diff --git a/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs b/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
index 608551f..c6bac4a 100644
--- a/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
+++ b/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
@@ -185,10 +185,8 @@ relayInbox serv tag posts = do
     -- if noone subscribed to the tag, nothing needs to be done
         (pure ())
     -- otherwise enqueue posts into broadcast queue of the tag
-        (\queue -> do
+        (\queue ->
             liftIO $ forM_ postIDs (atomically . writeTChan queue)
-            -- report the received post for statistic purposes
-            liftIO . atomically . writeTQueue (statsQueue serv) $ StatsEvent RelayReceiveEvent (length postIDs) (hashtagToId tag)
         )
         broadcastChan
     pure NoContent
@@ -251,9 +249,7 @@ postFetch serv postID = do
     postSet <- liftIO . readTVarIO . ownPosts $ serv
     if HSet.member postID postSet
        -- decision: always return the same placeholder post
-       then do
-           liftIO . atomically . writeTQueue (statsQueue serv) $ StatsEvent IncomingPostFetchEvent 1 0  -- tag fetched for is irrelevant
-           pure placeholderPost
+       then pure placeholderPost
        else throwError $ err404 { errBody = "No post found with this ID" }
 
 
@@ -263,14 +259,11 @@ postMultiFetch serv postIDs = do
     let idList = Txt.lines postIDs
     postSet <- liftIO . readTVarIO . ownPosts $ serv
     -- look up existence of all given post IDs, fail if even one is missing
-    response <- foldM (\response postID ->
+    foldM (\response postID ->
         if HSet.member postID postSet
            then pure $ placeholderPost <> "\n" <> response
            else throwError $ err404 { errBody = "No post found with this ID" }
           ) "" idList
-    -- this shouldn't be reached in case of error
-    liftIO . atomically . writeTQueue (statsQueue serv) $ StatsEvent IncomingPostFetchEvent (length idList) 0  -- tag fetched for is irrelevant
-    pure response
 
 
 -- | delivery endpoint: inbox for initially publishing a post at an instance
@@ -682,18 +675,9 @@ relayWorker serv = forever $ do
             subscriberMap <- readTVar subscriberMapSTM
             foldM (\jobAcc' ((subHost, subPort), (postChan, _)) -> do
                 postsToDeliver <- readUpToTChan 500 postChan
-                let postDeliveryAction = runClientM (tagDeliveryClient tag (Txt.unlines postsToDeliver)) (mkClientEnv (httpMan serv) (BaseUrl Http subHost (fromIntegral subPort) ""))
-                -- append relay push job to job list
+                -- append fetch job to job list
                 pure $ if not (null postsToDeliver)
-                          then jobAcc' `D.snoc` (do
-                              deliveryResult <- postDeliveryAction
-                              either
-                                (const $ pure ())
-                                -- on successful push, record that event for statistics
-                                (const . atomically . writeTQueue (statsQueue serv) $ StatsEvent RelayDeliveryEvent (length postsToDeliver) (hashtagToId tag))
-                                deliveryResult
-                              pure deliveryResult
-                                                )
+                   then jobAcc' `D.snoc` runClientM (tagDeliveryClient tag (Txt.unlines postsToDeliver)) (mkClientEnv (httpMan serv) (BaseUrl Http subHost (fromIntegral subPort) ""))
                    else jobAcc'
                 ) jobAcc $ HMap.toList subscriberMap
             ) D.empty subscriptionMap
@@ -707,6 +691,7 @@ relayWorker serv = forever $ do
         runningJobs <- mapM async jobset
         -- so far just dropping failed attempts, TODO: retry mechanism
         successfulResults <- rights <$> mapM waitCatch runningJobs
+        -- TODO: stats
         pure ()