diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 268bda76..06c0d2bc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ help:
 	@echo "  test32           run tests on a 32-bit system"
 	@echo "  test-highlevel   run high-level tests"
 	@echo "  lint             run linters"
-	@echo "  bench NAME=n     run bench environment"
 	@echo "  run              run app"
 	@echo "  apidocs          generate api docs HTML"
 	@echo "  binaries         build binaries for all platforms"
diff --git a/bench/proxy/Dockerfile b/bench/proxy/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f6cd680..00000000
--- a/bench/proxy/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-ARG BASE_IMAGE
-FROM $BASE_IMAGE
-
-RUN apk add --no-cache \
-    ffmpeg
-
-RUN wget -O /video.mkv http://www.larmoire.info/jellyfish/media/jellyfish-10-mbps-hd-h264.mkv
-
-WORKDIR /s
-
-COPY go.mod go.sum ./
-RUN go mod download
-
-COPY . ./
-RUN go generate ./...
-RUN go build -o /mediamtx .
-
-COPY bench/proxy/start.sh /
-RUN chmod +x /start.sh
-
-ENTRYPOINT [ "/start.sh" ]
diff --git a/bench/proxy/start.sh b/bench/proxy/start.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 2afe40ee..00000000
--- a/bench/proxy/start.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -e
-
-PROXY_COUNT=50
-PROXY_PROTOCOL=tcp
-
-#####################################################
-# source
-
-CONF=""
-CONF="${CONF}rtmp: no\n"
-CONF="${CONF}hls: no\n"
-CONF="${CONF}webrtc: no\n"
-CONF="${CONF}srt: no\n"
-CONF="${CONF}rtspAddress: :8555\n"
-CONF="${CONF}rtpAddress: :8002\n"
-CONF="${CONF}rtcpAddress: :8003\n"
-CONF="${CONF}paths:\n"
-CONF="${CONF}  all_others:\n"
-echo -e "$CONF" > /source.conf
-
-/mediamtx /source.conf &
-
-sleep 1
-
-ffmpeg -hide_banner -loglevel error \
--re -stream_loop -1 -i /video.mkv -c copy -f rtsp rtsp://localhost:8555/source &
-
-sleep 1
-
-#####################################################
-# proxy
-
-CONF=""
-CONF="${CONF}rtmp: no\n"
-CONF="${CONF}hls: no\n"
-CONF="${CONF}webrtc: no\n"
-CONF="${CONF}srt: no\n"
-CONF="${CONF}pprof: yes\n"
-CONF="${CONF}paths:\n"
-for i in $(seq 1 $PROXY_COUNT); do
-    CONF="${CONF}  proxy$i:\n"
-    CONF="${CONF}    source: rtsp://localhost:8555/source\n"
-    CONF="${CONF}    rtspTransport: $PROXY_PROTOCOL\n"
-done
-echo -e "$CONF" > /proxy.conf
-
-/mediamtx /proxy.conf &
-
-sleep 5
-
-go tool pprof -text http://localhost:9999/debug/pprof/profile?seconds=15
diff --git a/bench/publish/Dockerfile b/bench/publish/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 035d0cd3..00000000
--- a/bench/publish/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-ARG BASE_IMAGE
-FROM $BASE_IMAGE
-
-RUN apk add --no-cache \
-    ffmpeg
-
-RUN wget -O /video.mkv http://www.larmoire.info/jellyfish/media/jellyfish-10-mbps-hd-h264.mkv
-
-WORKDIR /s
-
-COPY go.mod go.sum ./
-RUN go mod download
-
-COPY . ./
-RUN go generate ./...
-RUN go build -o /mediamtx .
-
-COPY bench/publish/start.sh /
-RUN chmod +x /start.sh
-
-ENTRYPOINT [ "/start.sh" ]
diff --git a/bench/publish/start.sh b/bench/publish/start.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 834cd76c..00000000
--- a/bench/publish/start.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -e
-
-PUBLISHER_COUNT=50
-PUBLISHER_PROTOCOL=tcp
-
-#####################################################
-# publishers
-
-CONF=""
-CONF="${CONF}pprof: yes\n"
-CONF="${CONF}paths:\n"
-CONF="${CONF}  all_others:\n"
-echo -e "$CONF" > /source.conf
-
-/mediamtx /source.conf &
-
-sleep 1
-
-for i in $(seq 1 $PUBLISHER_COUNT); do
-    ffmpeg -hide_banner -loglevel error \
-    -re -stream_loop -1 -i /video.mkv -c copy -f rtsp \
-    -rtsp_transport $PUBLISHER_PROTOCOL rtsp://localhost:8554/source$i &
-done
-
-sleep 5
-
-go tool pprof -text http://localhost:9999/debug/pprof/profile?seconds=15
diff --git a/bench/read/Dockerfile b/bench/read/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index baecc75d..00000000
--- a/bench/read/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-ARG BASE_IMAGE
-FROM $BASE_IMAGE
-
-RUN apk add --no-cache \
-    ffmpeg
-
-RUN wget -O /video.mkv http://www.larmoire.info/jellyfish/media/jellyfish-10-mbps-hd-h264.mkv
-
-WORKDIR /s
-
-COPY go.mod go.sum ./
-RUN go mod download
-
-COPY . ./
-RUN go generate ./...
-RUN go build -o /mediamtx .
-
-COPY bench/read/start.sh /
-RUN chmod +x /start.sh
-
-ENTRYPOINT [ "/start.sh" ]
diff --git a/bench/read/start.sh b/bench/read/start.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 51405823..00000000
--- a/bench/read/start.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -e
-
-READER_COUNT=50
-READER_PROTOCOL=tcp
-
-#####################################################
-# source
-
-CONF=""
-CONF="${CONF}pprof: yes\n"
-CONF="${CONF}paths:\n"
-CONF="${CONF}  all_others:\n"
-echo -e "$CONF" > /source.conf
-
-/mediamtx /source.conf &
-
-sleep 1
-
-ffmpeg -re -stream_loop -1 -i /video.mkv -c copy -f rtsp rtsp://localhost:8554/source &
-
-sleep 1
-
-#####################################################
-# readers
-
-for i in $(seq 1 $READER_COUNT); do
-    ffmpeg  -hide_banner -loglevel error \
-    -rtsp_transport $READER_PROTOCOL \
-    -i rtsp://localhost:8554/source -c copy -f null - &
-done
-
-sleep 5
-
-go tool pprof -text http://localhost:9999/debug/pprof/profile?seconds=15
diff --git a/scripts/bench.mk b/scripts/bench.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b5b293d..00000000
--- a/scripts/bench.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bench:
-	docker build -q . -f bench/$(NAME)/Dockerfile -t temp \
-	--build-arg BASE_IMAGE=$(BASE_IMAGE)
-	docker run --rm -it -p 9999:9999 temp