diff --git a/dag.go b/dag.go
index f5c7bf010..37c8aa3df 100644
--- a/dag.go
+++ b/dag.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	files "github.com/ipfs/boxo/files"
-	"github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-api/options"
 )
 
@@ -38,46 +37,6 @@ type DagImportOutput struct {
 	Stats *DagImportStats
 }
 
-type DagStat struct {
-	Cid       cid.Cid `json:",omitempty"`
-	Size      uint64  `json:",omitempty"`
-	NumBlocks int64   `json:",omitempty"`
-}
-
-type DagStatOutput struct {
-	redundantSize uint64     `json:"-"`
-	UniqueBlocks  int        `json:",omitempty"`
-	TotalSize     uint64     `json:",omitempty"`
-	SharedSize    uint64     `json:",omitempty"`
-	Ratio         float32    `json:",omitempty"`
-	DagStatsArray []*DagStat `json:"DagStats,omitempty"`
-}
-
-func (s *DagStat) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
-	/*
-		We can't rely on cid.Cid.UnmarshalJSON since it uses the {"/": "..."}
-		format. To make the output consistent and follow the Kubo API patterns
-		we use the Cid.Parse method
-	*/
-
-	type Alias DagStat
-	aux := struct {
-		Cid string `json:"Cid"`
-		*Alias
-	}{
-		Alias: (*Alias)(s),
-	}
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &aux); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	Cid, err := cid.Parse(aux.Cid)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	s.Cid = Cid
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (s *Shell) DagGet(ref string, out interface{}) error {
 	return s.Request("dag/get", ref).Exec(context.Background(), out)
 }
@@ -192,45 +151,3 @@ func dagToFilesReader(data interface{}) (*files.MultiFileReader, error) {
 
 	return fileReader, nil
 }
-
-// DagStat gets stats for dag with default options
-func (s *Shell) DagStat(data string) (DagStatOutput, error) {
-	return s.DagStatWithOpts(data)
-}
-
-// DagStatWithOpts gets stats for dag
-func (s *Shell) DagStatWithOpts(data string, opts ...options.DagStatOption) (DagStatOutput, error) {
-	var out DagStatOutput
-	cfg, err := options.DagStatOptions(opts...)
-	if err != nil {
-		return out, err
-	}
-
-	resp, err := s.
-		Request("dag/stat", data).
-		Option("progress", cfg.Progress).
-		Send(context.Background())
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return out, err
-	}
-
-	defer resp.Close()
-
-	if resp.Error != nil {
-		return out, resp.Error
-	}
-
-	dec := json.NewDecoder(resp.Output)
-	for {
-		var v DagStatOutput
-		if err := dec.Decode(&v); err == io.EOF {
-			break
-		} else if err != nil {
-			return out, err
-		}
-		out = v
-	}
-
-	return out, nil
-}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6041bcf34..b04f9b0da 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ module github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-api
 require (
 	github.com/cheekybits/is v0.0.0-20150225183255-68e9c0620927
 	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.8.0
-	github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.4.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.26.3
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.8.0
@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/crackcomm/go-gitignore v0.0.0-20170627025303-887ab5e44cc3 // indirect
 	github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/go-buffer-pool v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/options/dag_stat.go b/options/dag_stat.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ddace6acb..000000000
--- a/options/dag_stat.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-package options
-
-// DagStatSettings is a set of Dag stat options.
-type DagStatSettings struct {
-	Progress bool
-}
-
-// DagStatOption is a single Dag option.
-type DagStatOption func(opts *DagStatSettings) error
-
-// DagStatOptions applies the given option to a DagStatSettings instance.
-func DagStatOptions(opts ...DagStatOption) (*DagStatSettings, error) {
-	options := &DagStatSettings{
-		Progress: false,
-	}
-
-	for _, opt := range opts {
-		err := opt(options)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return options, nil
-}
-
-// Progress is an option for Dag.Stat which returns progressive data while reading through the DAG
-func (dagOpts) Progress(progress bool) DagStatOption {
-	return func(opts *DagStatSettings) error {
-		opts.Progress = progress
-		return nil
-	}
-}
diff --git a/shell_test.go b/shell_test.go
index be5a6c660..440edcbbc 100644
--- a/shell_test.go
+++ b/shell_test.go
@@ -630,33 +630,3 @@ func TestSwarmPeeringAdd(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err := s.SwarmPeeringAdd(context.Background(), addr)
 	is.Nil(err)
 }
-
-func TestDagStat(t *testing.T) {
-	is := is.New(t)
-	s := NewShell(shellUrl)
-
-	result, err := s.DagStat("QmUwp4xYq4pt1xavfCnpJ2aoVETf83AsvK3W8KvUGtyzFB")
-	is.Nil(err)
-	is.Equal(result.TotalSize, 3383728)
-
-	is.Equal(result.DagStatsArray[0].Cid.String(), "QmUwp4xYq4pt1xavfCnpJ2aoVETf83AsvK3W8KvUGtyzFB")
-	is.Equal(result.UniqueBlocks, 15)
-	is.Equal(result.redundantSize, 0)
-	is.Equal(result.SharedSize, 0)
-	is.Equal(result.Ratio, 1)
-}
-
-func TestDagStatWithOpts(t *testing.T) {
-	is := is.New(t)
-	s := NewShell(shellUrl)
-
-	result, err := s.DagStatWithOpts("QmUwp4xYq4pt1xavfCnpJ2aoVETf83AsvK3W8KvUGtyzFB", options.Dag.Progress(true))
-	is.Nil(err)
-	is.Equal(result.TotalSize, 3383728)
-
-	is.Equal(result.DagStatsArray[0].Cid.String(), "QmUwp4xYq4pt1xavfCnpJ2aoVETf83AsvK3W8KvUGtyzFB")
-	is.Equal(result.UniqueBlocks, 15)
-	is.Equal(result.redundantSize, 0)
-	is.Equal(result.SharedSize, 0)
-	is.Equal(result.Ratio, 1)
-}