diff --git a/ibis/expr/types/relations.py b/ibis/expr/types/relations.py
index b9374b2b6a80..39a7dbdabc97 100644
--- a/ibis/expr/types/relations.py
+++ b/ibis/expr/types/relations.py
@@ -209,12 +209,6 @@ def __polars_result__(self, df: pl.DataFrame) -> Any:
 
         return PolarsData.convert_table(df, self.schema())
 
-    def _bind_reduction_filter(self, where):
-        if where is None or not isinstance(where, Deferred):
-            return where
-
-        return where.resolve(self)
-
     def bind(self, *args, **kwargs):
         # allow the first argument to be either a dictionary or a list of values
         if len(args) == 1:
@@ -2527,9 +2521,9 @@ def nunique(self, where: ir.BooleanValue | None = None) -> ir.IntegerScalar:
         >>> t.nunique(t.a != "foo")
         1
         """
-        return ops.CountDistinctStar(
-            self, where=self._bind_reduction_filter(where)
-        ).to_expr()
+        if where is not None:
+            (where,) = bind(self, where)
+        return ops.CountDistinctStar(self, where=where).to_expr()
 
     def count(self, where: ir.BooleanValue | None = None) -> ir.IntegerScalar:
         """Compute the number of rows in the table.
@@ -2566,7 +2560,9 @@ def count(self, where: ir.BooleanValue | None = None) -> ir.IntegerScalar:
         >>> type(t.count())
         <class 'ibis.expr.types.numeric.IntegerScalar'>
         """
-        return ops.CountStar(self, where=self._bind_reduction_filter(where)).to_expr()
+        if where is not None:
+            (where,) = bind(self, where)
+        return ops.CountStar(self, where=where).to_expr()
 
     def dropna(
         self,
diff --git a/ibis/tests/expr/test_table.py b/ibis/tests/expr/test_table.py
index 12d6c3d4ba04..29b2e01637b1 100644
--- a/ibis/tests/expr/test_table.py
+++ b/ibis/tests/expr/test_table.py
@@ -629,10 +629,26 @@ def test_invalid_slice(table, step):
         table[:5:step]
 
 
-def test_table_count(table):
-    result = table.count()
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "method, op_cls", [("count", ops.CountStar), ("nunique", ops.CountDistinctStar)]
+)
+def test_table_count_nunique(table, method, op_cls):
+    def f(t, **kwargs):
+        return getattr(t, method)(**kwargs)
+
+    result = f(table)
     assert isinstance(result, ir.IntegerScalar)
-    assert isinstance(result.op(), ops.CountStar)
+    assert isinstance(result.op(), op_cls)
+    assert result.op().where is None
+
+    r1 = f(table, where=table.h)
+    r2 = f(table, where="h")
+    r3 = f(table, where=_.h)
+    r4 = f(table, where=lambda t: t.h)
+    assert r1.equals(r2)
+    assert r1.equals(r3)
+    assert r1.equals(r4)
+    assert r1.op().where.equals(table.h.op())
 
 
 def test_len_raises_expression_error(table):