diff --git a/profiler/profiler_test.go b/profiler/profiler_test.go
index e9d56444c2..5e94eac82e 100644
--- a/profiler/profiler_test.go
+++ b/profiler/profiler_test.go
@@ -236,41 +236,6 @@ func TestSetProfileFraction(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-func TestProfilerPassthrough(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		return
-	}
-	beforeExecutionTraceEnabledDefault := executionTraceEnabledDefault
-	executionTraceEnabledDefault = false
-	defer func() { executionTraceEnabledDefault = beforeExecutionTraceEnabledDefault }()
-
-	out := make(chan batch)
-	p, err := newProfiler()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	p.cfg.period = 200 * time.Millisecond
-	p.cfg.cpuDuration = 1 * time.Millisecond
-	p.uploadFunc = func(bat batch) error {
-		out <- bat
-		return nil
-	}
-	p.run()
-	defer p.stop()
-	var bat batch
-	select {
-	case bat = <-out:
-	// TODO (knusbaum) this timeout is long because we were seeing timeouts at 500ms.
-	// it would be nice to have a time-independent way to test this
-	case <-time.After(1000 * time.Millisecond):
-		t.Fatal("time expired")
-	}
-
-	assert := assert.New(t)
-	// should contain cpu.pprof, delta-heap.pprof
-	assert.Equal(2, len(bat.profiles))
-	assert.NotEmpty(bat.profiles[0].data)
-	assert.NotEmpty(bat.profiles[1].data)
-}
-
 func unstartedProfiler(opts ...Option) (*profiler, error) {
 	p, err := newProfiler(opts...)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/profiler/upload_test.go b/profiler/upload_test.go
index acaa471011..1e56eb0e4a 100644
--- a/profiler/upload_test.go
+++ b/profiler/upload_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ package profiler
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
@@ -187,36 +186,6 @@ func TestEntityIDHeader(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, entityID, profile.headers.Get("Datadog-Entity-Id"))
 }
 
-func BenchmarkDoRequest(b *testing.B) {
-	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-		_, err := io.ReadAll(req.Body)
-		if err != nil {
-			b.Fatal(err)
-		}
-		req.Body.Close()
-		w.WriteHeader(200)
-	}))
-	defer srv.Close()
-	prof := profile{
-		name: "heap",
-		data: []byte("my-heap-profile"),
-	}
-	bat := batch{
-		start:    time.Now().Add(-10 * time.Second),
-		end:      time.Now(),
-		host:     "my-host",
-		profiles: []*profile{&prof},
-	}
-	p, err := unstartedProfiler()
-	require.NoError(b, err)
-	b.ReportAllocs()
-	b.ResetTimer()
-
-	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		p.doRequest(bat)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestGitMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 	maininternal.ResetGitMetadataTags()
 	defer maininternal.ResetGitMetadataTags()