diff --git a/test/misc/test.rb b/test/misc/test.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 18639ad9b..000000000
--- a/test/misc/test.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-$: << "lib"
-require "logstash/event"
-require "thread"
-
-q = Queue.new
-
-Thread.abort_on_exception = true
-iterations = 500000
-
-Thread.new { iterations.times { |i| q << LogStash::Event.new } }
-
-start = Time.now
-popper = Thread.new { iterations.times { q.pop } }
-popper.join
-duration = Time.now - start
-rate = iterations / duration
-puts "Rate: #{rate}"
diff --git a/test/misc/timespeed.rb b/test/misc/timespeed.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 3aaa1f496..000000000
--- a/test/misc/timespeed.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-$: << "lib"
-require "logstash/time"
-
-start = Time.now
-count = 500000
-
-count.times { LogStash::Time.now }
-duration = Time.now - start
-rate = count / duration
-
-puts "Rate: #{rate}"