diff -r 7f6883783969 -r 540cb068a7f9 server/repository.py
--- a/server/repository.py	Wed Jan 29 15:55:48 2014 +0100
+++ b/server/repository.py	Wed Jan 29 15:55:21 2014 +0100
@@ -501,8 +501,8 @@
 
         This method is deprecated in favor of using _cw.call_service('repo_stats')
         """
-        with self.internal_session() as session:
-            return session.call_service('repo_stats')
+        with self.internal_cnx() as cnx:
+            return cnx.call_service('repo_stats')
 
     @deprecated("[3.19] use _cw.call_service('repo_gc_stats'")
     def gc_stats(self, nmax=20):