diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eafb333..8d3d541 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
+## [..] unreleased
+### Changed
+- removed unnecessary columns in cluster mapping table [#45](https://github.com/graphsense/graphsense-tagpack-tool/issues/45)
+
 ## [1.1.0] 2022-10-11
 ### Added
 - Support for connection pooling
diff --git a/tagpack/db/tagstore_schema.sql b/tagpack/db/tagstore_schema.sql
index ffb87fd..027ffbb 100644
--- a/tagpack/db/tagstore_schema.sql
+++ b/tagpack/db/tagstore_schema.sql
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ CREATE TABLE address_cluster_mapping (
     gs_cluster_id       INTEGER     NOT NULL,
     gs_cluster_def_addr VARCHAR     NOT NULL,
     gs_cluster_no_addr  INTEGER     DEFAULT NULL,
-    gs_cluster_in_degr  INTEGER     DEFAULT NULL,
-    gs_cluster_out_degr INTEGER     DEFAULT NULL,
     PRIMARY KEY(currency, address),
     FOREIGN KEY (currency, address) REFERENCES address (currency, address) ON DELETE CASCADE
 );
diff --git a/tagpack/graphsense.py b/tagpack/graphsense.py
index d389241..ac58c25 100644
--- a/tagpack/graphsense.py
+++ b/tagpack/graphsense.py
@@ -197,21 +197,12 @@ def get_address_clusters(self, df: DataFrame, currency: str) -> DataFrame:
         if currency == "ETH":
             df_address_ids["cluster_id"] = df_address_ids["address_id"]
             df_address_ids["no_addresses"] = 1
-            degrees = self.get_address_statistics(df_address_ids, currency)
 
             result = df_address_ids.merge(addresses, on="address")
-            if len(degrees):
-                result = result.merge(degrees, on="address_id", how="left")
-            else:
-                # no external txs
-                result["in_degree"] = 0
-                result["out_degree"] = 0
 
             result.drop("address", axis="columns", inplace=True)
             result.rename(columns={"checksum_address": "address"}, inplace=True)
             result["cluster_defining_address"] = result["address"]
-            # no txs have been recorded
-            result.fillna(value={"in_degree": 0, "out_degree": 0}, inplace=True)
 
             return result
 
@@ -233,23 +224,3 @@ def get_address_clusters(self, df: DataFrame, currency: str) -> DataFrame:
 
         return result
 
-    def get_address_statistics(self, df, currency):
-        """Get statistics for address ids."""
-        self._check_passed_params(df, currency, 'address_id')
-
-        keyspace = self.ks_map[currency]['transformed']
-        ks_config = self._query_keyspace_config(keyspace)
-        self.session.set_keyspace(keyspace)
-
-        df_temp = df[['address_id']].copy()
-        df_temp = df_temp.drop_duplicates()
-        df_temp['address_id_group'] = np.floor(
-            df_temp['address_id'] / ks_config['bucket_size']).astype(int)
-
-        query = "SELECT address_id, in_degree, out_degree  " + \
-                "FROM address WHERE address_id_group=? and address_id=?"
-        statement = self.session.prepare(query)
-        parameters = df_temp[
-            ['address_id_group', 'address_id']].to_records(index=False)
-
-        return self._execute_query(statement, parameters)
diff --git a/tagpack/tagstore.py b/tagpack/tagstore.py
index 8c12802..66dd59c 100644
--- a/tagpack/tagstore.py
+++ b/tagpack/tagstore.py
@@ -110,12 +110,11 @@ def get_addresses(self, update_existing):
 
     def insert_cluster_mappings(self, clusters):
         if not clusters.empty:
-            q = "INSERT INTO address_cluster_mapping (address, currency, gs_cluster_id , gs_cluster_def_addr , gs_cluster_no_addr , gs_cluster_in_degr , gs_cluster_out_degr)" \
-                "VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s) ON CONFLICT (currency, address) DO UPDATE SET " \
-                "gs_cluster_id = EXCLUDED.gs_cluster_id , gs_cluster_def_addr = EXCLUDED.gs_cluster_def_addr , gs_cluster_no_addr = EXCLUDED.gs_cluster_no_addr , " \
-                "gs_cluster_in_degr = EXCLUDED.gs_cluster_in_degr , gs_cluster_out_degr = EXCLUDED.gs_cluster_out_degr"
+            q = "INSERT INTO address_cluster_mapping (address, currency, gs_cluster_id , gs_cluster_def_addr , gs_cluster_no_addr )" \
+                "VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s) ON CONFLICT (currency, address) DO UPDATE SET " \
+                "gs_cluster_id = EXCLUDED.gs_cluster_id , gs_cluster_def_addr = EXCLUDED.gs_cluster_def_addr , gs_cluster_no_addr = EXCLUDED.gs_cluster_no_addr  "
 
-            data = clusters[['address', 'currency', 'cluster_id', 'cluster_defining_address', 'no_addresses', 'in_degree', 'out_degree']].to_records(index=False)
+            data = clusters[['address', 'currency', 'cluster_id', 'cluster_defining_address', 'no_addresses']].to_records(index=False)
 
             execute_batch(self.cursor, q, data)
             self.conn.commit()