diff --git a/src/main/java/com/socrata/datasync/config/controlfile/ControlFile.java b/src/main/java/com/socrata/datasync/config/controlfile/ControlFile.java
index 0510464e..5878a3ed 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/socrata/datasync/config/controlfile/ControlFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/socrata/datasync/config/controlfile/ControlFile.java
@@ -104,8 +104,12 @@ public static ControlFile generateControlFile(final String fileToPublish,
                .useSocrataGeocoding(useSocrataGeocoding)
                .trimWhitespace(true)
                .trimServerWhitespace(true)
-               .overrides(new HashMap<String, ColumnOverride>())
-               .columnStatistics(true);
+               .overrides(new HashMap<String, ColumnOverride>());
+
+            // for replace jobs, calculate column statistics
+            if (PublishMethod.replace.equals(publishMethod))
+                ftc.columnStatistics(true);
+
         }
 
         if (isCsv) {