diff --git a/src/getdata.c b/src/getdata.c
index b513d5d..36a9c9e 100644
--- a/src/getdata.c
+++ b/src/getdata.c
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ int parse_leases(struct conf_t *state)
 	FILE *dhcpd_leases;
 	char *line, *ipstring, macstring[20], *stop;
 	union ipaddr_t addr;
-	struct stat lease_file_stats;
 	struct leases_t *lease;
 
 	dhcpd_leases = fopen(state->dhcpdlease_file, "r");
@@ -96,12 +95,6 @@ int parse_leases(struct conf_t *state)
 		error(EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "parse_leases: fadvise %s", state->dhcpdlease_file);
 # endif				/* POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL */
 #endif				/* HAVE_POSIX_FADVISE */
-	/* I found out that there's one lease address per 300 bytes in
-	 * dhcpd.leases file. Malloc is little bit pessimistic and uses 250.
-	 * If someone has higher density in lease file I'm interested to
-	 * hear about that. */
-	if (stat(state->dhcpdlease_file, &lease_file_stats))
-		error(EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "parse_leases: %s", state->dhcpdlease_file);
 	line = xmalloc(sizeof(char) * MAXLEN);
 	line[0] = '\0';
 	ipstring = xmalloc(sizeof(char) * MAXLEN);