diff --git a/includes/Database.php b/includes/Database.php
index c79d86a4..01c0ebfa 100644
--- a/includes/Database.php
+++ b/includes/Database.php
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ namespace MediaWiki\Linter;
 
 use FormatJson;
 use MediaWiki\Logger\LoggerFactory;
+use MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices;
+use WikiMap;
 
 /**
  * Database logic
@@ -319,4 +321,55 @@ class Database {
 		return $ret;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Send stats to statsd and update totals cache
+	 *
+	 * @param array $changes
+	 */
+	public function updateStats( array $changes ) {
+		global $wgLinterStatsdSampleFactor;
+
+		$mwServices = MediaWikiServices::getInstance();
+
+		$totalsLookup = new TotalsLookup(
+			new CategoryManager(),
+			$mwServices->getMainWANObjectCache()
+		);
+
+		if ( $wgLinterStatsdSampleFactor === false ) {
+			// Don't send to statsd, but update cache with $changes
+			$raw = $changes['added'];
+			foreach ( $changes['deleted'] as $cat => $count ) {
+				if ( isset( $raw[$cat] ) ) {
+					$raw[$cat] -= $count;
+				} else {
+					// Negative value
+					$raw[$cat] = 0 - $count;
+				}
+			}
+
+			foreach ( $raw as $cat => $count ) {
+				if ( $count != 0 ) {
+					// There was a change in counts, invalidate the cache
+					$totalsLookup->touchCategoryCache( $cat );
+				}
+			}
+			return;
+		} elseif ( mt_rand( 1, $wgLinterStatsdSampleFactor ) != 1 ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		$totals = $this->getTotals();
+		$wiki = WikiMap::getCurrentWikiId();
+
+		$stats = $mwServices->getStatsdDataFactory();
+		foreach ( $totals as $name => $count ) {
+			$stats->gauge( "linter.category.$name.$wiki", $count );
+		}
+
+		$stats->gauge( "linter.totals.$wiki", array_sum( $totals ) );
+
+		$totalsLookup->touchAllCategoriesCache();
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/includes/Hooks.php b/includes/Hooks.php
index 450293ea..3b196762 100644
--- a/includes/Hooks.php
+++ b/includes/Hooks.php
@@ -96,12 +96,10 @@ class Hooks {
 	public static function onWikiPageDeletionUpdates( WikiPage $wikiPage,
 		Content $content, array &$updates
 	) {
-		$title = $wikiPage->getTitle();
-		$updates[] = new MWCallableUpdate( static function () use ( $title ) {
-			$job = new RecordLintJob(
-				$title, [ 'errors' => [] ]
-			);
-			$job->run();
+		$id = $wikiPage->getId();
+		$updates[] = new MWCallableUpdate( static function () use ( $id ) {
+			$database = new Database( $id );
+			$database->updateStats( $database->setForPage( [] ) );
 		}, __METHOD__ );
 	}
 
diff --git a/includes/RecordLintJob.php b/includes/RecordLintJob.php
index 65cd0119..ee8f6b7d 100644
--- a/includes/RecordLintJob.php
+++ b/includes/RecordLintJob.php
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@
 namespace MediaWiki\Linter;
 
 use Job;
-use MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices;
 use Title;
-use WikiMap;
 
 class RecordLintJob extends Job {
 	/**
@@ -36,9 +34,7 @@ class RecordLintJob extends Job {
 	}
 
 	public function run() {
-		if ( isset( $this->params['revision'] )
-			&& $this->title->getLatestRevID() != $this->params['revision']
-		) {
+		if ( $this->title->getLatestRevID() != $this->params['revision'] ) {
 			// Outdated now, let a later job handle it
 			return true;
 		}
@@ -56,63 +52,11 @@ class RecordLintJob extends Job {
 			// (e.g. same category of error in same template)
 			$errors[$error->id()] = $error;
 		}
+
 		$lintDb = new Database( $this->title->getArticleID() );
-		$changes = $lintDb->setForPage( $errors );
-		$this->updateStats( $lintDb, $changes );
+		$lintDb->updateStats( $lintDb->setForPage( $errors ) );
 
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Send stats to statsd and update totals cache
-	 *
-	 * @param Database $lintDb
-	 * @param array $changes
-	 */
-	protected function updateStats( Database $lintDb, array $changes ) {
-		global $wgLinterStatsdSampleFactor;
-
-		$mwServices = MediaWikiServices::getInstance();
-
-		$totalsLookup = new TotalsLookup(
-			new CategoryManager(),
-			$mwServices->getMainWANObjectCache()
-		);
-
-		if ( $wgLinterStatsdSampleFactor === false ) {
-			// Don't send to statsd, but update cache with $changes
-			$raw = $changes['added'];
-			foreach ( $changes['deleted'] as $cat => $count ) {
-				if ( isset( $raw[$cat] ) ) {
-					$raw[$cat] -= $count;
-				} else {
-					// Negative value
-					$raw[$cat] = 0 - $count;
-				}
-			}
-
-			foreach ( $raw as $cat => $count ) {
-				if ( $count != 0 ) {
-					// There was a change in counts, invalidate the cache
-					$totalsLookup->touchCategoryCache( $cat );
-				}
-			}
-			return;
-		} elseif ( mt_rand( 1, $wgLinterStatsdSampleFactor ) != 1 ) {
-			return;
-		}
-
-		$totals = $lintDb->getTotals();
-		$wiki = WikiMap::getCurrentWikiId();
-
-		$stats = $mwServices->getStatsdDataFactory();
-		foreach ( $totals as $name => $count ) {
-			$stats->gauge( "linter.category.$name.$wiki", $count );
-		}
-
-		$stats->gauge( "linter.totals.$wiki", array_sum( $totals ) );
-
-		$totalsLookup->touchAllCategoriesCache();
-	}
-
 }