diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/ResourceModel/Category/Collection.php b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/ResourceModel/Category/Collection.php
index d77ec3a5c3a..259399ece82 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/ResourceModel/Category/Collection.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/ResourceModel/Category/Collection.php
@@ -567,8 +567,7 @@ private function getProductsCountFromCategoryTable(Category $item, string $websi
      */
     private function getProductsCountQuery(array $categoryIds, $addVisibilityFilter = true): Select
     {
-        $connections = $this->_resource->getConnection();
-        $categoryTable = $connections->getTableName('catalog_category_product_index');
+        $categoryTable = $this->_resource->getTableName('catalog_category_product_index');
         $select = $this->_conn->select()
             ->from(
                 ['cat_index' => $categoryTable],