diff --git a/core/config/default-config.js b/core/config/default-config.js
index cba121151af3..f54a64730846 100644
--- a/core/config/default-config.js
+++ b/core/config/default-config.js
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ const defaultConfig = {
     {id: 'ConsoleMessages', gatherer: 'console-messages'},
     {id: 'CSSUsage', gatherer: 'css-usage'},
     {id: 'Doctype', gatherer: 'dobetterweb/doctype'},
-    {id: 'DOMStats', gatherer: 'dobetterweb/domstats'},
     {id: 'Inputs', gatherer: 'inputs'},
     {id: 'IFrameElements', gatherer: 'iframe-elements'},
     {id: 'ImageElements', gatherer: 'image-elements'},
diff --git a/core/gather/gatherers/dobetterweb/domstats.js b/core/gather/gatherers/dobetterweb/domstats.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 17f44297106d..000000000000
--- a/core/gather/gatherers/dobetterweb/domstats.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright 2017 Google LLC
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-/**
- * @fileoverview Gathers stats about the max height and width of the DOM tree
- * and total number of elements used on the page.
- */
-
-/* global getNodeDetails */
-
-
-import BaseGatherer from '../../base-gatherer.js';
-import {pageFunctions} from '../../../lib/page-functions.js';
-
-/**
- * Calculates the maximum tree depth of the DOM.
- * @param {HTMLElement} element Root of the tree to look in.
- * @param {boolean=} deep True to include shadow roots. Defaults to true.
- * @return {LH.Artifacts.DOMStats}
- */
-/* c8 ignore start */
-function getDOMStats(element = document.body, deep = true) {
-  let deepestElement = null;
-  let maxDepth = -1;
-  let maxWidth = -1;
-  let numElements = 0;
-  let parentWithMostChildren = null;
-
-  /**
-   * @param {Element|ShadowRoot} element
-   * @param {number} depth
-   */
-  const _calcDOMWidthAndHeight = function(element, depth = 1) {
-    if (depth > maxDepth) {
-      deepestElement = element;
-      maxDepth = depth;
-    }
-    if (element.children.length > maxWidth) {
-      parentWithMostChildren = element;
-      maxWidth = element.children.length;
-    }
-
-    let child = element.firstElementChild;
-    while (child) {
-      _calcDOMWidthAndHeight(child, depth + 1);
-      // If element has shadow dom, traverse into that tree.
-      if (deep && child.shadowRoot) {
-        _calcDOMWidthAndHeight(child.shadowRoot, depth + 1);
-      }
-      child = child.nextElementSibling;
-      numElements++;
-    }
-
-    return {maxDepth, maxWidth, numElements};
-  };
-
-  const result = _calcDOMWidthAndHeight(element);
-
-  return {
-    depth: {
-      max: result.maxDepth,
-      // @ts-expect-error - getNodeDetails put into scope via stringification
-      ...getNodeDetails(deepestElement),
-    },
-    width: {
-      max: result.maxWidth,
-      // @ts-expect-error - getNodeDetails put into scope via stringification
-      ...getNodeDetails(parentWithMostChildren),
-    },
-    totalBodyElements: result.numElements,
-  };
-}
-/* c8 ignore stop */
-
-class DOMStats extends BaseGatherer {
-  /** @type {LH.Gatherer.GathererMeta} */
-  meta = {
-    supportedModes: ['snapshot', 'navigation'],
-  };
-
-  /**
-   * @param {LH.Gatherer.Context} passContext
-   * @return {Promise<LH.Artifacts['DOMStats']>}
-   */
-  async getArtifact(passContext) {
-    const driver = passContext.driver;
-
-    await driver.defaultSession.sendCommand('DOM.enable');
-    const results = await driver.executionContext.evaluate(getDOMStats, {
-      args: [],
-      useIsolation: true,
-      deps: [pageFunctions.getNodeDetails],
-    });
-    await driver.defaultSession.sendCommand('DOM.disable');
-    return results;
-  }
-}
-
-export default DOMStats;
diff --git a/types/artifacts.d.ts b/types/artifacts.d.ts
index b2b89bc0e333..116ead84c187 100644
--- a/types/artifacts.d.ts
+++ b/types/artifacts.d.ts
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ export interface GathererArtifacts extends PublicGathererArtifacts {
   /** Information on the document's doctype(or null if not present), specifically the name, publicId, and systemId.
       All properties default to an empty string if not present */
   Doctype: Artifacts.Doctype | null;
-  /** Information on the size of all DOM nodes in the page and the most extreme members. */
-  DOMStats: Artifacts.DOMStats;
   /** All the iframe elements in the page. */
   IFrameElements: Artifacts.IFrameElement[];
   /** All the input elements, including associated form and label elements. */
@@ -224,13 +222,6 @@ declare module Artifacts {
     documentCompatMode: string;
   }
 
-  interface DOMStats {
-    /** The total number of elements found within the page's body. */
-    totalBodyElements: number;
-    width: NodeDetails & {max: number;};
-    depth: NodeDetails & {max: number;};
-  }
-
   interface IFrameElement {
     /** The `id` attribute of the iframe. */
     id: string,