diff --git a/kernel/src/actions/mod.rs b/kernel/src/actions/mod.rs
index 5edc2a2b1..630eedc81 100644
--- a/kernel/src/actions/mod.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/actions/mod.rs
@@ -442,12 +442,6 @@ struct Remove {
     #[cfg_attr(test, serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none"))]
     pub(crate) size: Option<i64>,
 
-    /// Contains [statistics] (e.g., count, min/max values for columns) about the data in this logical file encoded as a JSON string.
-    ///
-    /// [statistics]: https://github.com/delta-io/delta/blob/master/PROTOCOL.md#Per-file-Statistics
-    #[cfg_attr(test, serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none"))]
-    pub(crate) stats: Option<String>,
-
     /// Map containing metadata about this logical file.
     #[cfg_attr(test, serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none"))]
     pub(crate) tags: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
@@ -639,7 +633,6 @@ mod tests {
                 StructField::new("extendedFileMetadata", DataType::BOOLEAN, true),
                 partition_values_field(),
                 StructField::new("size", DataType::LONG, true),
-                StructField::new("stats", DataType::STRING, true),
                 tags_field(),
                 deletion_vector_field(),
                 StructField::new("baseRowId", DataType::LONG, true),
diff --git a/kernel/src/actions/visitors.rs b/kernel/src/actions/visitors.rs
index 5f2dab4d2..957befe80 100644
--- a/kernel/src/actions/visitors.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/actions/visitors.rs
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ impl RemoveVisitor {
         getters: &[&'a dyn GetData<'a>],
     ) -> DeltaResult<Remove> {
         require!(
-            getters.len() == 15,
+            getters.len() == 14,
             Error::InternalError(format!(
                 "Wrong number of RemoveVisitor getters: {}",
                 getters.len()
@@ -272,15 +272,13 @@ impl RemoveVisitor {
 
         let size: Option<i64> = getters[5].get_opt(row_index, "remove.size")?;
 
-        let stats: Option<String> = getters[6].get_opt(row_index, "remove.stats")?;
-
-        // TODO(nick) tags are skipped in getters[7]
+        // TODO(nick) tags are skipped in getters[6]
 
-        let deletion_vector = visit_deletion_vector_at(row_index, &getters[8..])?;
+        let deletion_vector = visit_deletion_vector_at(row_index, &getters[7..])?;
 
-        let base_row_id: Option<i64> = getters[13].get_opt(row_index, "remove.baseRowId")?;
+        let base_row_id: Option<i64> = getters[12].get_opt(row_index, "remove.baseRowId")?;
         let default_row_commit_version: Option<i64> =
-            getters[14].get_opt(row_index, "remove.defaultRowCommitVersion")?;
+            getters[13].get_opt(row_index, "remove.defaultRowCommitVersion")?;
 
         Ok(Remove {
             path,
@@ -289,7 +287,6 @@ impl RemoveVisitor {
             extended_file_metadata,
             partition_values,
             size,
-            stats,
             tags: None,
             deletion_vector,
             base_row_id,
@@ -635,40 +632,6 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn test_parse_remove() {
-        let engine = SyncEngine::new();
-        let json_handler = engine.get_json_handler();
-        let json_strings: StringArray = vec![
-            r#"{"commitInfo":{"timestamp":1670892998177,"operation":"DELETE","operationParameters":{"mode":"Append"},"isolationLevel":"Serializable","isBlindAppend":true,"operationMetrics":{"numFiles":"1","numOutputRows":"1","numOutputBytes":"1356"},"engineInfo":"Apache-Spark/3.3.1 Delta-Lake/2.2.0","txnId":"046a258f-45e3-4657-b0bf-abfb0f76681c"}}"#,
-            r#"{"remove":{"path":"part-00003-f525f459-34f9-46f5-82d6-d42121d883fd.c000.snappy.parquet","deletionTimestamp":1670892998135,"dataChange":true,"size":452,"stats":"{\"numRecords\":1,\"minValues\":{\"c3\":5},\"maxValues\":{\"c3\":5},\"nullCount\":{\"c3\":0}}"}}"#,
-        ]
-        .into();
-        let output_schema = get_log_schema().clone();
-        let batch = json_handler
-            .parse_json(string_array_to_engine_data(json_strings), output_schema)
-            .unwrap();
-        let mut remove_visitor = RemoveVisitor::default();
-        remove_visitor.visit_rows_of(batch.as_ref()).unwrap();
-        let expected_remove: Remove = Remove {
-            path: "part-00003-f525f459-34f9-46f5-82d6-d42121d883fd.c000.snappy.parquet".into(),
-            deletion_timestamp: Some(1670892998135),
-            data_change: true,
-            size: Some(452),
-            stats: Some("{\"numRecords\":1,\"minValues\":{\"c3\":5},\"maxValues\":{\"c3\":5},\"nullCount\":{\"c3\":0}}".into()),
-            ..Default::default()
-        };
-        assert_eq!(
-            remove_visitor.removes.len(),
-            1,
-            "Unexpected number of remove actions"
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            remove_visitor.removes[0], expected_remove,
-            "Unexpected remove action"
-        );
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn test_parse_remove_partitioned() {
         let engine = SyncEngine::new();
diff --git a/kernel/src/schema.rs b/kernel/src/schema.rs
index 83f5f3435..d2ff65193 100644
--- a/kernel/src/schema.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/schema.rs
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ pub struct StructType {
     pub type_name: String,
     /// The type of element stored in this array
     // We use indexmap to preserve the order of fields as they are defined in the schema
-    // while also allowing for fast lookup by name. The alternative to do a linear search
+    // while also allowing for fast lookup by name. The alternative is to do a linear search
     // for each field by name would be potentially quite expensive for large schemas.
     pub fields: IndexMap<String, StructField>,
 }