diff --git a/asv_bench/benchmarks/io/hdf.py b/asv_bench/benchmarks/io/hdf.py
index f08904ba70a5fe..a5dc28eb9508c9 100644
--- a/asv_bench/benchmarks/io/hdf.py
+++ b/asv_bench/benchmarks/io/hdf.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-import warnings
-
 import numpy as np
-from pandas import DataFrame, Panel, date_range, HDFStore, read_hdf
+from pandas import DataFrame, date_range, HDFStore, read_hdf
 import pandas.util.testing as tm
 
 from ..pandas_vb_common import BaseIO
@@ -99,31 +97,6 @@ def time_store_info(self):
         self.store.info()
 
 
-class HDFStorePanel(BaseIO):
-
-    def setup(self):
-        self.fname = '__test__.h5'
-        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True):
-            self.p = Panel(np.random.randn(20, 1000, 25),
-                           items=['Item%03d' % i for i in range(20)],
-                           major_axis=date_range('1/1/2000', periods=1000),
-                           minor_axis=['E%03d' % i for i in range(25)])
-            self.store = HDFStore(self.fname)
-            self.store.append('p1', self.p)
-
-    def teardown(self):
-        self.store.close()
-        self.remove(self.fname)
-
-    def time_read_store_table_panel(self):
-        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True):
-            self.store.select('p1')
-
-    def time_write_store_table_panel(self):
-        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True):
-            self.store.append('p2', self.p)
-
-
 class HDF(BaseIO):
 
     params = ['table', 'fixed']