diff --git a/src/drivers/imu/bmi055/BMI055_accel.cpp b/src/drivers/imu/bmi055/BMI055_accel.cpp
index c7989a190a..856321e8ec 100644
--- a/src/drivers/imu/bmi055/BMI055_accel.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/imu/bmi055/BMI055_accel.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ BMI055_accel::BMI055_accel(int bus, const char *path_accel, uint32_t device, enu
 	_bad_registers(perf_alloc(PC_COUNT, "bmi055_accel_bad_registers")),
 	_reset_retries(perf_alloc(PC_COUNT, "bmi055_accel_reset_retries")),
 	_duplicates(perf_alloc(PC_COUNT, "bmi055_accel_duplicates")),
-	_accel_reads(perf_alloc(PC_COUNT, "bmi055_accel_read")),
 	_accel_reports(nullptr),
 	_accel_scale{},
 	_accel_range_scale(0.0f),
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ BMI055_accel::~BMI055_accel()
 	perf_free(_bad_registers);
 	perf_free(_reset_retries);
 	perf_free(_duplicates);
-	perf_free(_accel_reads);
 }
 
 int
@@ -190,8 +188,6 @@ int BMI055_accel::reset()
 		}
 	}
 
-	_accel_reads = 0;
-
 	return OK;
 }
 
@@ -284,8 +280,6 @@ BMI055_accel::read(struct file *filp, char *buffer, size_t buflen)
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
 
-	perf_count(_accel_reads);
-
 	/* copy reports out of our buffer to the caller */
 	accel_report *arp = reinterpret_cast<accel_report *>(buffer);
 	int transferred = 0;
@@ -813,7 +807,6 @@ BMI055_accel::print_info()
 	PX4_INFO("Accel");
 
 	perf_print_counter(_sample_perf);
-	perf_print_counter(_accel_reads);
 	perf_print_counter(_bad_transfers);
 	perf_print_counter(_bad_registers);
 	perf_print_counter(_reset_retries);
diff --git a/src/drivers/imu/bmi055/BMI055_accel.hpp b/src/drivers/imu/bmi055/BMI055_accel.hpp
index 5d2b1085c5..c9c565ac70 100644
--- a/src/drivers/imu/bmi055/BMI055_accel.hpp
+++ b/src/drivers/imu/bmi055/BMI055_accel.hpp
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ private:
 	perf_counter_t      _bad_registers;
 	perf_counter_t      _reset_retries;
 	perf_counter_t      _duplicates;
-	perf_counter_t      _accel_reads;
 
 	ringbuffer::RingBuffer  *_accel_reports;