diff --git a/src/lib/prune.ts b/src/lib/prune.ts
index 74c7825bfa4..694a7481287 100644
--- a/src/lib/prune.ts
+++ b/src/lib/prune.ts
@@ -23,17 +23,19 @@ export async function pruneGraph(
   debug('rootPkg', depGraph.rootPkg);
   debug('prePrunePathsCount: ' + prePrunePathsCount);
   debug('isDenseGraph', isDenseGraph);
-  analytics.add('prePrunePathsCount', prePrunePathsCount);
+  analytics.add('prePrunedPathsCount', prePrunePathsCount);
   if (isDenseGraph || pruneIsRequired) {
+    debug('Trying to prune the graph');
     const prunedTree = (await graphToDepTree(depGraph, packageManager, {
       deduplicateWithinTopLevelDeps: true,
     })) as DepTree;
     const prunedGraph = await depTreeToGraph(prunedTree, packageManager);
     const postPrunePathsCount = countPathsToGraphRoot(prunedGraph);
-    analytics.add('postPrunePathsCount', postPrunePathsCount);
+    analytics.add('postPrunedPathsCount', postPrunePathsCount);
     debug('postPrunePathsCount' + postPrunePathsCount);
     if (postPrunePathsCount > config.MAX_PATH_COUNT) {
-      debug('Too many vulnerable paths to process the project');
+      debug('Too many paths to process the project');
+      //TODO replace the throw below with TooManyPaths we do not calculate vuln paths there
       throw new TooManyVulnPaths();
     }
     return prunedGraph;
diff --git a/src/lib/snyk-test/run-test.ts b/src/lib/snyk-test/run-test.ts
index 05214264361..04978cd7b77 100644
--- a/src/lib/snyk-test/run-test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/snyk-test/run-test.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ import { extractPackageManager } from '../plugins/extract-package-manager';
 import { getSubProjectCount } from '../plugins/get-sub-project-count';
 import { serializeCallGraphWithMetrics } from '../reachable-vulns';
 import { validateOptions } from '../options-validator';
-import { countPathsToGraphRoot } from '../utils';
 import { findAndLoadPolicy } from '../policy';
 
 const debug = debugModule('snyk');
@@ -487,20 +486,12 @@ async function assembleLocalPayloads(
 
         const pruneIsRequired = options['prune-repeated-subdependencies'];
 
-        if (pruneIsRequired && packageManager) {
-          debug('Trying to prune the graph');
-          const prePruneDepCount = countPathsToGraphRoot(depGraph);
-          debug('pre prunedPathsCount: ' + prePruneDepCount);
-
+        if (packageManager) {
           depGraph = await pruneGraph(
             depGraph,
             packageManager,
             pruneIsRequired,
           );
-          analytics.add('prePrunedPathsCount', prePruneDepCount);
-          const postPruneDepCount = countPathsToGraphRoot(depGraph);
-          debug('post prunedPathsCount: ' + postPruneDepCount);
-          analytics.add('postPrunedPathsCount', postPruneDepCount);
         }
         body.depGraph = depGraph;
       }