diff --git a/lib/util/got/index.ts b/lib/util/got/index.ts
index 5bf9e47306fd70744c8bbb444c41e9ebf8e1bbfe..d8b7ebd2ac0e91e65b0ef742f885272d109bec51 100644
--- a/lib/util/got/index.ts
+++ b/lib/util/got/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import cacheGet from './cache-get';
 import renovateAgent from './renovate-agent';
 import hostRules from './host-rules';
 import auth from './auth';
-import { instance } from './stats';
 import { mergeInstances } from './util';
 
 export * from './common';
@@ -12,14 +11,7 @@ export * from './common';
  *  - Set the user agent to be Renovate
  *  - Cache all GET requests for the lifetime of the repo
  *
- * Important: always put the renovateAgent one last, to make sure the correct user agent is used
  */
-export const api = mergeInstances(
-  cacheGet,
-  renovateAgent,
-  hostRules,
-  auth,
-  instance
-);
+export const api = mergeInstances(cacheGet, renovateAgent, hostRules, auth);
 
 export default api;
diff --git a/lib/util/got/stats.ts b/lib/util/got/stats.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 722357e8a6a788e4bd4d35859223fecdecbc793e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lib/util/got/stats.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-import { logger } from '../../logger';
-import { create } from './util';
-
-interface HostStats {
-  median?: number;
-  average?: number;
-  sum?: number;
-  requests?: number;
-}
-
-let stats: Record<string, number[]> = {};
-
-let outstandingRequests = {};
-
-// istanbul ignore next
-export const resetStats = (): void => {
-  stats = {};
-  outstandingRequests = {};
-};
-
-// istanbul ignore next
-export const printStats = (): void => {
-  logger.trace({ stats }, 'Host transfer stats (milliseconds)');
-  const hostStats: Record<string, HostStats> = {};
-  for (const [hostname, entries] of Object.entries(stats)) {
-    const res: HostStats = {};
-    res.requests = entries.length;
-    res.sum = 0;
-    entries.forEach(entry => {
-      res.sum += entry;
-    });
-    res.average = Math.round(res.sum / res.requests);
-    res.median = entries[Math.floor(entries.length / 2)];
-    hostStats[hostname] = res;
-  }
-  logger.debug(
-    { hostStats, outstandingRequests },
-    'Host request stats (milliseconds)'
-  );
-};
-
-export const instance = create({
-  options: {},
-  handler: (options, next) => {
-    const request = `${options.method} ${options.href}`;
-    logger.info(request);
-    outstandingRequests[request] = true;
-    const start = new Date();
-    const nextPromise = next(options);
-    nextPromise.on('response', () => {
-      delete outstandingRequests[request];
-      const elapsed = new Date().getTime() - start.getTime();
-      stats[options.hostname] = stats[options.hostname] || [];
-      stats[options.hostname].push(elapsed);
-    });
-    return nextPromise;
-  },
-});
diff --git a/lib/workers/global/index.ts b/lib/workers/global/index.ts
index d633666b3f40a95489441fe673bbf901531eb48b..cefca1a89eea4ed494f2f1c0d3955e313d6f63dc 100644
--- a/lib/workers/global/index.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/global/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import * as cache from './cache';
 import { autodiscoverRepositories } from './autodiscover';
 import { initPlatform } from '../../platform';
 import * as hostRules from '../../util/host-rules';
-import { printStats } from '../../util/got/stats';
 import * as limits from './limits';
 import { setUtilConfig } from '../../util';
 
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ export async function start(): Promise<0 | 1> {
       await repositoryWorker.renovateRepository(repoConfig);
     }
     setMeta({});
-    printStats();
     logger.debug(`Renovate existing successfully`);
   } catch (err) /* istanbul ignore next */ {
     if (err.message.startsWith('Init: ')) {