diff --git a/base/statistics.jl b/base/statistics.jl
index 3b0bbb5b..350e6463 100644
--- a/base/statistics.jl
+++ b/base/statistics.jl
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ function centralize_sumabs2!(R::AbstractArray{S}, A::AbstractArray, means::Abstr
         return R
     end
     indsAt, indsRt = safe_tail(axes(A)), safe_tail(axes(R)) # handle d=1 manually
-    keep, Idefault = Broadcast.shapeindexer(indsAt, indsRt)
+    keep, Idefault = Broadcast.shapeindexer(indsRt)
     if reducedim1(R, A)
         i1 = first(indices1(R))
         @inbounds for IA in CartesianIndices(indsAt)