diff --git a/bin/darwinvlc.c b/bin/darwinvlc.c
index 0a35dc5891..fbad415286 100644
--- a/bin/darwinvlc.c
+++ b/bin/darwinvlc.c
@@ -150,12 +150,11 @@ int main( int i_argc, const char *ppsz_argv[] )
     /* Block all these signals */
     pthread_sigmask (SIG_SETMASK, &set, NULL);
 
-    const char *argv[i_argc + 3];
+    const char *argv[i_argc + 2];
     int argc = 0;
 
     argv[argc++] = "--no-ignore-config";
     argv[argc++] = "--media-library";
-    argv[argc++] = "--stats";
 
     /* overwrite system language on Mac */
 #if !TARGET_OS_IPHONE && !TARGET_IPHONE_SIMULATOR // TARGET_OS_MAC is unspecific
diff --git a/bin/vlc.c b/bin/vlc.c
index 2e133345e4..e0deebe474 100644
--- a/bin/vlc.c
+++ b/bin/vlc.c
@@ -201,12 +201,11 @@ int main( int i_argc, const char *ppsz_argv[] )
     pthread_t self = pthread_self ();
     pthread_sigmask (SIG_SETMASK, &set, NULL);
 
-    const char *argv[i_argc + 3];
+    const char *argv[i_argc + 2];
     int argc = 0;
 
     argv[argc++] = "--no-ignore-config";
     argv[argc++] = "--media-library";
-    argv[argc++] = "--stats";
     ppsz_argv++; i_argc--; /* skip executable path */
 
 #ifdef __OS2__
diff --git a/bin/winvlc.c b/bin/winvlc.c
index 7caab51332..33784e294d 100644
--- a/bin/winvlc.c
+++ b/bin/winvlc.c
@@ -109,13 +109,12 @@ int WINAPI WinMain( HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
     if (wargv == NULL)
         return 1;
 
-    char *argv[argc + 4];
+    char *argv[argc + 3];
     BOOL crash_handling = TRUE;
     int j = 0;
     char *lang = NULL;
 
     argv[j++] = FromWide( L"--media-library" );
-    argv[j++] = FromWide( L"--stats" );
     argv[j++] = FromWide( L"--no-ignore-config" );
     for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++)
     {
diff --git a/src/libvlc-module.c b/src/libvlc-module.c
index 76b1914f02..31037b4c2f 100644
--- a/src/libvlc-module.c
+++ b/src/libvlc-module.c
@@ -2041,7 +2041,7 @@ vlc_module_begin ()
     add_bool( "interact", true, INTERACTION_TEXT,
               INTERACTION_LONGTEXT, false )
 
-    add_bool ( "stats", false, STATS_TEXT, STATS_LONGTEXT, true )
+    add_bool ( "stats", true, STATS_TEXT, STATS_LONGTEXT, true )
 
     set_subcategory( SUBCAT_INTERFACE_MAIN )
     add_module_cat( "intf", SUBCAT_INTERFACE_MAIN, NULL, INTF_TEXT,