diff --git a/arch_init.c b/arch_init.c
index 5d32ecf..283081d 100644
--- a/arch_init.c
+++ b/arch_init.c
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ int64_t xbzrle_cache_resize(int64_t new_size)
 /* accounting for migration statistics */
 typedef struct AccountingInfo {
     uint64_t dup_pages;
-    uint64_t skipped_pages;
     uint64_t norm_pages;
     uint64_t iterations;
     uint64_t xbzrle_bytes;
@@ -209,16 +208,6 @@ uint64_t dup_mig_pages_transferred(void)
     return acct_info.dup_pages;
 }
 
-uint64_t skipped_mig_bytes_transferred(void)
-{
-    return acct_info.skipped_pages * TARGET_PAGE_SIZE;
-}
-
-uint64_t skipped_mig_pages_transferred(void)
-{
-    return acct_info.skipped_pages;
-}
-
 uint64_t norm_mig_bytes_transferred(void)
 {
     return acct_info.norm_pages * TARGET_PAGE_SIZE;
@@ -457,15 +446,10 @@ static int ram_save_block(QEMUFile *f, bool last_stage)
             bytes_sent = -1;
             if (is_zero_page(p)) {
                 acct_info.dup_pages++;
-                if (!ram_bulk_stage) {
-                    bytes_sent = save_block_hdr(f, block, offset, cont,
-                                                RAM_SAVE_FLAG_COMPRESS);
-                    qemu_put_byte(f, 0);
-                    bytes_sent++;
-                } else {
-                    acct_info.skipped_pages++;
-                    bytes_sent = 0;
-                }
+                bytes_sent = save_block_hdr(f, block, offset, cont,
+                                            RAM_SAVE_FLAG_COMPRESS);
+                qemu_put_byte(f, 0);
+                bytes_sent++;
             } else if (!ram_bulk_stage && migrate_use_xbzrle()) {
                 current_addr = block->offset + offset;
                 bytes_sent = save_xbzrle_page(f, p, current_addr, block,
diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index 4fb76ec..55c4423 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -173,8 +173,6 @@ void hmp_info_migrate(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
                        info->ram->total >> 10);
         monitor_printf(mon, "duplicate: %" PRIu64 " pages\n",
                        info->ram->duplicate);
-        monitor_printf(mon, "skipped: %" PRIu64 " pages\n",
-                       info->ram->skipped);
         monitor_printf(mon, "normal: %" PRIu64 " pages\n",
                        info->ram->normal);
         monitor_printf(mon, "normal bytes: %" PRIu64 " kbytes\n",
diff --git a/include/migration/migration.h b/include/migration/migration.h
index e2acec6..bb617fd 100644
--- a/include/migration/migration.h
+++ b/include/migration/migration.h
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ extern SaveVMHandlers savevm_ram_handlers;
 
 uint64_t dup_mig_bytes_transferred(void);
 uint64_t dup_mig_pages_transferred(void);
-uint64_t skipped_mig_bytes_transferred(void);
-uint64_t skipped_mig_pages_transferred(void);
 uint64_t norm_mig_bytes_transferred(void);
 uint64_t norm_mig_pages_transferred(void);
 uint64_t xbzrle_mig_bytes_transferred(void);
diff --git a/migration.c b/migration.c
index 058f9e6..c305d3e 100644
--- a/migration.c
+++ b/migration.c
@@ -197,11 +197,11 @@ MigrationInfo *qmp_query_migrate(Error **errp)
         info->ram->remaining = ram_bytes_remaining();
         info->ram->total = ram_bytes_total();
         info->ram->duplicate = dup_mig_pages_transferred();
-        info->ram->skipped = skipped_mig_pages_transferred();
         info->ram->normal = norm_mig_pages_transferred();
         info->ram->normal_bytes = norm_mig_bytes_transferred();
         info->ram->dirty_pages_rate = s->dirty_pages_rate;
 
+
         if (blk_mig_active()) {
             info->has_disk = true;
             info->disk = g_malloc0(sizeof(*info->disk));
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ MigrationInfo *qmp_query_migrate(Error **errp)
         info->ram->remaining = 0;
         info->ram->total = ram_bytes_total();
         info->ram->duplicate = dup_mig_pages_transferred();
-        info->ram->skipped = skipped_mig_pages_transferred();
         info->ram->normal = norm_mig_pages_transferred();
         info->ram->normal_bytes = norm_mig_bytes_transferred();
         break;
diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index ef1f657..db0986c 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -499,9 +499,7 @@
 #
 # @total: total amount of bytes involved in the migration process
 #
-# @duplicate: number of duplicate (zero) pages (since 1.2)
-#
-# @skipped: number of skipped zero pages (since 1.5)
+# @duplicate: number of duplicate pages (since 1.2)
 #
 # @normal : number of normal pages (since 1.2)
 #
@@ -514,8 +512,8 @@
 ##
 { 'type': 'MigrationStats',
   'data': {'transferred': 'int', 'remaining': 'int', 'total': 'int' ,
-           'duplicate': 'int', 'skipped': 'int', 'normal': 'int',
-           'normal-bytes': 'int', 'dirty-pages-rate' : 'int' } }
+           'duplicate': 'int', 'normal': 'int', 'normal-bytes': 'int',
+           'dirty-pages-rate' : 'int' } }
 
 ##
 # @XBZRLECacheStats
diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
index ffd130e..fa5986f 100644
--- a/qmp-commands.hx
+++ b/qmp-commands.hx
@@ -2515,7 +2515,6 @@ The main json-object contains the following:
          - "duplicate": number of pages filled entirely with the same
             byte (json-int)
             These are sent over the wire much more efficiently.
-         - "skipped": number of skipped zero pages (json-int)
          - "normal" : number of whole pages transferred.  I.e. they
             were not sent as duplicate or xbzrle pages (json-int)
          - "normal-bytes" : number of bytes transferred in whole
