diff --git a/hgext/inotify/server.py b/hgext/inotify/server.py
index 9d0c521bce0e4da25757d196d2ca8c3bdf0edd24_aGdleHQvaW5vdGlmeS9zZXJ2ZXIucHk=..1c610db4a8970fc36d1c1a414aeaf3e8e6d2a5f9_aGdleHQvaW5vdGlmeS9zZXJ2ZXIucHk= 100644
--- a/hgext/inotify/server.py
+++ b/hgext/inotify/server.py
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@
         self.statcache = {}
         self.statustrees = dict([(s, {}) for s in self.statuskeys])
 
-        self.watches = 0
         self.last_event = None
 
         self.lastevent = {}
@@ -277,7 +276,6 @@
                 self.ui.note(_('watching %r\n') % path[len(self.wprefix):])
             try:
                 self.watcher.add(path, mask)
-                self.watches += 1
             except OSError, err:
                 if err.errno in (errno.ENOENT, errno.ENOTDIR):
                     return