diff --git a/lambdabot-misc-plugins.cabal b/lambdabot-misc-plugins.cabal
--- a/lambdabot-misc-plugins.cabal
+++ b/lambdabot-misc-plugins.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                   lambdabot-misc-plugins
-version:                5.1.0.4
+version:                5.2
 
 license:                GPL
 license-file:           LICENSE
@@ -22,24 +22,18 @@
                         .
                         [hello] Hello, world.
                         .
-                        [stats] Ad-hoc statsd queries.
-                        .
                         [todo] A to-do list for lambdabot.
 
 homepage:               https://wiki.haskell.org/Lambdabot
 
 build-type:             Simple
 cabal-version:          >= 1.8
-tested-with:            GHC == 7.10.3, GHC == 8.0.2, GHC == 8.2.2, GHC == 8.4.4, GHC == 8.6.1
+tested-with:            GHC == 7.10.3, GHC == 8.0.2, GHC == 8.2.2, GHC == 8.4.4, GHC == 8.6.5
 
 source-repository head
   type:                 git
   location:             https://github.com/lambdabot/lambdabot.git
 
-flag network-uri
-  description: Get Network.URI from the network-uri package
-  default: True
-
 library
   hs-source-dirs:       src
   ghc-options:          -Wall
@@ -50,7 +44,6 @@
                         Lambdabot.Plugin.Misc.Error
                         Lambdabot.Plugin.Misc.Fresh
                         Lambdabot.Plugin.Misc.Hello
-                        Lambdabot.Plugin.Misc.Stats
                         Lambdabot.Plugin.Misc.Todo
 
   other-modules:        Lambdabot.Plugin.Misc.Dummy.DocAssocs
@@ -59,11 +52,11 @@
                         bytestring              >= 0.9,
                         containers              >= 0.4,
                         filepath                >= 1.3,
-                        hstatsd                 >= 0.1,
-                        lambdabot-core          >= 5.1 && < 5.2,
+                        lambdabot-core          >= 5.2 && < 5.3,
                         lifted-base             >= 0.2,
                         mtl                     >= 2,
-                        time                    >= 1.4,
+                        network                 >= 2.7 && < 3.2,
+                        network-uri             >= 2.6 && < 2.7, 
                         parsec                  >= 3,
                         process                 >= 1.1,
                         random                  >= 1,
@@ -74,13 +67,9 @@
                         split                   >= 0.2,
                         tagsoup                 >= 0.12,
                         template-haskell        >= 2.7,
+                        time                    >= 1.4,
                         transformers            >= 0.2,
                         transformers-base       >= 0.4,
                         unix                    >= 2.5,
                         utf8-string             >= 0.3,
                         zlib                    >= 0.5
-
-  if flag(network-uri)
-    build-depends: network-uri >= 2.6, network >= 2.6
-  else
-    build-depends: network-uri < 2.6, network < 2.6
diff --git a/src/Lambdabot/Plugin/Misc.hs b/src/Lambdabot/Plugin/Misc.hs
--- a/src/Lambdabot/Plugin/Misc.hs
+++ b/src/Lambdabot/Plugin/Misc.hs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     , errorPlugin
     , freshPlugin
     , helloPlugin
-    , statsPlugin
     , todoPlugin
     
     , miscPlugins
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@
 import Lambdabot.Plugin.Misc.Error
 import Lambdabot.Plugin.Misc.Fresh
 import Lambdabot.Plugin.Misc.Hello
-import Lambdabot.Plugin.Misc.Stats
 import Lambdabot.Plugin.Misc.Todo
 
 miscPlugins :: [String]
diff --git a/src/Lambdabot/Plugin/Misc/Stats.hs b/src/Lambdabot/Plugin/Misc/Stats.hs
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/src/Lambdabot/Plugin/Misc/Stats.hs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE ConstraintKinds #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-}
-module Lambdabot.Plugin.Misc.Stats (statsPlugin) where
-
-import Lambdabot.Plugin
-import Lambdabot.Util
-
-import Network.StatsD
-
-
-type Stats = ModuleT StatsD LB
-
-statsPlugin :: Module StatsD
-statsPlugin = newModule
-    { moduleDefState = io (openStatsD host port prefix)
-    , contextual = \msg -> do
-        let n = length msg
-
-        user <- showNick =<< getSender
-        chan <- showNick =<< getTarget
-
-        counts
-            [ (grp ++ [stat'], val')
-            | grp <- [["user", user], ["channel", chan]]
-            , (stat', val') <- [("lines", 1), ("chars", toInteger n) ]
-            ]
-    }
-
--- various helpers
-host :: String
-host = "stats.thecave.lan"
-
-port :: String
-port = "8125"
-
-prefix :: [String]
-prefix = ["lambdabot"]
-
-report :: [Stat] -> Cmd Stats ()
-report xs = do
-    st <- readMS
-    io (push st xs)
-
-counts :: [([String], Integer)] -> Cmd Stats ()
-counts xs = report [stat bucket' val' "c" Nothing | (bucket', val') <- xs]