diff --git a/scripts/bench-runtime.ts b/scripts/bench-runtime.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 03aa53f..0000000
--- a/scripts/bench-runtime.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bun
-// Timing lever for CLI startup. Compare `node` vs `bun` on the built CLI.
-import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
-import path from "node:path";
-
-const root = process.cwd();
-const cli = path.join(root, "dist", "bin", "betterwright.js");
-const runtime = process.argv[2];
-const mode = process.argv[3] || "cli-help";
-if (!runtime) {
-  console.error("usage: bun scripts/bench-runtime.ts <node|bun> <cli-help|cli-version>");
-  process.exit(2);
-}
-
-const args = mode === "cli-version" ? [cli, "--version"] : [cli, "--help"];
-const warmup = spawnSync(runtime, args, { cwd: root, encoding: "utf8" });
-if (warmup.status !== 0) {
-  console.error(warmup.stderr || warmup.stdout);
-  process.exit(warmup.status ?? 1);
-}
-const n = Number(process.env.BENCH_ITERS || 20);
-const samples = [];
-for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-  const start = process.hrtime.bigint();
-  const result = spawnSync(runtime, args, { cwd: root, encoding: "utf8" });
-  const ms = Number(process.hrtime.bigint() - start) / 1e6;
-  if (result.status !== 0) process.exit(result.status ?? 1);
-  samples.push(ms);
-}
-samples.sort((a, b) => a - b);
-const mean = samples.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0) / samples.length;
-const median = samples[Math.floor(samples.length / 2)];
-console.log(JSON.stringify({ runtime, mode, n, min: samples[0], median, mean }));
diff --git a/tsconfig.tools.json b/tsconfig.tools.json
index 0c83eea..3bb66e7 100644
--- a/tsconfig.tools.json
+++ b/tsconfig.tools.json
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     "skipLibCheck": false
   },
   "files": [
-    "scripts/bench-runtime.ts",
     "scripts/build.ts",
     "scripts/check-build.ts",
     "scripts/check-package.ts",