diff --git a/gourmet/backends/db.py b/gourmet/backends/db.py
index faa6a57a..7e6d2bc6 100644
--- a/gourmet/backends/db.py
+++ b/gourmet/backends/db.py
@@ -773,9 +773,11 @@ class RecData (Pluggable):
         """Return the number of rows in table that match criteria
         """
         if criteria:
-            return table.count(*make_simple_select_arg(criteria,table)).execute().fetchone()[0]
+            return sqlalchemy.select(
+                sqlalchemy.func.count(criteria)).select_from(table).scalar()
         else:
-            return table.count().execute().fetchone()[0]
+            return sqlalchemy.select(
+                sqlalchemy.func.count()).select_from(table).scalar()
 
     def fetch_join (self, table1, table2, col1, col2,
                     column_names=None, sort_by=[], **criteria):
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<tr><td><span title='2021-01-21 11:22:08 +0100'>2021-01-21</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/tests/swh.scm?id=5225732b9b54ffa92b9d199246b87dae666a3f77'>swh: Test proper handling of null visit snapshot URL.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>* tests/swh.scm (%origin): Change "visits_url" to "origin_visits_url".
(%visits): New variable.
("origin-visit, no snapshots"): New test.
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<tr><td><span title='2020-12-21 17:47:35 +0100'>2020-12-21</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/tests/swh.scm?id=9608f4003dedd8dfe99327c15668ca1a43ebd93b'>tests: Fix malformed JSON.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>Guile-JSON 4.3.2 would parse in spite of these typos, but 4.4.1 is
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* tests/swh.scm (%directory-entries): Add missing comma.
* tests/cve-sample.json: Likewise.
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