diff --git a/core/src/test/java/art/arcane/iris/engine/hydrology/HydrologyColumnSampleAccessorTest.java b/core/src/test/java/art/arcane/iris/engine/hydrology/HydrologyColumnSampleAccessorTest.java
index 23f1af2cc..bda5d348e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/art/arcane/iris/engine/hydrology/HydrologyColumnSampleAccessorTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/art/arcane/iris/engine/hydrology/HydrologyColumnSampleAccessorTest.java
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 package art.arcane.iris.engine.hydrology;
 
-import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
-import java.lang.management.ThreadMXBean;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
@@ -16,9 +12,6 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 public class HydrologyColumnSampleAccessorTest {
-    private static final int WARMUP = 20_000;
-    private static final int ROUNDS = 20_000;
-    private static final int PASSES = 5;
 
     @Test
     public void theNullableSurfaceAccessorsAgreeWithTheOptionalOnes() {
@@ -48,21 +41,6 @@ public class HydrologyColumnSampleAccessorTest {
         assertEquals(sample.primarySurfaceLayerOrNull().bedY(), sample.terrainHeight());
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void theNullableAccessorNeverAllocatesMoreThanTheOptionalOne() {
-        HydrologyColumnSample sample = sample();
-
-        Measurement nullable = best(() -> sample.primarySurfaceLayerOrNull());
-        Measurement optional = best(() -> sample.primarySurfaceLayer().orElse(null));
-
-        System.out.println("[bench] primarySurfaceLayer nullable=" + nullable + " optional=" + optional);
-
-        Assume.assumeTrue("per-thread allocation counters are unavailable on this JVM", nullable.bytes() >= 0L);
-        assertTrue("the nullable accessor allocated " + nullable.bytes()
-                        + " bytes against " + optional.bytes() + " for the Optional accessor",
-                nullable.bytes() <= optional.bytes());
-    }
-
     private static HydrologyColumnSample sample() {
         List<HydrologyColumnLayer> layers = new ArrayList<>();
         layers.add(layer(1L, HydrologyFeatureType.RIFFLE, 66, 68, true, false, true, true));
@@ -102,52 +80,4 @@ public class HydrologyColumnSampleAccessorTest {
                 "overworld/river-bank",
                 "overworld/river-cave");
     }
-
-    private static Measurement best(Supplier<HydrologyColumnLayer> work) {
-        for (int round = 0; round < WARMUP; round++) {
-            work.get();
-        }
-
-        long bytes = Long.MAX_VALUE;
-        long nanos = Long.MAX_VALUE;
-        for (int pass = 0; pass < PASSES; pass++) {
-            Measurement measured = measure(work);
-            if (measured.bytes() < 0L) {
-                return measured;
-            }
-            bytes = Math.min(bytes, measured.bytes());
-            nanos = Math.min(nanos, measured.nanos());
-        }
-        return new Measurement(bytes, nanos);
-    }
-
-    private static Measurement measure(Supplier<HydrologyColumnLayer> work) {
-        HydrologyColumnLayer sink = null;
-        long startBytes = allocatedBytes();
-        long startNanos = System.nanoTime();
-        for (int round = 0; round < ROUNDS; round++) {
-            sink = work.get();
-        }
-        long elapsedNanos = System.nanoTime() - startNanos;
-        long endBytes = allocatedBytes();
-        assertNotNull(sink);
-        long bytes = startBytes < 0L || endBytes < 0L ? -1L : (endBytes - startBytes) / ROUNDS;
-
-        return new Measurement(bytes, elapsedNanos / ROUNDS);
-    }
-
-    private static long allocatedBytes() {
-        ThreadMXBean threads = ManagementFactory.getThreadMXBean();
-        if (!(threads instanceof com.sun.management.ThreadMXBean hotspot) || !hotspot.isThreadAllocatedMemoryEnabled()) {
-            return -1L;
-        }
-        return hotspot.getThreadAllocatedBytes(Thread.currentThread().threadId());
-    }
-
-    private record Measurement(long bytes, long nanos) {
-        @Override
-        public String toString() {
-            return "{bytes/op=" + bytes + ", ns/op=" + nanos + "}";
-        }
-    }
 }