diff --git a/benchmarks/src/jmh/java/io/grpc/benchmarks/netty/SingleThreadBlockingQpsBenchmark.java b/benchmarks/src/jmh/java/io/grpc/benchmarks/netty/SingleThreadBlockingQpsBenchmark.java
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-/*
- * Copyright 2015 The gRPC Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package io.grpc.benchmarks.netty;
-
-import io.grpc.CallOptions;
-import io.grpc.stub.ClientCalls;
-import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
-import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
-import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Fork;
-import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Level;
-import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
-import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Setup;
-import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
-import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.TearDown;
-
-/**
- * Benchmark showing performance of a linear sequence of blocking calls in a single thread which
- * is the worst case for throughput. The benchmark permutes response payload size and
- * client inbound flow-control window size.
- */
-@State(Scope.Benchmark)
-@Fork(1)
-public class SingleThreadBlockingQpsBenchmark extends AbstractBenchmark {
-
-  /**
-   * Setup with direct executors, small payloads and the default flow control window.
-   */
-  @Setup(Level.Trial)
-  public void setup() throws Exception {
-    super.setup(ExecutorType.DIRECT,
-        ExecutorType.DIRECT,
-        MessageSize.SMALL,
-        MessageSize.SMALL,
-        FlowWindowSize.MEDIUM,
-        ChannelType.NIO,
-        1,
-        1);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Stop the server and client channels.
-   */
-  @Override
-  @TearDown(Level.Trial)
-  public void teardown() throws Exception {
-    Thread.sleep(5000);
-    super.teardown();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Issue a unary call and wait for the response.
-   */
-  @Benchmark
-  public Object blockingUnary() throws Exception {
-    return ClientCalls.blockingUnaryCall(
-        channels[0].newCall(unaryMethod, CallOptions.DEFAULT), Unpooled.EMPTY_BUFFER);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Useful for triggering a subset of the benchmark in a profiler.
-   */
-  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
-    SingleThreadBlockingQpsBenchmark bench = new SingleThreadBlockingQpsBenchmark();
-    bench.setup();
-    for  (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
-      bench.blockingUnary();
-    }
-    Thread.sleep(30000);
-    bench.teardown();
-    System.exit(0);
-  }
-}