diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9ad4da4..c06fed7 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ except:
 
 setuptools.setup(
         name='warcprox',
-        version='2.1b1.dev91',
+        version='2.1b1.dev92',
         description='WARC writing MITM HTTP/S proxy',
         url='https://github.com/internetarchive/warcprox',
         author='Noah Levitt',
diff --git a/tests/test_warcprox.py b/tests/test_warcprox.py
index 55e655f..dd80a86 100755
--- a/tests/test_warcprox.py
+++ b/tests/test_warcprox.py
@@ -1429,45 +1429,6 @@ def test_via_response_header(warcprox_, http_daemon, archiving_proxies, playback
                 elif record.rec_type == 'request':
                     assert record.http_headers.get_header('via') == '1.1 warcprox'
 
-def test_summy_merge():
-    d1 = {
-        'a': {
-            'metadata': 'some value',
-            'a1': 5,
-            'a2': 6,
-        },
-        'b': {
-            'b1': 9,
-        }
-    }
-
-    d2 = {
-        'a': {
-            'a1': 7,
-            'a3': 8,
-        },
-        'c': {
-            'c1': 10,
-        }
-    }
-
-    merged = {
-        'a': {
-            'metadata': 'some value',
-            'a1': 12,
-            'a2': 6,
-            'a3': 8,
-        },
-        'b': {
-            'b1': 9,
-        },
-        'c': {
-            'c1': 10,
-        },
-    }
-
-    assert warcprox.stats.summy_merge(d1, d2) == merged
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     pytest.main()
 
diff --git a/warcprox/stats.py b/warcprox/stats.py
index 682d197..52a5b47 100644
--- a/warcprox/stats.py
+++ b/warcprox/stats.py
@@ -51,28 +51,6 @@ def _empty_bucket(bucket):
         },
     }
 
-def summy_merge(e, f):
-    if isinstance(e, (int, float)) and isinstance(f, (int, float)):
-        return e + f
-    elif (e is not None and not hasattr(e, 'keys')) or (
-            f is not None and not hasattr(f, 'keys')):
-        return e or f
-    else:
-        result = {}
-        all_keys = set(e.keys()).union(f.keys())
-        for k in all_keys:
-            m = e.get(k)
-            n = f.get(k)
-            if m is None and isinstance(n, (int, float)):
-                m = 0
-            elif n is None and isinstance(m, (int, float)):
-                n = 0
-            else:
-                m = m or {}
-                n = n or {}
-            result[k] = summy_merge(m, n)
-        return result
-
 class StatsDb:
     logger = logging.getLogger("warcprox.stats.StatsDb")
 
@@ -274,7 +252,7 @@ class RethinkStatsDb(StatsDb):
             # now we need to restore the stats that didn't get saved to the
             # batch so that they are saved in the next call to _update_batch()
             with self._batch_lock:
-                self._batch = summy_merge(self._batch, batch_copy)
+                self._add_to_batch(batch_copy)
         finally:
            if not self._stop.is_set():
                self._timer = threading.Timer(2.0, self._update_batch)
@@ -344,6 +322,18 @@ class RethinkStatsDb(StatsDb):
                     bucket_stats["new"]["urls"] += 1
                     bucket_stats["new"]["wire_bytes"] += recorded_url.size
 
+    def _add_to_batch(self, add_me):
+        with self._batch_lock:
+            for bucket in add_me:
+                bucket_stats = self._batch.setdefault(
+                        bucket, _empty_bucket(bucket))
+                bucket_stats["total"]["urls"] += add_me[bucket]["total"]["urls"]
+                bucket_stats["total"]["wire_bytes"] += add_me[bucket]["total"]["wire_bytes"]
+                bucket_stats["revisit"]["urls"] += add_me[bucket]["revisit"]["urls"]
+                bucket_stats["revisit"]["wire_bytes"] += add_me[bucket]["revisit"]["wire_bytes"]
+                bucket_stats["new"]["urls"] += add_me[bucket]["new"]["urls"]
+                bucket_stats["new"]["wire_bytes"] += add_me[bucket]["new"]["wire_bytes"]
+
     def notify(self, recorded_url, records):
         self.tally(recorded_url, records)