diff --git a/src/dir-flat.js b/src/dir-flat.js
index a035bd3..53161e4 100644
--- a/src/dir-flat.js
+++ b/src/dir-flat.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const cat = require('pull-cat')
 // Logic to export a unixfs directory.
 module.exports = dirExporter
 
-function dirExporter (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, size, dag, parent, depth, options) {
+function dirExporter (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, dag, parent, depth, options) {
   const accepts = pathRest[0]
 
   const dir = {
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function dirExporter (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, size, dag, paren
     depth: depth,
     path: path,
     cid,
-    size: node.size,
+    size: 0,
     type: 'dir'
   }
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function dirExporter (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, size, dag, paren
       filter((item) => accepts === undefined || item.name === accepts),
       map((link) => ({
         depth: depth + 1,
-        size: link.size,
+        size: 0,
         name: link.name,
         path: path + '/' + link.name,
         cid: link.cid,
diff --git a/src/dir-hamt-sharded.js b/src/dir-hamt-sharded.js
index 841c129..b9ade11 100644
--- a/src/dir-hamt-sharded.js
+++ b/src/dir-hamt-sharded.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const waterfall = require('async/waterfall')
 // Logic to export a unixfs directory.
 module.exports = shardedDirExporter
 
-function shardedDirExporter (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, size, dag, parent, depth, options) {
+function shardedDirExporter (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, dag, parent, depth, options) {
   let dir
   if (!parent || (parent.path !== path)) {
     dir = {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function shardedDirExporter (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, size, dag
       depth: depth,
       path: path,
       cid,
-      size: node.size,
+      size: 0,
       type: 'dir'
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/file.js b/src/file.js
index 02f9022..0078a9b 100644
--- a/src/file.js
+++ b/src/file.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const paramap = require('pull-paramap')
 const extractDataFromBlock = require('./extract-data-from-block')
 
 // Logic to export a single (possibly chunked) unixfs file.
-module.exports = (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, size, dag, parent, depth, options) => {
+module.exports = (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, dag, parent, depth, options) => {
   const accepts = pathRest[0]
 
   if (accepts !== undefined && accepts !== path) {
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module.exports = (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, size, dag, parent, d
     return error(err)
   }
 
-  const fileSize = size || file.fileSize()
+  const fileSize = file.fileSize()
 
   let offset = options.offset
   let length = options.length
diff --git a/src/object.js b/src/object.js
index 3719701..eb11de1 100644
--- a/src/object.js
+++ b/src/object.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const pull = require('pull-stream/pull')
 const values = require('pull-stream/sources/values')
 const error = require('pull-stream/sources/error')
 
-module.exports = (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, size, dag, parent, depth) => {
+module.exports = (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, dag, parent, depth) => {
   let newNode
   if (pathRest.length) {
     const pathElem = pathRest[0]
diff --git a/src/raw.js b/src/raw.js
index bfc8606..94b7462 100644
--- a/src/raw.js
+++ b/src/raw.js
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ const empty = require('pull-stream/sources/empty')
 const extractDataFromBlock = require('./extract-data-from-block')
 
 // Logic to export a single raw block
-module.exports = (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, size, dag, parent, depth, options) => {
+module.exports = (cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolve, dag, parent, depth, options) => {
   const accepts = pathRest[0]
 
   if (accepts !== undefined && accepts !== path) {
     return empty()
   }
 
-  size = size || node.length
+  const size = node.length
 
   let offset = options.offset
   let length = options.length
diff --git a/src/resolve.js b/src/resolve.js
index e3a0a70..e0c10b5 100644
--- a/src/resolve.js
+++ b/src/resolve.js
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ function createResolver (dag, options, depth, parent) {
       name: item.name,
       path: item.path,
       pathRest: item.pathRest,
-      size: item.size,
       dag,
       parentNode: item.parent || parent,
       depth: item.depth,
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ function createResolver (dag, options, depth, parent) {
     })
   }
 
-  function resolve ({ cid, node, name, path, pathRest, size, dag, parentNode, depth, options }) {
+  function resolve ({ cid, node, name, path, pathRest, dag, parentNode, depth, options }) {
     let type
 
     try {
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ function createResolver (dag, options, depth, parent) {
 
     const resolveDeep = createResolver(dag, options, depth, node)
 
-    return nodeResolver(cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolveDeep, size, dag, parentNode, depth, options)
+    return nodeResolver(cid, node, name, path, pathRest, resolveDeep, dag, parentNode, depth, options)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/exporter.spec.js b/test/exporter.spec.js
index e7f4fc2..124b709 100644
--- a/test/exporter.spec.js
+++ b/test/exporter.spec.js
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ describe('exporter', () => {
       ),
       ({ cid, files: [ file ] }, cb) => {
         expect(file).to.have.property('path', cid.toBaseEncodedString())
+        expect(file).to.have.property('size', ONE_MEG * 6)
         fileEql(file, null, cb)
       }
     ], done)
@@ -500,6 +501,12 @@ describe('exporter', () => {
           `${cid.toBaseEncodedString()}/level-1/level-2`
         ])
 
+        files
+          .filter(file => file.type === 'dir')
+          .forEach(dir => {
+            expect(dir).to.has.property('size', 0)
+          })
+
         pull(
           pull.values(files),
           pull.map((file) => Boolean(file.content)),