diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 2163a437c48..ed41bf04fc0 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -286,19 +286,8 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     }
 
     state_title = titles[state] || state.to_s.humanize
-    records_with_state = records.public_send(state)
-
-    # When filtering by multiple labels, the result of query.count is a Hash
-    # of the form { issuable_id1 => N, issuable_id2 => N }, where N is the
-    # number of labels selected. The ugly "trick" is to load the issuables
-    # as an array and get the size of the array...
-    # We should probably try to solve this properly in the future.
-    # See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/22414
-    label_names = Array(params.fetch(:label_name, []))
-    records_with_state = records_with_state.to_a if label_names.many?
-
-    count = records_with_state.size
-    html  = content_tag :span, state_title
+    count       = records.public_send(state).size
+    html        = content_tag :span, state_title
 
     if count.present?
       html += " "
diff --git a/spec/features/issues/filter_by_labels_spec.rb b/spec/features/issues/filter_by_labels_spec.rb
index 7e2abd759e1..908b18e5339 100644
--- a/spec/features/issues/filter_by_labels_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/issues/filter_by_labels_spec.rb
@@ -6,19 +6,20 @@ feature 'Issue filtering by Labels', feature: true do
   let(:project) { create(:project, :public) }
   let!(:user)   { create(:user)}
   let!(:label)  { create(:label, project: project) }
-  let(:bug) { create(:label, project: project, title: 'bug') }
-  let(:feature) { create(:label, project: project, title: 'feature') }
-  let(:enhancement) { create(:label, project: project, title: 'enhancement') }
-  let(:issue1) { create(:issue, title: "Bugfix1", project: project) }
-  let(:issue2) { create(:issue, title: "Bugfix2", project: project) }
-  let(:issue3) { create(:issue, title: "Feature1", project: project) }
 
   before do
+    bug = create(:label, project: project, title: 'bug')
+    feature = create(:label, project: project, title: 'feature')
+    enhancement = create(:label, project: project, title: 'enhancement')
+
+    issue1 = create(:issue, title: "Bugfix1", project: project)
     issue1.labels << bug
 
+    issue2 = create(:issue, title: "Bugfix2", project: project)
     issue2.labels << bug
     issue2.labels << enhancement
 
+    issue3 = create(:issue, title: "Feature1", project: project)
     issue3.labels << feature
 
     project.team << [user, :master]
@@ -158,13 +159,6 @@ feature 'Issue filtering by Labels', feature: true do
       wait_for_ajax
     end
 
-    it 'shows a correct "Open" counter' do
-      page.within '.issues-state-filters' do
-        expect(page).not_to have_content "{#{issue2.id} => 1}"
-        expect(page).to have_content "Open 1"
-      end
-    end
-
     it 'shows issue "Bugfix2" in issues list' do
       expect(page).to have_content "Bugfix2"
     end