diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9804aed154c..c39664be258 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2408,7 +2408,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libp2p-mdns",
  "libp2p-metrics",
  "libp2p-noise",
- "libp2p-perf",
  "libp2p-ping",
  "libp2p-plaintext",
  "libp2p-pnet",
diff --git a/libp2p/CHANGELOG.md b/libp2p/CHANGELOG.md
index e073fccf7dd..f5e9ed6e91e 100644
--- a/libp2p/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/libp2p/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   This newtype enforces additional variants like a leading forward-slash.
   We encourage users to use `StreamProtocol` when implementing `UpgradeInfo`.
   See [PR 3746].
-  
+
 - Rename `NetworkBehaviour::OutEvent` to `NetworkBehaviour::ToSwarm`, `ConnectionHandler::InEvent` to `ConnectionHandler::FromBehaviour`, `ConnectionHandler::OutEvent` to `ConnectionHandler::ToBehaviour`. See [PR 3848].
 
 - Remove deprecated `mplex` module.
@@ -17,10 +17,14 @@
   This also removes `mplex` from the `development_transport` and `tokio_development_transport` functions.
   See [PR 3920].
 
+- Remove `libp2p-perf` protocol. To use `libp2p-perf` one needs to import it directly.
+  See [PR 3990].
+
 [PR 3715]: https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/3715
 [PR 3746]: https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/3746
 [PR 3848]: https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/3848
 [PR 3920]: https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/3920
+[PR 3990]: https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/3990
 
 ## 0.51.3
 
diff --git a/libp2p/Cargo.toml b/libp2p/Cargo.toml
index 218dd8b763b..7cedac929c6 100644
--- a/libp2p/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libp2p/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ full = [
     "mdns",
     "metrics",
     "noise",
-    "perf",
     "ping",
     "plaintext",
     "pnet",
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ macros = ["libp2p-swarm/macros"]
 mdns = ["dep:libp2p-mdns"]
 metrics = ["dep:libp2p-metrics"]
 noise = ["dep:libp2p-noise"]
-perf = ["dep:libp2p-perf"]
 ping = ["dep:libp2p-ping", "libp2p-metrics?/ping"]
 plaintext = ["dep:libp2p-plaintext"]
 pnet = ["dep:libp2p-pnet"]
@@ -123,7 +121,6 @@ pin-project = "1.0.0"
 libp2p-deflate = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 libp2p-dns = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 libp2p-mdns = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-libp2p-perf = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 libp2p-quic = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 libp2p-tcp = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 libp2p-tls = { workspace = true, optional = true }
diff --git a/libp2p/src/lib.rs b/libp2p/src/lib.rs
index 917c1c86edc..2a359509dc1 100644
--- a/libp2p/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libp2p/src/lib.rs
@@ -85,11 +85,6 @@ pub use libp2p_metrics as metrics;
 #[cfg(feature = "noise")]
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use libp2p_noise as noise;
-#[cfg(feature = "perf")]
-#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "perf")))]
-#[doc(inline)]
-pub use libp2p_perf as perf;
 #[cfg(feature = "ping")]
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use libp2p_ping as ping;