diff --git a/.github/workflows/macosx_windows_ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/macosx_windows_ci.yaml
index df16bedbc5..47933bbed8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macosx_windows_ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macosx_windows_ci.yaml
@@ -71,96 +71,3 @@ jobs:
         with:
           token: ${{secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN}} #required
           file: ./coverage.xml #optional
-  benchmark:
-    name: Performance Benchmark
-    needs: tests
-    env:
-      PYTHON: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    defaults:
-     run:
-       # Adding -l {0} helps ensure conda can be found properly in windows.
-       shell: bash -l {0}
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.12"]
-        include:
-          - env_name: pyuvdata_tests_windows
-            os: windows-latest
-          - env_name: pyuvdata_tests_mac_arm
-            os: macos-latest
-          - env_name: pyuvdata_tests
-            os: macos-13
-            python-version: "3.12"
-          - env_name: pyuvdata_tests
-            os: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@main
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Setup Miniforge
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
-        with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          environment-file: ci/${{ matrix.env_name }}.yml
-          activate-environment: ${{ matrix.env_name }}
-          run-post: false
-
-      - name: Conda Info
-        run: |
-          conda info -a
-          conda list
-          PYVER=`python -c "import sys; print('{:d}.{:d}'.format(sys.version_info.major, sys.version_info.minor))"`
-          if [[ $PYVER != $PYTHON ]]; then
-            exit 1;
-          fi
-
-      # also install benchmark utility
-      - name: Install
-        run: |
-          pip install pytest-benchmark
-          pip install .
-
-      - name: Run benchmark
-        run: |
-          pytest --benchmark-only --benchmark-json output.json
-
-      # Download previous benchmark result from cache (if exists)
-      - name: Download previous benchmark data
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
-        with:
-          path: ./cache
-          key: ${{ matrix.os }}-benchmark
-
-      # Run `github-action-benchmark` action
-      # this step also EDITS the ./cache/benchmark-data.json file
-      # We do not need to add output.json to the cache directory
-      - name: Compare benchmarks
-        uses: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark@v1
-        with:
-          # What benchmark tool the output.txt came from
-          tool: 'pytest'
-          # Where the output from the benchmark tool is stored
-          output-file-path: output.json
-          # Where the previous data file is stored
-          external-data-json-path: ./cache/benchmark-data.json
-          # Workflow will fail when an alert happens
-          fail-on-alert: true
-          # Comment on the PR if the branch is not a fork
-          comment-on-alert: true
-          # Enable Job Summary for PRs
-          summary-always: true
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-
-      - name: Store benchmark results
-        uses: actions/cache/save@v4
-        # only store the cache if being run on main
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
-        with:
-          path: ./cache
-          key: ${{ matrix.os }}-benchmark