diff --git a/include/ts/ts.h b/include/ts/ts.h
index b612f6b9ef6..92af612600d 100644
--- a/include/ts/ts.h
+++ b/include/ts/ts.h
@@ -2083,8 +2083,7 @@ tsapi struct sockaddr const *TSNetVConnLocalAddrGet(TSVConn vc);
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Stats and configs based on librecords raw stats (this is preferred API until we
-   rewrite stats). This system has a limitation of up to 1,500 stats max, controlled
-   via proxy.config.stat_api.max_stats_allowed (default is 512).
+   rewrite stats).
 
    This is available as of Apache TS v2.2.*/
 typedef enum {
diff --git a/iocore/eventsystem/I_EThread.h b/iocore/eventsystem/I_EThread.h
index eb3d282ef74..799d90609c3 100644
--- a/iocore/eventsystem/I_EThread.h
+++ b/iocore/eventsystem/I_EThread.h
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@
 #include "I_ProtectedQueue.h"
 #include "tscpp/util/Histogram.h"
 
-// TODO: This would be much nicer to have "run-time" configurable (or something),
-// perhaps based on proxy.config.stat_api.max_stats_allowed or other configs. XXX
+// TODO: This would be much nicer to have "run-time" configurable (or something)
 #define PER_THREAD_DATA (1024 * 1024)
 
 // This is not used by the cache anymore, it uses proxy.config.cache.mutex_retry_delay
diff --git a/src/records/RecordsConfig.cc b/src/records/RecordsConfig.cc
index dc6b6a5d543..65fd3e719c1 100644
--- a/src/records/RecordsConfig.cc
+++ b/src/records/RecordsConfig.cc
@@ -1498,10 +1498,6 @@ static const RecordElement RecordsConfig[] =
   {RECT_LOCAL, "proxy.config.outgoing_ip_to_bind", RECD_STRING, nullptr, RECU_NULL, RR_NULL, RECC_NULL, nullptr, RECA_NULL}
   ,
 
-  //# Librecords based stats system (new as of v2.1.3)
-  {RECT_CONFIG, "proxy.config.stat_api.max_stats_allowed", RECD_INT, "256", RECU_RESTART_TS, RR_NULL, RECC_INT, "[256-1000]", RECA_NULL}
-  ,
-
   //############
   //#
   //# Per-thread freelist / allocator controls
diff --git a/tests/gold_tests/records/gold/full_records.yaml b/tests/gold_tests/records/gold/full_records.yaml
index d58d395ac54..fea30087dbf 100644
--- a/tests/gold_tests/records/gold/full_records.yaml
+++ b/tests/gold_tests/records/gold/full_records.yaml
@@ -575,8 +575,6 @@ ts:
       skip_cache_on_bucket_contention: 0
       timeout: 0
       value: 2
-  stat_api:
-    max_stats_allowed: 256
   stop:
     shutdown_timeout: 0
   system:
diff --git a/tests/gold_tests/records/legacy_config/full_records.config b/tests/gold_tests/records/legacy_config/full_records.config
index f75f63071e2..fe80a459e13 100644
--- a/tests/gold_tests/records/legacy_config/full_records.config
+++ b/tests/gold_tests/records/legacy_config/full_records.config
@@ -483,7 +483,6 @@ CONFIG proxy.config.quic.congestion_control.loss_reduction_factor FLOAT 0.5
 CONFIG proxy.config.quic.congestion_control.persistent_congestion_threshold INT 3
 CONFIG proxy.config.incoming_ip_to_bind STRING nullptr
 CONFIG proxy.config.outgoing_ip_to_bind STRING nullptr
-CONFIG proxy.config.stat_api.max_stats_allowed INT 256
 CONFIG proxy.config.allocator.thread_freelist_size INT 512
 CONFIG proxy.config.allocator.thread_freelist_low_watermark INT 32
 CONFIG proxy.config.allocator.hugepages INT 0