diff --git a/meilisearch-core/Cargo.toml b/meilisearch-core/Cargo.toml
index deec85f32..8687c7814 100644
--- a/meilisearch-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/meilisearch-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,3 @@ termcolor = "1.1.2"
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dev-dependencies]
 jemallocator = "0.3.2"
-
-[[bench]]
-name = "search_benchmark"
-harness = false
diff --git a/meilisearch-core/benches/search_benchmark.rs b/meilisearch-core/benches/search_benchmark.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a14ccf67..000000000
--- a/meilisearch-core/benches/search_benchmark.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-#[cfg(test)]
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate assert_matches;
-
-use std::error::Error;
-use std::fs::File;
-use std::io::BufReader;
-use std::iter;
-use std::path::Path;
-use std::sync::mpsc;
-
-use meilisearch_core::{Database, DatabaseOptions};
-use meilisearch_core::{ProcessedUpdateResult, UpdateStatus};
-use meilisearch_core::settings::{Settings, SettingsUpdate};
-use meilisearch_schema::Schema;
-use serde_json::Value;
-
-use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion, BenchmarkId};
-
-fn prepare_database(path: &Path) -> Database {
-    let database = Database::open_or_create(path, DatabaseOptions::default()).unwrap();
-    let db = &database;
-
-    let (sender, receiver) = mpsc::sync_channel(100);
-    let update_fn = move |_name: &str, update: ProcessedUpdateResult| {
-        sender.send(update.update_id).unwrap()
-    };
-    let index = database.create_index("bench").unwrap();
-
-    database.set_update_callback(Box::new(update_fn));
-
-    db.main_write::<_, _, Box<dyn Error>>(|writer| {
-        index.main.put_schema(writer, &Schema::with_primary_key("id")).unwrap();
-        Ok(())
-    }).unwrap();
-
-    let settings_update: SettingsUpdate = {
-        let path = concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/../datasets/movies/settings.json");
-        let file = File::open(path).unwrap();
-        let reader = BufReader::new(file);
-        let settings: Settings = serde_json::from_reader(reader).unwrap();
-        settings.to_update().unwrap()
-    };
-
-    db.update_write::<_, _, Box<dyn Error>>(|writer| {
-        let _update_id = index.settings_update(writer, settings_update).unwrap();
-        Ok(())
-    }).unwrap();
-
-    let mut additions = index.documents_addition();
-
-    let json: Value = {
-        let path = concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/../datasets/movies/movies.json");
-        let movies_file = File::open(path).expect("find movies");
-        serde_json::from_reader(movies_file).unwrap()
-    };
-
-    let documents = json.as_array().unwrap();
-
-    for document in documents {
-        additions.update_document(document);
-    }
-
-    let update_id = db.update_write::<_, _, Box<dyn Error>>(|writer| {
-        let update_id = additions.finalize(writer).unwrap();
-        Ok(update_id)
-    }).unwrap();
-
-    // block until the transaction is processed
-    let _ = receiver.into_iter().find(|id| *id == update_id);
-
-    let update_reader = db.update_read_txn().unwrap();
-    let result = index.update_status(&update_reader, update_id).unwrap();
-    assert_matches!(result, Some(UpdateStatus::Processed { content }) if content.error.is_none());
-
-    database
-}
-
-pub fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
-    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
-    let database = prepare_database(dir.path());
-
-    let reader = database.main_read_txn().unwrap();
-    let index = database.open_index("bench").unwrap();
-
-    let mut count = 0;
-    let query = "I love paris ";
-
-    let iter = iter::from_fn(|| {
-        count += 1;
-        query.get(0..count)
-    });
-
-    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("searching in movies (19654 docs)");
-    group.sample_size(10);
-
-    for query in iter {
-        let bench_name = BenchmarkId::from_parameter(format!("{:?}", query));
-        group.bench_with_input(bench_name, &query, |b, query| b.iter(|| {
-            let builder = index.query_builder();
-            builder.query(&reader, Some(*query), 0..20).unwrap();
-        }));
-    }
-    group.finish();
-}
-
-criterion_group!(benches, criterion_benchmark);
-criterion_main!(benches);