diff --git a/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c b/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c
index e2852286a7..bdc1208724 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c
@@ -1578,15 +1578,9 @@ DropSubscription(DropSubscriptionStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 
 	/*
 	 * Tell the cumulative stats system that the subscription is getting
-	 * dropped. We can safely report dropping the subscription statistics here
-	 * if the subscription is associated with a replication slot since we
-	 * cannot run DROP SUBSCRIPTION inside a transaction block.  Subscription
-	 * statistics will be removed later by (auto)vacuum either if it's not
-	 * associated with a replication slot or if the message for dropping the
-	 * subscription gets lost.
+	 * dropped.
 	 */
-	if (slotname)
-		pgstat_drop_subscription(subid);
+	pgstat_drop_subscription(subid);
 
 	table_close(rel, NoLock);
 }