diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index e536dfb4ebd..6a6d0b1153a 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -2760,7 +2760,6 @@ bool Chainstate::DisconnectTip(BlockValidationState& state, DisconnectedBlockTra
     return true;
 }
 
-static SteadyClock::duration time_read_from_disk_total{};
 static SteadyClock::duration time_connect_total{};
 static SteadyClock::duration time_flush{};
 static SteadyClock::duration time_chainstate{};
@@ -2834,12 +2833,11 @@ bool Chainstate::ConnectTip(BlockValidationState& state, CBlockIndex* pindexNew,
     const CBlock& blockConnecting = *pthisBlock;
     // Apply the block atomically to the chain state.
     const auto time_2{SteadyClock::now()};
-    time_read_from_disk_total += time_2 - time_1;
     SteadyClock::time_point time_3;
-    LogPrint(BCLog::BENCH, "  - Load block from disk: %.2fms [%.2fs (%.2fms/blk)]\n",
-             Ticks<MillisecondsDouble>(time_2 - time_1),
-             Ticks<SecondsDouble>(time_read_from_disk_total),
-             Ticks<MillisecondsDouble>(time_read_from_disk_total) / num_blocks_total);
+    // When adding aggregate statistics in the future, keep in mind that
+    // num_blocks_total may be zero until the ConnectBlock() call below.
+    LogPrint(BCLog::BENCH, "  - Load block from disk: %.2fms\n",
+             Ticks<MillisecondsDouble>(time_2 - time_1));
     {
         CCoinsViewCache view(&CoinsTip());
         bool rv = ConnectBlock(blockConnecting, state, pindexNew, view);