diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.cpp
index 5b1c0318b42695b7..08f0fce9d740963f 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.cpp
@@ -475,6 +475,13 @@ int ImgUDevice::configure(const PipeConfig &pipeConfig, V4L2DeviceFormat *inputF
 
 	LOG(IPU3, Debug) << "ImgU GDC format = " << gdcFormat.toString();
 
+	StreamConfiguration statCfg = {};
+	statCfg.size = inputFormat->size;
+	V4L2DeviceFormat statFormat;
+	ret = configureVideoDevice(stat_.get(), PAD_STAT, statCfg, &statFormat);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.h b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.h
index c73ac5a5a37cfe0e..37f5ae77c99ff8fe 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.h
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.h
@@ -61,13 +61,6 @@ public:
 					    outputFormat);
 	}
 
-	int configureStat(const StreamConfiguration &cfg,
-			  V4L2DeviceFormat *outputFormat)
-	{
-		return configureVideoDevice(stat_.get(), PAD_STAT, cfg,
-					    outputFormat);
-	}
-
 	int allocateBuffers(unsigned int bufferCount);
 	void freeBuffers();
 
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
index db0d6b91be70b9f0..23845ff3dee5f8b0 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
@@ -522,17 +522,6 @@ int PipelineHandlerIPU3::configure(Camera *camera, CameraConfiguration *c)
 			return ret;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Apply the largest available format to the stat node.
-	 * \todo Revise this when we'll actually use the stat node.
-	 */
-	StreamConfiguration statCfg = {};
-	statCfg.size = cio2Format.size;
-
-	ret = imgu->configureStat(statCfg, &outputFormat);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	/* Apply the "pipe_mode" control to the ImgU subdevice. */
 	ControlList ctrls(imgu->imgu_->controls());
 	ctrls.set(V4L2_CID_IPU3_PIPE_MODE,