diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_and_deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/test_and_deploy.yml
index e8951731..f3a302c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_and_deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_and_deploy.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,23 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           secret-codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
+  benchmarks:
+    name: Check benchmarks
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          python -mpip install --upgrade pip
+          python -mpip install .[asv_version]
+      - name: Run asv check
+        shell: bash
+        run: asv check -v -E existing
+
   build_sdist_wheels:
     name: Build source distribution
     needs: [test]
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/__init__.py b/tests/benchmarks/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/test_cellfinder.py b/tests/benchmarks/test_cellfinder.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c323aed0..00000000
--- a/tests/benchmarks/test_cellfinder.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-import json
-import subprocess
-from pathlib import Path
-
-import pytest
-from asv import util
-
-
-@pytest.fixture()
-def asv_config_monkeypatched_path(tmp_path: Path) -> str:
-    """
-    Create a monkeypatched asv.conf.json file
-    in a Pytest-generated temporary directory
-    and return its path
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    tmp_path : Path
-        path to pytest-generated temporary directory
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    str
-        Path to monkeypatched asv config file
-    """
-    # read reference asv config
-    asv_original_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[3] / "asv.conf.json"
-    asv_monkeypatched_dict = util.load_json(
-        asv_original_path, js_comments=True
-    )
-
-    # change directories
-    for ky in ["env_dir", "results_dir", "html_dir"]:
-        asv_monkeypatched_dict[ky] = str(
-            Path(tmp_path) / asv_monkeypatched_dict[ky]
-        )
-
-    # change repo to URL rather than local
-    asv_monkeypatched_dict[
-        "repo"
-    ] = "https://github.com/brainglobe/brainglobe-workflows.git"
-
-    # define path to a temp json file to dump config data
-    asv_monkeypatched_path = tmp_path / "asv.conf.json"
-
-    # save monkeypatched config data to json file
-    with open(asv_monkeypatched_path, "w") as js:
-        json.dump(asv_monkeypatched_dict, js)
-
-    # check json file exists
-    assert asv_monkeypatched_path.is_file()
-
-    return str(asv_monkeypatched_path)
-
-
-@pytest.mark.skip(reason="focus of PR32")
-def test_run_benchmarks(asv_config_monkeypatched_path):
-    # --- ideally monkeypatch an asv config so that results are in tmp_dir?
-
-    # set up machine (env_dir, results_dir, html_dir)
-    asv_machine_output = subprocess.run(
-        [
-            "asv",
-            "machine",
-            "--yes",
-            "--config",
-            asv_config_monkeypatched_path,
-        ]
-    )
-    assert asv_machine_output.returncode == 0
-
-    # run benchmarks
-    asv_benchmark_output = subprocess.run(
-        [
-            "asv",
-            "run",
-            "--config",
-            asv_config_monkeypatched_path,
-            # "--dry-run"
-            # # Do not save any results to disk? not truly testing then
-        ],
-        cwd=str(
-            Path(asv_config_monkeypatched_path).parent
-        ),  # run from where asv config is
-        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-        stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
-        text=True,
-        encoding="utf-8",
-    )
-    # STDOUT: "· Cloning project\n· Fetching recent changes\n·
-    # Creating environments\n· No __init__.py file in 'benchmarks'\n"
-
-    # check returncode
-    assert asv_benchmark_output.returncode == 0
-
-    # check logs?
-
-    # delete directories?
-    # check teardown after yield:
-    # https://docs.pytest.org/en/6.2.x/fixture.html#yield-fixtures-recommended