diff --git a/autoload/airline/extensions/ale.vim b/autoload/airline/extensions/ale.vim
index a18d1648..97eadf40 100644
--- a/autoload/airline/extensions/ale.vim
+++ b/autoload/airline/extensions/ale.vim
@@ -16,17 +16,6 @@ function! airline#extensions#ale#get(type)
   let is_err = a:type ==# 'error'
   let symbol = is_err ? s:error_symbol : s:warning_symbol
 
-  if !exists('b:airline_extensions_ale_dict')
-    let b:airline_extensions_ale_dict = {}
-    let b:airline_extensions_ale_dict.error  = 0
-    let b:airline_extensions_ale_dict.warning = 0
-    let b:airline_extensions_ale_dict.change = 0
-  endif
-
-  if b:airline_extensions_ale_dict.change == b:changedtick
-    return s:airline_ale_count(b:airline_extensions_ale_dict[a:type], symbol)
-  endif
-
   let is_err = a:type ==# 'error'
   let counts = ale#statusline#Count(bufnr(''))
   let symbol = is_err ? s:error_symbol : s:warning_symbol
@@ -40,9 +29,6 @@ function! airline#extensions#ale#get(type)
     let num = is_err ? counts[0] : counts[1]
   endif
 
-  let b:airline_extensions_ale_dict[a:type] = num
-  let b:airline_extensions_ale_dict['change'] = b:changedtick
-
   return s:airline_ale_count(num, symbol)
 endfunction