diff --git a/vochain/indexer/bench_test.go b/vochain/indexer/bench_test.go
index 4303b5594..ac5519316 100644
--- a/vochain/indexer/bench_test.go
+++ b/vochain/indexer/bench_test.go
@@ -160,34 +160,3 @@ func BenchmarkFetchTx(b *testing.B) {
 			numTxs, (i+1)*numTxs, time.Since(startTime))
 	}
 }
-
-func BenchmarkNewProcess(b *testing.B) {
-	app := vochain.TestBaseApplication(b)
-
-	idx := newTestIndexer(b, app, true)
-	_ = idx // used via the callbacks; we want to benchmark it too
-	startTime := time.Now()
-	numProcesses := b.N
-	entityID := util.RandomBytes(20)
-
-	b.ReportAllocs()
-	b.ResetTimer()
-	for i := 0; i < numProcesses; i++ {
-		pid := util.RandomBytes(32)
-		if err := app.State.AddProcess(&models.Process{
-			ProcessId: pid,
-			// EntityId:     util.RandomBytes(20),
-			EntityId:     entityID,
-			EnvelopeType: &models.EnvelopeType{EncryptedVotes: false},
-			Status:       models.ProcessStatus_READY,
-			BlockCount:   100000000,
-			VoteOptions:  &models.ProcessVoteOptions{MaxCount: 3, MaxValue: 1},
-			Mode:         &models.ProcessMode{AutoStart: true},
-		}); err != nil {
-			b.Fatal(err)
-		}
-	}
-	app.AdvanceTestBlock()
-	log.Infof("indexed %d new processes, took %s",
-		numProcesses, time.Since(startTime))
-}