diff --git a/nomad/heartbeat.go b/nomad/heartbeat.go
index be282b70de9..1d8596a83de 100644
--- a/nomad/heartbeat.go
+++ b/nomad/heartbeat.go
@@ -251,15 +251,13 @@ func (h *nodeHeartbeater) clearAllHeartbeatTimers() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// heartbeatStats is a long running routine used to capture
-// the number of active heartbeats being tracked
+// heartbeatStats is a long-running routine used to capture the number of
+// active heartbeats being tracked.
 func (h *nodeHeartbeater) heartbeatStats() {
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
-			h.heartbeatTimersLock.Lock()
-			num := len(h.heartbeatTimers)
-			h.heartbeatTimersLock.Unlock()
+			num := h.getHeartbeatTimerNum()
 			metrics.SetGauge([]string{"nomad", "heartbeat", "active"}, float32(num))
 
 		case <-h.srv.shutdownCh:
@@ -267,3 +265,12 @@ func (h *nodeHeartbeater) heartbeatStats() {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// getHeartbeatTimerNum is a helper function that returns the current number of
+// active heartbeat timers. The caller should not hold the lock; this function
+// handles that.
+func (h *nodeHeartbeater) getHeartbeatTimerNum() int {
+	h.heartbeatTimersLock.Lock()
+	defer h.heartbeatTimersLock.Unlock()
+	return len(h.heartbeatTimers)
+}
diff --git a/nomad/heartbeat_test.go b/nomad/heartbeat_test.go
index 52d234e6df1..6c7a101318e 100644
--- a/nomad/heartbeat_test.go
+++ b/nomad/heartbeat_test.go
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog"
 	memdb "github.com/hashicorp/go-memdb"
 	msgpackrpc "github.com/hashicorp/net-rpc-msgpackrpc/v2"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/ci"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper/pointer"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper/uuid"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/mock"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/structs"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/testutil"
@@ -423,3 +425,39 @@ func TestHeartbeat_InvalidateHeartbeatDisconnectedClient(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_nodeHeartbeater_getHeartbeatTimerNum(t *testing.T) {
+	ci.Parallel(t)
+
+	nodeHeartbeat := &nodeHeartbeater{logger: hclog.NewNullLogger()}
+
+	// Generate 5 initial node IDs that will be added to the heartbeater as
+	// active.
+	nodeIDs := []string{
+		uuid.Generate(),
+		uuid.Generate(),
+		uuid.Generate(),
+		uuid.Generate(),
+		uuid.Generate(),
+	}
+
+	// Use the locked insert function, so we can avoid setting up an entire
+	// server for this small test. We don't need the lock as there is no
+	// concurrency.
+	for _, nodeID := range nodeIDs {
+		nodeHeartbeat.resetHeartbeatTimerLocked(nodeID, 10*time.Minute)
+	}
+
+	must.Eq(t, 5, nodeHeartbeat.getHeartbeatTimerNum())
+
+	// Remove a couple of nodes from the heartbeater and check that the number
+	// reports correctly.
+	must.NoError(t, nodeHeartbeat.clearHeartbeatTimer(nodeIDs[0]))
+	must.NoError(t, nodeHeartbeat.clearHeartbeatTimer(nodeIDs[2]))
+
+	must.Eq(t, 3, nodeHeartbeat.getHeartbeatTimerNum())
+
+	// Clear all the timers and test.
+	must.NoError(t, nodeHeartbeat.clearAllHeartbeatTimers())
+	must.Eq(t, 0, nodeHeartbeat.getHeartbeatTimerNum())
+}
diff --git a/nomad/reporting/reporting_ce.go b/nomad/reporting/reporting_ce.go
index cef27a67e38..ffe60039862 100644
--- a/nomad/reporting/reporting_ce.go
+++ b/nomad/reporting/reporting_ce.go
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@
 
 package reporting
 
-type Manager struct {
-}
+type Manager struct{}
diff --git a/nomad/server.go b/nomad/server.go
index ba4d9ad5986..655ce8758ca 100644
--- a/nomad/server.go
+++ b/nomad/server.go
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper/codec"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper/goruntime"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper/group"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper/iterator"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper/pool"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper/tlsutil"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/lib/auth/oidc"
@@ -2188,20 +2187,6 @@ func (s *Server) isSingleServerCluster() bool {
 	return s.config.BootstrapExpect == 1
 }
 
-func (s *Server) GetClientNodesCount() (int, error) {
-	stateSnapshot, err := s.State().Snapshot()
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-
-	iter, err := stateSnapshot.Nodes(nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-
-	return iterator.Len(iter), nil
-}
-
 // peersInfoContent is used to help operators understand what happened to the
 // peers.json file. This is written to a file called peers.info in the same
 // location.