diff --git a/src/alphafold3/data/tools/jackhmmer.py b/src/alphafold3/data/tools/jackhmmer.py
index 1091a16ce47c4063465a50f341c11c043e153827..2b0fd368d98bcd41433dd39f621cd3f62fb5819b 100644
--- a/src/alphafold3/data/tools/jackhmmer.py
+++ b/src/alphafold3/data/tools/jackhmmer.py
@@ -137,12 +137,8 @@ class Jackhmmer(msa_tool.MsaTool):
           logging.info('Limiting MSA depth to %d', self.max_sequences)
           break
         a3m.append(f'>{name}\n{seq}')
-      num_hits = len(a3m)
       a3m = '\n'.join(a3m)
 
     return msa_tool.MsaToolResult(
-        target_sequence=target_sequence,
-        a3m=a3m,
-        e_value=self.e_value,
-        num_hits=num_hits,
+        target_sequence=target_sequence, a3m=a3m, e_value=self.e_value
     )
diff --git a/src/alphafold3/data/tools/msa_tool.py b/src/alphafold3/data/tools/msa_tool.py
index 37c1ffa3908348d4cef885d53384a4459347692e..a739f06331dc70d491c0d9e8e8db2ed004cea48c 100644
--- a/src/alphafold3/data/tools/msa_tool.py
+++ b/src/alphafold3/data/tools/msa_tool.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ class MsaToolResult:
   target_sequence: str
   e_value: float
   a3m: str
-  num_hits: int
 
 
 class MsaTool(Protocol):
diff --git a/src/alphafold3/data/tools/nhmmer.py b/src/alphafold3/data/tools/nhmmer.py
index 36585e76fe4ca0133d832aff0c2115028d4aa7b4..a4b40896a85d910c08cd16a7ceb31d0619877576 100644
--- a/src/alphafold3/data/tools/nhmmer.py
+++ b/src/alphafold3/data/tools/nhmmer.py
@@ -160,17 +160,12 @@ class Nhmmer(msa_tool.MsaTool):
           logging.info('Limiting MSA depth to %d', self._max_sequences)
           break
         a3m.append(f'>{name}\n{seq}')
-      num_hits = len(a3m)
       a3m = '\n'.join(a3m)
     else:
       # Nhmmer returns an empty file if there are no hits.
       # In this case return only the query sequence.
-      num_hits = 1
       a3m = f'>query\n{target_sequence}'
 
     return msa_tool.MsaToolResult(
-        target_sequence=target_sequence,
-        e_value=self._e_value,
-        a3m=a3m,
-        num_hits=num_hits,
+        target_sequence=target_sequence, e_value=self._e_value, a3m=a3m
     )