diff --git a/bindings/rust/integration/Cargo.toml b/bindings/rust/integration/Cargo.toml
index 854d7667f7f..6ba02e2ecb2 100644
--- a/bindings/rust/integration/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bindings/rust/integration/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,15 +6,11 @@ edition = "2021"
 publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
-s2n-tls = { path = "../s2n-tls", features = ["testing"] }
+s2n-tls = { path = "../s2n-tls"}
 s2n-tls-sys = { path = "../s2n-tls-sys" }
 criterion = { version = "0.3", features = ["html_reports"] }
 anyhow = "1"
 
-[[bench]]
-name = "handshake"
-harness = false
-
 [[bench]]
 name = "s2nc"
 harness = false
diff --git a/bindings/rust/integration/benches/handshake.rs b/bindings/rust/integration/benches/handshake.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index c8cd9370a86..00000000000
--- a/bindings/rust/integration/benches/handshake.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
-use s2n_tls::{
-    security,
-    testing::{build_config, establish_connection},
-};
-
-pub fn handshake(c: &mut Criterion) {
-    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("s2n-tls_client_server");
-
-    for policy in security::ALL_POLICIES {
-        let config = build_config(policy).unwrap();
-        group.bench_function(format!("handshake_{:?}", policy), move |b| {
-            // This does include connection initialization overhead.
-            // TODO: create a separate benchmark that excludes this step.
-            b.iter(|| establish_connection(config.clone()));
-        });
-    }
-
-    group.finish();
-}
-
-criterion_group!(benches, handshake);
-criterion_main!(benches);
diff --git a/bindings/rust/s2n-tls/Cargo.toml b/bindings/rust/s2n-tls/Cargo.toml
index 017aa535469..2fac580b995 100644
--- a/bindings/rust/s2n-tls/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bindings/rust/s2n-tls/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@ unstable-ktls = ["s2n-tls-sys/unstable-ktls"]
 quic = ["s2n-tls-sys/quic"]
 fips = ["s2n-tls-sys/fips"]
 pq = ["s2n-tls-sys/pq"]
-testing = ["bytes"]
 
 [dependencies]
-bytes = { version = "1", optional = true }
 errno = { version = "0.3" }
 libc = "0.2"
 s2n-tls-sys = { version = "=0.2.8", path = "../s2n-tls-sys", features = ["internal"] }
diff --git a/bindings/rust/s2n-tls/src/lib.rs b/bindings/rust/s2n-tls/src/lib.rs
index 40bbb6dd1ff..88cb541a4b7 100644
--- a/bindings/rust/s2n-tls/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bindings/rust/s2n-tls/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ pub mod security;
 
 pub use s2n_tls_sys as ffi;
 
-#[cfg(any(feature = "testing", test))]
-pub mod testing;
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod testing;
diff --git a/bindings/rust/s2n-tls/src/testing.rs b/bindings/rust/s2n-tls/src/testing.rs
index 3fe64c0d687..feb5afc9b6e 100644
--- a/bindings/rust/s2n-tls/src/testing.rs
+++ b/bindings/rust/s2n-tls/src/testing.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ pub trait Context {
 
 pub enum Mode {
     Client,
-    Server,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -128,33 +127,11 @@ impl<Server: Connection, Client: Connection> Pair<Server, Client> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn poll_send(&mut self, sender: Mode, buf: &[u8]) -> Poll<Result<()>> {
-        let result = match sender {
-            Mode::Client => self.client.0.poll_action(&mut self.client.1, |conn| {
-                connection::Connection::poll_send(conn, buf)
-            }),
-            Mode::Server => self.server.0.poll_action(&mut self.server.1, |conn| {
-                connection::Connection::poll_send(conn, buf)
-            }),
-        };
-        self.server.1.transfer(&mut self.client.1);
-        match result {
-            Poll::Ready(result) => {
-                result?;
-                Ok(()).into()
-            }
-            Poll::Pending => Poll::Pending,
-        }
-    }
-
     pub fn poll_recv(&mut self, receiver: Mode, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Poll<Result<()>> {
         let result = match receiver {
             Mode::Client => self.client.0.poll_action(&mut self.client.1, |conn| {
                 connection::Connection::poll_recv(conn, buf)
             }),
-            Mode::Server => self.server.0.poll_action(&mut self.server.1, |conn| {
-                connection::Connection::poll_recv(conn, buf)
-            }),
         };
         match result {
             Poll::Ready(result) => {
@@ -294,25 +271,6 @@ pub fn tls_pair(config: crate::config::Config) -> Pair<Harness, Harness> {
     Pair::new(server, client)
 }
 
-pub fn establish_connection(config: crate::config::Config) {
-    // create and configure a server connection
-    let mut server = crate::connection::Connection::new_server();
-    server
-        .set_config(config.clone())
-        .expect("Failed to bind config to server connection");
-    let server = Harness::new(server);
-
-    // create a client connection
-    let mut client = crate::connection::Connection::new_client();
-    client
-        .set_config(config)
-        .expect("Unable to set client config");
-    let client = Harness::new(client);
-
-    let pair = Pair::new(server, client);
-    poll_tls_pair(pair);
-}
-
 pub fn poll_tls_pair(mut pair: Pair<Harness, Harness>) -> Pair<Harness, Harness> {
     loop {
         match pair.poll() {
diff --git a/bindings/rust/s2n-tls/src/testing/s2n_tls.rs b/bindings/rust/s2n-tls/src/testing/s2n_tls.rs
index e66d8046efc..ed4ad974bdd 100644
--- a/bindings/rust/s2n-tls/src/testing/s2n_tls.rs
+++ b/bindings/rust/s2n-tls/src/testing/s2n_tls.rs
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ impl Harness {
     pub fn connection(&self) -> &Connection {
         &self.connection
     }
-
-    pub fn connection_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Connection {
-        &mut self.connection
-    }
 }
 
 impl super::Connection for Harness {