     }