diff --git a/ethdb/leveldb/leveldb.go b/ethdb/leveldb/leveldb.go
index e58efbddbe..c0e0eb250a 100644
--- a/ethdb/leveldb/leveldb.go
+++ b/ethdb/leveldb/leveldb.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ package leveldb
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -246,11 +245,6 @@ func (db *Database) NewSnapshot() (ethdb.Snapshot, error) {
 
 // Stat returns a particular internal stat of the database.
 func (db *Database) Stat(property string) (string, error) {
-	if property == "" {
-		property = "leveldb.stats"
-	} else if !strings.HasPrefix(property, "leveldb.") {
-		property = "leveldb." + property
-	}
 	return db.db.GetProperty(property)
 }
 
diff --git a/ethdb/pebble/pebble.go b/ethdb/pebble/pebble.go
index c35a154cac..12a84cc91a 100644
--- a/ethdb/pebble/pebble.go
+++ b/ethdb/pebble/pebble.go
@@ -379,12 +379,9 @@ func upperBound(prefix []byte) (limit []byte) {
 	return limit
 }
 
-// Stat returns the internal metrics of Pebble in a text format. It's a developer
-// method to read everything there is to read independent of Pebble version.
-//
-// The property is unused in Pebble as there's only one thing to retrieve.
+// Stat returns a particular internal stat of the database.
 func (d *Database) Stat(property string) (string, error) {
-	return d.db.Metrics().String(), nil
+	return "", nil
 }
 
 // Compact flattens the underlying data store for the given key range. In essence,
diff --git a/internal/ethapi/api.go b/internal/ethapi/api.go
index d22424502c..f7584cbf5a 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/api.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/api.go
@@ -2191,6 +2191,11 @@ func (api *DebugAPI) PrintBlock(ctx context.Context, number uint64) (string, err
 
 // ChaindbProperty returns leveldb properties of the key-value database.
 func (api *DebugAPI) ChaindbProperty(property string) (string, error) {
+	if property == "" {
+		property = "leveldb.stats"
+	} else if !strings.HasPrefix(property, "leveldb.") {
+		property = "leveldb." + property
+	}
 	return api.b.ChainDb().Stat(property)
 }