diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5b8208e..2765cb4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ serve-docs: $(VENV)
 manpage: $(VENV)
 	help2man $(BIN)/blag --no-info -n "blog-aware, static site generator" -o debian/blag.1
 
+.PHONY: benchmark
+benchmark: $(VENV)
+	$(BIN)/pytest --no-cov -rP tests/benchmark.py
+
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	rm -rf build dist *.egg-info
diff --git a/tests/test_markdown.py b/tests/test_markdown.py
index 310da89..5e393d2 100644
--- a/tests/test_markdown.py
+++ b/tests/test_markdown.py
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 """Test markdown module."""
 
 from datetime import datetime
-import os
 from typing import Any
 
 import markdown
 import pytest
 
-import blag
-from blag.blag import build
 from blag.markdown import convert_markdown, markdown_factory
 
 
@@ -114,28 +111,3 @@ this --- is -- a test ...
     assert "mdash" not in html
     assert "ndash" not in html
     assert "hellip" not in html
-
-
-def test_performance(args) -> None:
-    # create 1000 random markdown files in the content directory
-    with open(os.path.join(blag.__path__[0], "content", "testpage.md")) as fh:
-              markdown = fh.read()
-    for i in range(1000):
-        with open(f"content/{i}.md", "w") as f:
-            f.write(markdown)
-
-    from time import time
-
-    t = time()
-    build(args)
-    print(time() - t)
-
-    import cProfile
-
-    t = time()
-    cProfile.run("build(args)")
-    #build(args)
-    print(time() - t)
-
-
-    1 / 0