diff --git a/plugins/performanceTesting/commands-model/src/com/intellij/tools/ide/performanceTesting/commands/generalCommandChain.kt b/plugins/performanceTesting/commands-model/src/com/intellij/tools/ide/performanceTesting/commands/generalCommandChain.kt
index 3a6edef3ce0c..b6e249e03665 100644
--- a/plugins/performanceTesting/commands-model/src/com/intellij/tools/ide/performanceTesting/commands/generalCommandChain.kt
+++ b/plugins/performanceTesting/commands-model/src/com/intellij/tools/ide/performanceTesting/commands/generalCommandChain.kt
@@ -361,14 +361,6 @@ fun <T : CommandChain> T.doComplete(times: Int): T = apply {
   }
 }
 
-fun <T : CommandChain> T.doHighlightingWarmup(): T = apply {
-  addCommand("${CMD_PREFIX}doHighlight", WARMUP)
-}
-
-fun <T : CommandChain> T.doHighlighting(): T = apply {
-  addCommand("${CMD_PREFIX}doHighlight")
-}
-
 fun <T : CommandChain> T.openProjectView(): T = apply {
   addCommand("${CMD_PREFIX}openProjectView")
 }
diff --git a/plugins/performanceTesting/core/src/com/jetbrains/performancePlugin/BaseCommandProvider.java b/plugins/performanceTesting/core/src/com/jetbrains/performancePlugin/BaseCommandProvider.java
index ad1436460447..52cd6286bfbf 100644
--- a/plugins/performanceTesting/core/src/com/jetbrains/performancePlugin/BaseCommandProvider.java
+++ b/plugins/performanceTesting/core/src/com/jetbrains/performancePlugin/BaseCommandProvider.java
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ public final class BaseCommandProvider implements CommandProvider {
       Map.entry(SearchEverywhereCommand.PREFIX, SearchEverywhereCommand::new),
       Map.entry(SelectFileInProjectViewCommand.PREFIX, SelectFileInProjectViewCommand::new),
       Map.entry(ExpandProjectMenuCommand.PREFIX, ExpandProjectMenuCommand::new),
-      Map.entry(DoHighlighting.PREFIX, DoHighlighting::new),
       Map.entry(ReloadFilesCommand.PREFIX, ReloadFilesCommand::new),
       Map.entry(AddFileCommand.PREFIX, AddFileCommand::new),
       Map.entry(RenameFileCommand.PREFIX, RenameFileCommand::new),
diff --git a/plugins/performanceTesting/core/src/com/jetbrains/performancePlugin/commands/DoHighlighting.java b/plugins/performanceTesting/core/src/com/jetbrains/performancePlugin/commands/DoHighlighting.java
deleted file mode 100644
index e4b77d22dc6a..000000000000
--- a/plugins/performanceTesting/core/src/com/jetbrains/performancePlugin/commands/DoHighlighting.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-package com.jetbrains.performancePlugin.commands;
-
-import com.intellij.codeInsight.daemon.impl.DaemonProgressIndicator;
-import com.intellij.codeInsight.daemon.impl.HighlightVisitorBasedInspection;
-import com.intellij.codeInspection.GlobalInspectionContext;
-import com.intellij.codeInspection.GlobalInspectionTool;
-import com.intellij.codeInspection.InspectionEngine;
-import com.intellij.codeInspection.InspectionManager;
-import com.intellij.codeInspection.ex.GlobalInspectionToolWrapper;
-import com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationManager;
-import com.intellij.openapi.application.ReadAction;
-import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Editor;
-import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileEditorManager;
-import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
-import com.intellij.openapi.ui.playback.PlaybackContext;
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.ActionCallback;
-import com.intellij.platform.diagnostic.telemetry.helpers.TraceKt;
-import com.intellij.psi.PsiDocumentManager;
-import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile;
-import com.intellij.util.concurrency.AppExecutorUtil;
-import com.jetbrains.performancePlugin.PerformanceTestSpan;
-import com.jetbrains.performancePlugin.utils.ActionCallbackProfilerStopper;
-import io.opentelemetry.context.Context;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-import org.jetbrains.concurrency.Promise;
-import org.jetbrains.concurrency.Promises;
-
-import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
-
-import static com.intellij.psi.PsiManager.getInstance;
-
-/**
- * Command runs highlighting pass.
- * Runs all highlighting passes. Can't be invoked multiple times in a row since it drops caches before run.
- * Example: %doHighlighting
- */
-public final class DoHighlighting extends PerformanceCommand {
-  public static final String NAME = "doHighlight";
-  public static final String PREFIX = CMD_PREFIX + NAME;
-
-  public static final String SPAN_NAME = "highlighting";
-  public static final int MILLIS_IN_NANO = 1000000;
-
-  public DoHighlighting(@NotNull String text, int line) {
-    super(text, line);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  protected String getName() {
-    return NAME;
-  }
-
-  @NotNull
-  @Override
-  protected Promise<Object> _execute(@NotNull PlaybackContext context) {
-    ActionCallback actionCallback = new ActionCallbackProfilerStopper();
-    ApplicationManager.getApplication().invokeAndWait(Context.current().wrap(() -> {
-      Project project = context.getProject();
-      final Editor editor = FileEditorManager.getInstance(project).getSelectedTextEditor();
-      if (editor == null) {
-        actionCallback.reject("Editor is not open");
-        return;
-      }
-      PsiFile psiFile = PsiDocumentManager.getInstance(project).getPsiFile(editor.getDocument());
-      if (psiFile == null) {
-        actionCallback.reject("Missing PSI file in the editor");
-        return;
-      }
-      getInstance(project).dropPsiCaches();
-      ReadAction.nonBlocking(Context.current().wrap((Callable<Void>)() -> {
-        long start = System.nanoTime();
-        TraceKt.use(PerformanceTestSpan.TRACER.spanBuilder(SPAN_NAME), span -> {
-          GlobalInspectionTool tool = new HighlightVisitorBasedInspection()
-            .setHighlightErrorElements(true).setRunAnnotators(true).setRunVisitors(false);
-          InspectionManager inspectionManager = InspectionManager.getInstance(project);
-          GlobalInspectionContext globalContext = inspectionManager.createNewGlobalContext();
-          InspectionEngine.runInspectionOnFile(psiFile, new GlobalInspectionToolWrapper(tool), globalContext);
-
-          span.setAttribute("lines", editor.getDocument().getLineCount());
-          long stop = System.nanoTime();
-          span.setAttribute("timeToLines", (double)(stop - start) / MILLIS_IN_NANO / (Math.max(1, editor.getDocument().getLineCount())));
-          return null;
-        });
-        actionCallback.setDone();
-        return null;
-      })).wrapProgress(new DaemonProgressIndicator()).submit(AppExecutorUtil.getAppExecutorService());
-    }));
-    return Promises.toPromise(actionCallback);
-  }
-}