diff --git a/tests/benchmark/profile-prepend.php b/tests/benchmark/profile-prepend.php
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index f7b71cb53..000000000
--- a/tests/benchmark/profile-prepend.php
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@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-/**
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
- *
- * Loaded through auto_prepend_file: samples requests that carry an
- * X-Bench-Profile header and writes the stacks in collapsed format,
- * and clears the web server's APCu for requests with X-Bench-Clear-Cache.
- */
-
-if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_BENCH_CLEAR_CACHE']) && function_exists('apcu_clear_cache')) {
-	apcu_clear_cache();
-}
-
-if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_BENCH_PROFILE']) && class_exists(ExcimerProfiler::class)) {
-	$benchProfiler = new ExcimerProfiler();
-	$benchProfiler->setPeriod(0.001);
-	$benchProfiler->setEventType(EXCIMER_REAL);
-	$benchProfiler->setMaxDepth(250);
-	$benchProfiler->start();
-
-	register_shutdown_function(static function () use ($benchProfiler): void {
-		$benchProfiler->stop();
-		$label = preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9_.-]/', '', (string)$_SERVER['HTTP_X_BENCH_PROFILE']);
-		$dir = '/tmp/bench-profiles/' . $label;
-		if (!is_dir($dir)) {
-			@mkdir($dir, 0777, true);
-		}
-		file_put_contents($dir . '/' . uniqid('', true) . '.collapsed', $benchProfiler->getLog()->formatCollapsed());
-	});
-}