diff --git a/benchmarks/Makefile b/benchmarks/Makefile
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-
-all:
-	@./run 1 middleware 50
-	@./run 5 middleware 50
-	@./run 10 middleware 50
-	@./run 15 middleware 50
-	@./run 20 middleware 50
-	@./run 30 middleware 50
-	@./run 50 middleware 50
-	@./run 100 middleware 50
-	@./run 10 middleware 100
-	@./run 10 middleware 250
-	@./run 10 middleware 500
-	@./run 10 middleware 1000
-	@echo
-
-.PHONY: all
diff --git a/benchmarks/README.md b/benchmarks/README.md
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-# Express Benchmarks
-
-## Installation
-
-You will need to install [wrk](https://github.com/wg/wrk/blob/master/INSTALL) in order to run the benchmarks.
-
-## Running
-
-To run the benchmarks, first install the dependencies `npm i`, then run `make`
-
-The output will look something like this:
-
-```
-  50 connections
-  1 middleware
- 7.15ms
- 6784.01
-
- [...redacted...]
-
-  1000 connections
-  10 middleware
- 139.21ms
- 6155.19
-
-```
-
-### Tip: Include Node.js version in output
-
-You can use `make && node -v` to include the node.js version in the output.
-
-### Tip: Save the results to a file
-
-You can use `make > results.log` to save the results to a file `results.log`.
diff --git a/benchmarks/middleware.js b/benchmarks/middleware.js
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-
-var express = require('..');
-var app = express();
-
-// number of middleware
-
-var n = parseInt(process.env.MW || '1', 10);
-console.log('  %s middleware', n);
-
-while (n--) {
-  app.use(function(req, res, next){
-    next();
-  });
-}
-
-app.use(function(req, res){
-  res.send('Hello World')
-});
-
-app.listen(3333);
diff --git a/benchmarks/run b/benchmarks/run
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-echo
-MW=$1 node $2 &
-pid=$!
-
-echo "  $3 connections"
-
-sleep 2
-
-wrk 'http://localhost:3333/?foo[bar]=baz' \
-  -d 3 \
-  -c $3 \
-  -t 8 \
-  | grep 'Requests/sec\|Latency' \
-  | awk '{ print " " $2 }'
-
-kill $pid