diff --git a/benchmarks/buffer_bench.js b/benchmarks/buffer_bench.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 63dae1e606..0000000000
--- a/benchmarks/buffer_bench.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-var source = new Buffer(100),
-    dest = new Buffer(100), i, j, k, tmp, count = 1000000, bytes = 100;
-
-for (i = 99 ; i >= 0 ; i--) {
-    source[i] = 120;
-}
-
-var str = 'This is a nice String.',
-    buf = new Buffer('This is a lovely Buffer.');
-
-var start = new Date();
-for (i = count * 100; i > 0 ; i--) {
-    if (Buffer.isBuffer(str)) {}
-}
-var end = new Date();
-console.log('Buffer.isBuffer(str) ' + (end - start) + ' ms');
-
-var start = new Date();
-for (i = count * 100; i > 0 ; i--) {
-    if (Buffer.isBuffer(buf)) {}
-}
-var end = new Date();
-console.log('Buffer.isBuffer(buf) ' + (end - start) + ' ms');
-
-var start = new Date();
-for (i = count * 100; i > 0 ; i--) {
-    if (str instanceof Buffer) {}
-}
-var end = new Date();
-console.log('str instanceof Buffer ' + (end - start) + ' ms');
-
-var start = new Date();
-for (i = count * 100; i > 0 ; i--) {
-    if (buf instanceof Buffer) {}
-}
-var end = new Date();
-console.log('buf instanceof Buffer ' + (end - start) + ' ms');
-
-for (i = bytes ; i > 0 ; i --) {
-    var start = new Date();
-    for (j = count ; j > 0; j--) {
-        tmp = source.toString('ascii', 0, bytes);
-    }
-    var end = new Date();
-    console.log('toString() ' + i + ' bytes ' + (end - start) + ' ms');
-}
-
-for (i = bytes ; i > 0 ; i --) {
-    var start = new Date();
-    for (j = count ; j > 0; j--) {
-        tmp = '';
-        for (k = 0; k <= i ; k++) {
-            tmp += String.fromCharCode(source[k]);
-        }
-    }
-    var end = new Date();
-    console.log('manual string ' + i + ' bytes ' + (end - start) + ' ms');
-}
-
-for (i = bytes ; i > 0 ; i--) {
-    var start = new Date();
-    for (j = count ; j > 0 ; j--) {
-        for (k = i ; k > 0 ; k--) {
-            dest[k] = source[k];
-        }
-    }
-    var end = new Date();
-    console.log('Manual copy ' + i + ' bytes ' + (end - start) + ' ms');
-}
-
-for (i = bytes ; i > 0 ; i--) {
-    var start = new Date();
-    for (j = count ; j > 0 ; j--) {
-        for (k = i ; k > 0 ; k--) {
-            dest[k] = 120;
-        }
-    }
-    var end = new Date();
-    console.log('Direct assignment ' + i + ' bytes ' + (end - start) + ' ms');
-}
-
-for (i = bytes ; i > 0 ; i--) {
-    var start = new Date();
-    for (j = count ; j > 0 ; j--) {
-        source.copy(dest, 0, 0, i);
-    }
-    var end = new Date();
-    console.log('Buffer.copy() ' + i + ' bytes ' + (end - start) + ' ms');
-}