diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/cache/NoOpCacheStatistics.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/cache/NoOpCacheStatistics.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1227fa00de..0000000000
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/cache/NoOpCacheStatistics.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Alfresco Software Limited.
- *
- * This file is part of Alfresco
- *
- * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-package org.alfresco.repo.cache;
-
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import org.alfresco.repo.cache.TransactionStats.OpType;
-
-/**
- * A do-nothing implementation of {@link CacheStatistics}. Used
- * by the {@link TransactionalCache} if it is not explicitly
- * injected with an implementation.
- * 
- * @since 5.0
- * @author Matt Ward
- */
-public class NoOpCacheStatistics implements CacheStatistics
-{
-    @Override
-    public void add(String cacheName, TransactionStats stats)
-    {
-        // Does nothing
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public long count(String cacheName, OpType opType)
-    {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public double meanTime(String cacheName, OpType opType)
-    {
-        return Double.NaN;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public double hitMissRatio(String cacheName)
-    {
-        return Double.NaN;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public long numGets(String cacheName)
-    {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Map<OpType, OperationStats> allStats(String cacheName)
-    {
-        return new HashMap<>();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/cache/TransactionalCache.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/cache/TransactionalCache.java
index 332af8aadb..84a78d6411 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/cache/TransactionalCache.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/cache/TransactionalCache.java
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ public class TransactionalCache<K extends Serializable, V extends Object>
     private int maxCacheSize = 500;
     /** a unique string identifying this instance when binding resources */
     private String resourceKeyTxnData;
-    /** A "null" CacheStatistics impl is used by default for backwards compatibility */
-    private CacheStatistics cacheStats = new NoOpCacheStatistics();
+    /** Use of cacheStats is guarded by the cacheStatsEnabled flag */
+    private CacheStatistics cacheStats;
     /** Enable collection of statistics? */
     private boolean cacheStatsEnabled = false;
     private boolean isTenantAware = true; // true if tenant-aware (default), false if system-wide