diff --git a/zerver/lib/actions.py b/zerver/lib/actions.py
index 22e8277ded..0fdb1abb8e 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/actions.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/actions.py
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ from zerver.lib.alert_words import alert_words_in_realm
 from zerver.lib.avatar import avatar_url, avatar_url_from_dict
 from zerver.lib.stream_recipient import StreamRecipientMap
 from zerver.lib.validator import check_widget_content
-from zerver.lib.widget import do_widget_post_save_actions, \
-    do_widget_pre_save_actions
+from zerver.lib.widget import do_widget_post_save_actions
 
 from django.db import transaction, IntegrityError, connection
 from django.db.models import F, Q, Max, Sum
@@ -1215,9 +1214,6 @@ def do_send_messages(messages_maybe_none: Sequence[Optional[MutableMapping[str,
         message['sender_queue_id'] = message.get('sender_queue_id', None)
         message['realm'] = message.get('realm', message['message'].sender.realm)
 
-        # Some widgets need to overwrite content/etc. before message is saved.
-        do_widget_pre_save_actions(message)
-
         mention_data = bugdown.MentionData(
             realm_id=message['realm'].id,
             content=message['message'].content,
diff --git a/zerver/lib/widget.py b/zerver/lib/widget.py
index f2b1f38ef9..193a96b63d 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/widget.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/widget.py
@@ -7,16 +7,6 @@ import json
 from zerver.models import SubMessage
 
 
-def do_widget_pre_save_actions(message: MutableMapping[str, Any]) -> None:
-    if not settings.ALLOW_SUB_MESSAGES:
-        return
-
-    content = message['message'].content
-
-    if content == '/stats':
-        message['message'].content = 'We are running **1 server**.'
-        return
-
 def get_widget_data(content: str) -> Tuple[Optional[str], Optional[str]]:
     valid_widget_types = ['tictactoe', 'poll', 'todo']
     tokens = content.split(' ')