diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fd2b507..6f0ec82 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@ lto = "fat"
 codegen-units = 1
 strip = true
 
-[dev-dependencies]
-criterion = "*"
-
-[[bench]]
-harness = false
-name = "bench"
-
 [[bin]]
 name = "pacdef"
 path = "src/main.rs"
diff --git a/benches/bench.rs b/benches/bench.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 314f188..0000000
--- a/benches/bench.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
-
-fn get_all_installed_packages(c: &mut Criterion) {
-    c.bench_function("get_all_installed_packages", |b| {
-        b.iter(|| {
-            black_box(pacdef::backend::get_all_installed_packages());
-        })
-    });
-}
-
-fn get_explicitly_installed_packages(c: &mut Criterion) {
-    c.bench_function("get_explicitly_installed_packages", |b| {
-        b.iter(|| {
-            black_box(pacdef::backend::get_explicitly_installed_packages());
-        })
-    });
-}
-
-criterion_group!(
-    benches,
-    get_all_installed_packages,
-    get_explicitly_installed_packages
-);
-criterion_main!(benches);