diff --git a/render/expected/expected.go b/render/expected/expected.go
index da27bcfeb8..b06079e7b7 100644
--- a/render/expected/expected.go
+++ b/render/expected/expected.go
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ var (
 			Pseudo:     false,
 			Shape:      square,
 			Stack:      true,
-			NodeCount:  2,
 			Children: report.MakeNodeSet(
 				fixture.Report.Process.Nodes[fixture.ClientProcess1NodeID],
 				fixture.Report.Process.Nodes[fixture.ClientProcess2NodeID],
@@ -150,7 +149,6 @@ var (
 			Pseudo:     false,
 			Shape:      square,
 			Stack:      true,
-			NodeCount:  1,
 			Children: report.MakeNodeSet(
 				fixture.Report.Process.Nodes[fixture.ServerProcessNodeID],
 			),
@@ -168,7 +166,6 @@ var (
 			Pseudo:     false,
 			Shape:      square,
 			Stack:      true,
-			NodeCount:  1,
 			Children: report.MakeNodeSet(
 				fixture.Report.Process.Nodes[fixture.NonContainerProcessNodeID],
 			),
@@ -248,7 +245,6 @@ var (
 			Pseudo:     false,
 			Shape:      hexagon,
 			Stack:      true,
-			NodeCount:  1,
 			Children: report.MakeNodeSet(
 				fixture.Report.Process.Nodes[fixture.ClientProcess1NodeID],
 				fixture.Report.Process.Nodes[fixture.ClientProcess2NodeID],
@@ -268,7 +264,6 @@ var (
 			Pseudo:     false,
 			Shape:      hexagon,
 			Stack:      true,
-			NodeCount:  1,
 			Children: report.MakeNodeSet(
 				fixture.Report.Process.Nodes[fixture.ServerProcessNodeID],
 				fixture.Report.Container.Nodes[fixture.ServerContainerNodeID],
@@ -380,7 +375,6 @@ var (
 			Rank:       "ping/pong-a",
 			Pseudo:     false,
 			Shape:      pentagon,
-			NodeCount:  1,
 			Children: report.MakeNodeSet(
 				fixture.Report.Process.Nodes[fixture.ClientProcess1NodeID],
 				fixture.Report.Process.Nodes[fixture.ClientProcess2NodeID],
@@ -401,7 +395,6 @@ var (
 			Rank:       "ping/pong-b",
 			Pseudo:     false,
 			Shape:      pentagon,
-			NodeCount:  1,
 			Children: report.MakeNodeSet(
 				fixture.Report.Process.Nodes[fixture.ServerProcessNodeID],
 				fixture.Report.Container.Nodes[fixture.ServerContainerNodeID],
@@ -452,7 +445,6 @@ var (
 			Pseudo:     false,
 			Shape:      pentagon,
 			Stack:      true,
-			NodeCount:  2,
 			Children: report.MakeNodeSet(
 				fixture.Report.Process.Nodes[fixture.ClientProcess1NodeID],
 				fixture.Report.Process.Nodes[fixture.ClientProcess2NodeID],
diff --git a/render/mapping.go b/render/mapping.go
index 0391b834de..be6526634d 100644
--- a/render/mapping.go
+++ b/render/mapping.go
@@ -514,7 +514,6 @@ func MapCountProcessName(n RenderableNode, _ report.Networks) RenderableNodes {
 	}
 
 	processes, _ := n.Node.Counters.Lookup(processesKey)
-	n.NodeCount = processes
 	if processes == 1 {
 		n.LabelMinor = "1 process"
 	} else {
@@ -745,7 +744,6 @@ func MapCountContainers(n RenderableNode, _ report.Networks) RenderableNodes {
 	}
 
 	containers, _ := n.Node.Counters.Lookup(ContainersKey)
-	n.NodeCount = containers
 	if containers == 1 {
 		n.LabelMinor = "1 container"
 	} else {
@@ -762,7 +760,6 @@ func MapCountPods(n RenderableNode, _ report.Networks) RenderableNodes {
 	}
 
 	pods, _ := n.Node.Counters.Lookup(podsKey)
-	n.NodeCount = pods
 	if pods == 1 {
 		n.LabelMinor = "1 pod"
 	} else {
diff --git a/render/renderable_node.go b/render/renderable_node.go
index 56413b9520..c35357cd8d 100644
--- a/render/renderable_node.go
+++ b/render/renderable_node.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ type RenderableNode struct {
 	ControlNode string         `json:"-"`                     // ID of node from which to show the controls in the UI
 	Shape       string         `json:"shape"`                 // Shape node should be rendered as
 	Stack       bool           `json:"stack"`                 // Should UI render this node as a stack?
-	NodeCount   int            `json:"node_count,omitempty"`  // Number of nodes represented by this stack.
 
 	report.EdgeMetadata `json:"metadata"` // Numeric sums
 	report.Node
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ func NewRenderableNode(id string) RenderableNode {
 		EdgeMetadata: report.EdgeMetadata{},
 		Node:         report.MakeNode(),
 		Shape:        Circle,
-		NodeCount:    0,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -59,7 +57,6 @@ func NewRenderableNodeWith(id, major, minor, rank string, node RenderableNode) R
 		EdgeMetadata: node.EdgeMetadata.Copy(),
 		Node:         node.Node.Copy(),
 		Shape:        Circle,
-		NodeCount:    0,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -76,7 +73,6 @@ func NewDerivedNode(id string, node RenderableNode) RenderableNode {
 		Node:         node.Node.Copy(),
 		ControlNode:  "", // Do not propagate ControlNode when making a derived node!
 		Shape:        Circle,
-		NodeCount:    0,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -91,7 +87,6 @@ func newDerivedPseudoNode(id, major string, node RenderableNode) RenderableNode
 		EdgeMetadata: node.EdgeMetadata.Copy(),
 		Node:         node.Node.Copy(),
 		Shape:        Circle,
-		NodeCount:    0,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -133,10 +128,6 @@ func (rn RenderableNode) Merge(other RenderableNode) RenderableNode {
 		panic(result.ID)
 	}
 
-	if result.NodeCount == 0 {
-		result.NodeCount = other.NodeCount
-	}
-
 	result.Stack = result.Stack || rn.Stack
 	result.Children = rn.Children.Merge(other.Children)
 	result.EdgeMetadata = rn.EdgeMetadata.Merge(other.EdgeMetadata)
@@ -159,7 +150,6 @@ func (rn RenderableNode) Copy() RenderableNode {
 		ControlNode:  rn.ControlNode,
 		Shape:        rn.Shape,
 		Stack:        rn.Stack,
-		NodeCount:    rn.NodeCount,
 	}
 }