diff --git a/bin/tests/system/rpz/qperf.sh b/bin/tests/system/rpz/qperf.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ec64fe435..0000000000
--- a/bin/tests/system/rpz/qperf.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-#
-# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
-# License, v. 2.0.  If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
-# file, you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
-#
-# See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional
-# information regarding copyright ownership.
-
-for QDIR in $(echo "$PATH" | tr : ' ') ../../../../contrib/queryperf; do
-  QPERF=$QDIR/queryperf
-  if test -f "$QPERF" -a -x "$QPERF"; then
-    echo $QPERF
-    exit 0
-  fi
-done
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/rpz/setup.sh b/bin/tests/system/rpz/setup.sh
index 16642be96e..d1528e85ee 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/rpz/setup.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/rpz/setup.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ set -e
 
 . ../conf.sh
 
-QPERF=$($SHELL qperf.sh)
-
 $SHELL clean.sh
 
 for dir in ns*; do
@@ -118,32 +116,6 @@ a3-17.tld2	500 A	17.17.17.17
 ns1.x.rpz-nsdname	CNAME	.
 EOF
 
-if test -n "$QPERF"; then
-  # Do not build the full zones if we will not use them.
-  $PERL -e 'for ($val = 1; $val <= 65535; ++$val) {
-	printf("host-%05d\tA    192.168.%d.%d\n", $val, $val/256, $val%256);
-	}' >>ns5/example.db
-
-  echo >>ns5/bl.db
-  echo "; rewrite some names" >>ns5/bl.db
-  $PERL -e 'for ($val = 2; $val <= 65535; $val += 69) {
-	printf("host-%05d.example.tld5\tCNAME\t.\n", $val);
-	}' >>ns5/bl.db
-
-  echo >>ns5/bl.db
-  echo "; rewrite with some not entirely trivial patricia trees" >>ns5/bl.db
-  $PERL -e 'for ($val = 3; $val <= 65535; $val += 69) {
-	printf("32.%d.%d.168.192.rpz-ip  \tCNAME\t.\n",
-		$val%256, $val/256);
-	}' >>ns5/bl.db
-fi
-
-# some psuedo-random queryperf requests
-$PERL -e 'for ($cnt = $val = 1; $cnt <= 3000; ++$cnt) {
-	printf("host-%05d.example.tld5 A\n", $val);
-	$val = ($val * 9 + 32771) % 65536;
-	}' >ns5/requests
-
 cp ns2/bl.tld2.db.in ns2/bl.tld2.db
 cp ns5/empty.db.in ns5/empty.db
 cp ns5/empty.db.in ns5/policy2.db
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/rpz/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/rpz/tests.sh
index 6d22bb353e..575cac4cd7 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/rpz/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/rpz/tests.sh
@@ -708,57 +708,6 @@ done
 end_group
 ckstats $ns3 bugs ns3 8
 
-# superficial test for major performance bugs
-QPERF=$(sh qperf.sh)
-if test -n "$QPERF"; then
-  perf() {
-    date "+${TS}checking performance $1" | cat_i
-    # Dry run to prime everything
-    comment "before dry run $1"
-    $RNDCCMD $ns5 notrace
-    $QPERF -c -1 -l30 -d ns5/requests -s $ns5 -p ${PORT} >/dev/null
-    comment "before real test $1"
-    PFILE="ns5/$2.perf"
-    $QPERF -c -1 -l30 -d ns5/requests -s $ns5 -p ${PORT} >$PFILE
-    comment "after test $1"
-    X=$(sed -n -e 's/.*Returned *\([^ ]*:\) *\([0-9]*\) .*/\1\2/p' $PFILE \
-      | tr '\n' ' ')
-    if test "$X" != "$3"; then
-      setret "wrong results '$X' in $PFILE"
-    fi
-    ckalive $ns5 "failed; server #5 crashed"
-  }
-  trim() {
-    sed -n -e 's/.*Queries per second: *\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p' ns5/$1.perf
-  }
-
-  # get qps with rpz
-  perf 'with RPZ' rpz 'NOERROR:2900 NXDOMAIN:100 '
-  RPZ=$(trim rpz)
-  # turn off rpz and measure qps again
-  echo "# RPZ off" >ns5/rpz-switch
-  RNDCCMD_OUT=$($RNDCCMD $ns5 reload)
-  perf 'without RPZ' norpz 'NOERROR:3000 '
-  NORPZ=$(trim norpz)
-
-  PERCENT=$(((RPZ * 100 + (NORPZ / 2)) / NORPZ))
-  echo_i "$RPZ qps with RPZ is $PERCENT% of $NORPZ qps without RPZ"
-
-  MIN_PERCENT=30
-  if test "$PERCENT" -lt $MIN_PERCENT; then
-    echo_i "$RPZ qps with rpz or $PERCENT% is below $MIN_PERCENT% of $NORPZ qps"
-  fi
-
-  if test "$PERCENT" -ge 100; then
-    echo_i "$RPZ qps with RPZ or $PERCENT% of $NORPZ qps without RPZ is too high"
-  fi
-
-  ckstats $ns5 performance ns5 200
-
-else
-  echo_i "performance not checked; queryperf not available"
-fi
-
 if [ "$MODE" = dnsrps ]; then
   echo_i "checking that dnsrpzd is automatically restarted"
   OLD_PID=$(cat dnsrpzd.pid)