diff --git a/man/pactl.1.xml.in b/man/pactl.1.xml.in
index a195b1d74..cf6570ef9 100644
--- a/man/pactl.1.xml.in
+++ b/man/pactl.1.xml.in
@@ -66,11 +66,8 @@ USA.
   <section name="Commands">
 
     <option>
-      <p><opt>stat</opt> [<arg>short</arg>]</p>
-      <optdesc><p>Dump a few statistics about the memory usage of the PulseAudio daemon. (Note: for backwards
-      compatibility, we also show the output of the <arg>info</arg> command. In order to only show
-      statistics, use the optional <arg>short</arg> argument. In a future version of PA we will
-      make this the default)</p></optdesc>
+      <p><opt>stat</opt></p>
+      <optdesc><p>Dump a few statistics about the memory usage of the PulseAudio daemon.</p></optdesc>
     </option>
 
     <option>
diff --git a/shell-completion/bash/pulseaudio b/shell-completion/bash/pulseaudio
index 7775b0829..4d7e0b80f 100644
--- a/shell-completion/bash/pulseaudio
+++ b/shell-completion/bash/pulseaudio
@@ -179,8 +179,6 @@ _pactl() {
     case $prev in
         list) COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W '${list_types[*]}' -- "$cur")) ;;
 
-        stat) COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W 'short' -- "$cur")) ;;
-
         upload-sample) _filedir ;;
 
         play-sample) ;; # TODO
diff --git a/shell-completion/zsh/_pulseaudio b/shell-completion/zsh/_pulseaudio
index cbccaf243..b8dd5935b 100644
--- a/shell-completion/zsh/_pulseaudio
+++ b/shell-completion/zsh/_pulseaudio
@@ -465,7 +465,6 @@ _pactl_completion() {
         _command=$words[1]
 
         case $_command in
-            stat)                                  if ((CURRENT == 2)); then compadd short; fi;;
             list)                                  _list_parameter;;
             upload-sample)                         if ((CURRENT == 2)); then _files; fi;;
             play-sample)                           _play_sample_parameter;;
diff --git a/src/utils/pactl.c b/src/utils/pactl.c
index 13ea64986..f6555b9c5 100644
--- a/src/utils/pactl.c
+++ b/src/utils/pactl.c
@@ -1201,14 +1201,7 @@ static void context_state_callback(pa_context *c, void *userdata) {
             switch (action) {
                 case STAT:
                     o = pa_context_stat(c, stat_callback, NULL);
-                    if (short_list_format)
-                        break;
-
-                    if (o) {
-                        pa_operation_unref(o);
-                        actions++;
-                    }
-                    /* Fall through */
+                    break;
 
                 case INFO:
                     o = pa_context_get_server_info(c, get_server_info_callback, NULL);
@@ -1563,7 +1556,7 @@ static enum mute_flags parse_mute(const char *mute_text) {
 
 static void help(const char *argv0) {
 
-    printf("%s %s %s\n",    argv0, _("[options]"), "stat [short]");
+    printf("%s %s %s\n",    argv0, _("[options]"), "stat");
     printf("%s %s %s\n",    argv0, _("[options]"), "info");
     printf("%s %s %s %s\n", argv0, _("[options]"), "list [short]", _("[TYPE]"));
     printf("%s %s %s\n",    argv0, _("[options]"), "exit");
@@ -1665,9 +1658,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     if (optind < argc) {
         if (pa_streq(argv[optind], "stat")) {
             action = STAT;
-            short_list_format = false;
-            if (optind+1 < argc && pa_streq(argv[optind+1], "short"))
-                short_list_format = true;
 
         } else if (pa_streq(argv[optind], "info"))
             action = INFO;