diff --git a/src/css/dashboard.css b/src/css/dashboard.css
index 232be86f4..b5e78a6bc 100644
--- a/src/css/dashboard.css
+++ b/src/css/dashboard.css
@@ -76,9 +76,6 @@ iframe {
 body:not(.canUpdateShortcuts) .tabButton[href="#shortcuts.html"] {
     display: none;
     }
-body:not(.canBenchmark) .tabButton[href="#benchmarks.html"] {
-    display: none;
-    }
 
 @media (max-width: 640px) {
     #dashboard-nav {
diff --git a/src/dashboard.html b/src/dashboard.html
index 43329706c..3e3106ad4 100644
--- a/src/dashboard.html
+++ b/src/dashboard.html
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
      --><a class="tabButton" href="#dyna-rules.html" data-i18n="rulesPageName"></a><!--
      --><a class="tabButton" href="#whitelist.html" data-i18n="whitelistPageName"></a><!--
      --><a class="tabButton" href="#shortcuts.html" data-i18n="shortcutsPageName"></a><!--
-     --><a class="tabButton" href="#about.html" data-i18n="aboutPageName"></a><!--
-     --><a class="tabButton" href="#benchmarks.html">Benchmarks</a>
+     --><a class="tabButton" href="#about.html" data-i18n="aboutPageName"></a>
     </div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/src/js/background.js b/src/js/background.js
index 1d9d07357..86f1cd16a 100644
--- a/src/js/background.js
+++ b/src/js/background.js
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ const µBlock = (function() { // jshint ignore:line
         assetFetchTimeout: 30,
         autoUpdateAssetFetchPeriod: 120,
         autoUpdatePeriod: 7,
-        benchmarkingPane: false,
         cacheStorageCompression: true,
         cacheControlForFirefox1376932: 'no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate',
         debugScriptlets: false,
diff --git a/src/js/dashboard.js b/src/js/dashboard.js
index f80e77241..d038c5d01 100644
--- a/src/js/dashboard.js
+++ b/src/js/dashboard.js
@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@ vAPI.messaging.send('dashboard', { what: 'canUpdateShortcuts' }, response => {
     document.body.classList.toggle('canUpdateShortcuts', response === true);
 });
 
-vAPI.messaging.send('dashboard', { what: 'benchmarkingPane' }, response => {
-    document.body.classList.toggle('canBenchmark', response === true);
-});
-
 resizeFrame();
 window.addEventListener('resize', resizeFrame);
 uDom('.tabButton').on('click', onTabClickHandler);
diff --git a/src/js/messaging.js b/src/js/messaging.js
index 4e5ff7400..a0b6d7339 100644
--- a/src/js/messaging.js
+++ b/src/js/messaging.js
@@ -1041,14 +1041,6 @@ var onMessage = function(request, sender, callback) {
     var response;
 
     switch ( request.what ) {
-    case 'benchmark':
-        response = µb.staticNetFilteringEngine.benchmark(request.contexts);
-        break;
-
-    case 'benchmarkingPane':
-        response = µb.hiddenSettings.benchmarkingPane;
-        break;
-
     case 'canUpdateShortcuts':
         response = µb.canUpdateShortcuts;
         break;