diff --git a/src/async-components/views/dialogs/eventindex/ManageEventIndex.js b/src/async-components/views/dialogs/eventindex/ManageEventIndex.js
index 8623856b2e..d9a0cdcb5d 100644
--- a/src/async-components/views/dialogs/eventindex/ManageEventIndex.js
+++ b/src/async-components/views/dialogs/eventindex/ManageEventIndex.js
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ export default class ManageEventIndex extends React.Component {
 
         this.state = {
             eventIndexSize: 0,
-            crawlingRooms: 0,
-            totalCrawlingRooms: 0,
             eventCount: 0,
             roomCount: 0,
             currentRoom: null,
@@ -80,8 +78,6 @@ export default class ManageEventIndex extends React.Component {
         let eventIndexSize = 0;
         let roomCount = 0;
         let eventCount = 0;
-        let crawlingRooms = 0;
-        let totalCrawlingRooms = 0;
         let currentRoom = null;
 
         const eventIndex = EventIndexPeg.get();
@@ -94,18 +90,12 @@ export default class ManageEventIndex extends React.Component {
             roomCount = stats.roomCount;
             eventCount = stats.eventCount;
 
-            const crawledRooms = eventIndex.currentlyCrawledRooms();
-            crawlingRooms = crawledRooms.crawlingRooms.size;
-            totalCrawlingRooms = crawledRooms.totalRooms.size;
-
             const room = eventIndex.currentRoom();
             if (room) currentRoom = room.name;
         }
 
         this.setState({
             eventIndexSize,
-            crawlingRooms,
-            totalCrawlingRooms,
             eventCount,
             roomCount,
             currentRoom,
diff --git a/src/indexing/EventIndex.js b/src/indexing/EventIndex.js
index 09abb5d209..a10f4aff71 100644
--- a/src/indexing/EventIndex.js
+++ b/src/indexing/EventIndex.js
@@ -440,33 +440,6 @@ export default class EventIndex {
         return indexManager.getStats();
     }
 
-    currentlyCrawledRooms() {
-        const crawlingRooms = new Set();
-        const totalRooms = new Set();
-
-        this.crawlerCheckpoints.forEach((checkpoint, index) => {
-            crawlingRooms.add(checkpoint.roomId);
-        });
-
-        if (this._currentCheckpoint !== null) {
-            crawlingRooms.add(this._currentCheckpoint.roomId);
-        }
-
-        const client = MatrixClientPeg.get();
-        const rooms = client.getRooms();
-
-        const isRoomEncrypted = (room) => {
-            return client.isRoomEncrypted(room.roomId);
-        };
-
-        const encryptedRooms = rooms.filter(isRoomEncrypted);
-        encryptedRooms.forEach((room, index) => {
-            totalRooms.add(room.roomId);
-        });
-
-        return {crawlingRooms, totalRooms};
-    }
-
     /**
      * Get the room that we are currently crawling.
      *