diff --git a/crates/milli/src/database_stats.rs b/crates/milli/src/database_stats.rs
index a823bb26d..099687965 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/database_stats.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/database_stats.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ impl DatabaseStats {
     ///
     /// This function iterates over the whole database and computes the stats.
     /// It is not efficient and should be cached somewhere.
-    pub(crate) fn new<'a>(database: Database<Bytes, Bytes>, rtxn: &RoTxn<'a>) -> Result<Self> {
+    pub(crate) fn new(database: Database<Bytes, Bytes>, rtxn: &RoTxn<'_>) -> Result<Self> {
         let mut database_stats = Self {
             number_of_entries: 0,
             total_key_size: 0,
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/index.rs b/crates/milli/src/index.rs
index 6179e117b..11e0ff1f9 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/index.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/index.rs
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ impl Index {
 
     /// Returns the stats of the database.
     pub fn documents_database_stats(&self, rtxn: &RoTxn<'_>) -> Result<DatabaseStats> {
-        Ok(DatabaseStats::new(self.documents.remap_types::<Bytes, Bytes>(), rtxn)?)
+        DatabaseStats::new(self.documents.remap_types::<Bytes, Bytes>(), rtxn)
     }
 
     /* primary key */