diff --git a/src/drivers/imu/bmi055/BMI055_gyro.cpp b/src/drivers/imu/bmi055/BMI055_gyro.cpp
index d03a6d5b39..770f0120c6 100644
--- a/src/drivers/imu/bmi055/BMI055_gyro.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/imu/bmi055/BMI055_gyro.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ BMI055_gyro::BMI055_gyro(int bus, const char *path_gyro, uint32_t device, enum R
 	_bad_registers(perf_alloc(PC_COUNT, "bmi055_gyro_bad_registers")),
 	_reset_retries(perf_alloc(PC_COUNT, "bmi055_gyro_reset_retries")),
 	_duplicates(perf_alloc(PC_COUNT, "bmi055_gyro_duplicates")),
-	_gyro_reads(perf_alloc(PC_COUNT, "bmi055_gyro_read")),
 	_gyro_reports(nullptr),
 	_gyro_scale{},
 	_gyro_range_scale(0.0f),
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ BMI055_gyro::~BMI055_gyro()
 	perf_free(_bad_registers);
 	perf_free(_reset_retries);
 	perf_free(_duplicates);
-	perf_free(_gyro_reads);
 }
 
 int
@@ -195,8 +193,6 @@ int BMI055_gyro::reset()
 		}
 	}
 
-	_gyro_reads = 0;
-
 	return OK;
 }
 
@@ -349,8 +345,6 @@ BMI055_gyro::read(struct file *filp, char *buffer, size_t buflen)
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
 
-	perf_count(_gyro_reads);
-
 	/* copy reports out of our buffer to the caller */
 	gyro_report *grp = reinterpret_cast<gyro_report *>(buffer);
 	int transferred = 0;
@@ -789,7 +783,6 @@ BMI055_gyro::print_info()
 	PX4_INFO("Gyro");
 
 	perf_print_counter(_sample_perf);
-	perf_print_counter(_gyro_reads);
 	perf_print_counter(_bad_transfers);
 	perf_print_counter(_bad_registers);
 	perf_print_counter(_reset_retries);
diff --git a/src/drivers/imu/bmi055/BMI055_gyro.hpp b/src/drivers/imu/bmi055/BMI055_gyro.hpp
index 55f9bfdd95..8031a2480f 100644
--- a/src/drivers/imu/bmi055/BMI055_gyro.hpp
+++ b/src/drivers/imu/bmi055/BMI055_gyro.hpp
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ private:
 	perf_counter_t      _bad_registers;
 	perf_counter_t      _reset_retries;
 	perf_counter_t      _duplicates;
-	perf_counter_t      _gyro_reads;
 
 	ringbuffer::RingBuffer  *_gyro_reports;