diff --git a/crates/profile/src/stop_watch.rs b/crates/profile/src/stop_watch.rs
index 71303d5a63..814a025740 100644
--- a/crates/profile/src/stop_watch.rs
+++ b/crates/profile/src/stop_watch.rs
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ pub struct StopWatch {
     time: Instant,
     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
     counter: Option<perf_event::Counter>,
-    memory: Option<MemoryUsage>,
+    memory: MemoryUsage,
 }
 
 pub struct StopWatchSpan {
     pub time: Duration,
     pub instructions: Option<u64>,
-    pub memory: Option<MemoryUsage>,
+    pub memory: MemoryUsage,
 }
 
 impl StopWatch {
@@ -45,20 +45,16 @@ impl StopWatch {
                 None
             }
         };
+        let memory = MemoryUsage::now();
         let time = Instant::now();
         StopWatch {
             time,
             #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
             counter,
-            memory: None,
+            memory,
         }
     }
-    pub fn memory(mut self, yes: bool) -> StopWatch {
-        if yes {
-            self.memory = Some(MemoryUsage::now());
-        }
-        self
-    }
+
     pub fn elapsed(&mut self) -> StopWatchSpan {
         let time = self.time.elapsed();
 
@@ -69,7 +65,7 @@ impl StopWatch {
         #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
         let instructions = None;
 
-        let memory = self.memory.map(|it| MemoryUsage::now() - it);
+        let memory = MemoryUsage::now() - self.memory;
         StopWatchSpan { time, instructions, memory }
     }
 }
@@ -93,9 +89,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for StopWatchSpan {
             }
             write!(f, ", {instructions}{prefix}instr")?;
         }
-        if let Some(memory) = self.memory {
-            write!(f, ", {memory}")?;
-        }
+        write!(f, ", {}", self.memory)?;
         Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/cli/analysis_stats.rs b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/cli/analysis_stats.rs
index f446a7c059..4a03be1893 100644
--- a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/cli/analysis_stats.rs
+++ b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/cli/analysis_stats.rs
@@ -235,9 +235,7 @@ impl flags::AnalysisStats {
         if let Some(instructions) = total_span.instructions {
             report_metric("total instructions", instructions, "#instr");
         }
-        if let Some(memory) = total_span.memory {
-            report_metric("total memory", memory.allocated.megabytes() as u64, "MB");
-        }
+        report_metric("total memory", total_span.memory.allocated.megabytes() as u64, "MB");
 
         if env::var("RA_COUNT").is_ok() {
             eprintln!("{}", profile::countme::get_all());
@@ -257,7 +255,7 @@ impl flags::AnalysisStats {
             eprintln!("source files: {total_file_size}, macro files: {total_macro_file_size}");
         }
 
-        if self.memory_usage && verbosity.is_verbose() {
+        if verbosity.is_verbose() {
             print_memory_usage(host, vfs);
         }
 
@@ -814,7 +812,7 @@ impl flags::AnalysisStats {
     }
 
     fn stop_watch(&self) -> StopWatch {
-        StopWatch::start().memory(self.memory_usage)
+        StopWatch::start()
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/cli/flags.rs b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/cli/flags.rs
index 13b7f039bb..419440b6df 100644
--- a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/cli/flags.rs
+++ b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/cli/flags.rs
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ xflags::xflags! {
             optional --randomize
             /// Run type inference in parallel.
             optional --parallel
-            /// Collect memory usage statistics.
-            optional --memory-usage
             /// Print the total length of all source and macro files (whitespace is not counted).
             optional --source-stats
 
@@ -191,7 +189,6 @@ pub struct AnalysisStats {
     pub output: Option<OutputFormat>,
     pub randomize: bool,
     pub parallel: bool,
-    pub memory_usage: bool,
     pub source_stats: bool,
     pub only: Option<String>,
     pub with_deps: bool,
diff --git a/xtask/src/metrics.rs b/xtask/src/metrics.rs
index 6853742319..e471026040 100644
--- a/xtask/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/metrics.rs
@@ -103,9 +103,7 @@ impl Metrics {
         path: &str,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         eprintln!("\nMeasuring analysis-stats/{name}");
-        let output =
-            cmd!(sh, "./target/release/rust-analyzer -q analysis-stats --memory-usage {path}")
-                .read()?;
+        let output = cmd!(sh, "./target/release/rust-analyzer -q analysis-stats {path}").read()?;
         for (metric, value, unit) in parse_metrics(&output) {
             self.report(&format!("analysis-stats/{name}/{metric}"), value, unit.into());
         }