diff --git a/benchmark/misc/punycode.js b/benchmark/misc/punycode.js
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--- a/benchmark/misc/punycode.js
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@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const common = require('../common.js');
-let icu;
-try {
-  icu = common.binding('icu');
-} catch {
-  // Continue regardless of error.
-}
-const punycode = require('punycode');
-
-const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
-  method: ['punycode'].concat(icu !== undefined ? ['icu'] : []),
-  n: [1024],
-  val: [
-    'افغانستا.icom.museum',
-    'الجزائر.icom.museum',
-    'österreich.icom.museum',
-    'বাংলাদেশ.icom.museum',
-    'беларусь.icom.museum',
-    'belgië.icom.museum',
-    'българия.icom.museum',
-    'تشادر.icom.museum',
-    '中国.icom.museum',
-    'القمر.icom.museum',
-    'κυπρος.icom.museum',
-    'českárepublika.icom.museum',
-    'مصر.icom.museum',
-    'ελλάδα.icom.museum',
-    'magyarország.icom.museum',
-    'ísland.icom.museum',
-    'भारत.icom.museum',
-    'ايران.icom.museum',
-    'éire.icom.museum',
-    'איקו״ם.ישראל.museum',
-    '日本.icom.museum',
-    'الأردن.icom.museum',
-  ],
-});
-
-function usingPunycode(val) {
-  punycode.toUnicode(punycode.toASCII(val));
-}
-
-function usingICU(val) {
-  icu.toUnicode(icu.toASCII(val));
-}
-
-function runPunycode(n, val) {
-  for (let i = 0; i < n; i++)
-    usingPunycode(val);
-  bench.start();
-  for (let i = 0; i < n; i++)
-    usingPunycode(val);
-  bench.end(n);
-}
-
-function runICU(n, val) {
-  bench.start();
-  for (let i = 0; i < n; i++)
-    usingICU(val);
-  bench.end(n);
-}
-
-function main({ n, val, method }) {
-  switch (method) {
-    case 'punycode':
-      runPunycode(n, val);
-      break;
-    case 'icu':
-      if (icu !== undefined) {
-        runICU(n, val);
-        break;
-      }
-      // fallthrough
-    default:
-      throw new Error(`Unexpected method "${method}"`);
-  }
-}