diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/config-schema.ts b/packages/next/src/server/config-schema.ts
index 0005868f2b31..3f1f4fcb404b 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/config-schema.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/config-schema.ts
@@ -339,9 +339,6 @@ const configSchema = {
         pageEnv: {
           type: 'boolean',
         },
-        profiling: {
-          type: 'boolean',
-        },
         proxyTimeout: {
           minimum: 0,
           type: 'number',
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/config-shared.ts b/packages/next/src/server/config-shared.ts
index f0ebb26d1fbe..620dc5a00b55 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/config-shared.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/config-shared.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ export interface ExperimentalConfig {
   swcFileReading?: boolean
   cpus?: number
   sharedPool?: boolean
-  profiling?: boolean
   proxyTimeout?: number
   isrFlushToDisk?: boolean
   workerThreads?: boolean
@@ -582,7 +581,6 @@ export const defaultConfig: NextConfig = {
         (os.cpus() || { length: 1 }).length) - 1
     ),
     sharedPool: true,
-    profiling: false,
     isrFlushToDisk: true,
     workerThreads: false,
     pageEnv: false,
diff --git a/test/integration/production-swcminify/test/index.test.js b/test/integration/production-swcminify/test/index.test.js
index cd4697912c1c..1b4e9937f50f 100644
--- a/test/integration/production-swcminify/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/production-swcminify/test/index.test.js
@@ -974,10 +974,6 @@ describe.skip('Production Usage with swcMinify', () => {
     }
   })
 
-  it('should not emit profiling events', async () => {
-    expect(existsSync(join(appDir, '.next', 'profile-events.json'))).toBe(false)
-  })
-
   it('should not emit stats', async () => {
     expect(existsSync(join(appDir, '.next', 'next-stats.json'))).toBe(false)
   })
diff --git a/test/integration/production/test/index.test.js b/test/integration/production/test/index.test.js
index 2650bd523cab..dd8bf557488b 100644
--- a/test/integration/production/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/production/test/index.test.js
@@ -1183,10 +1183,6 @@ describe('Production Usage', () => {
     }
   })
 
-  it('should not emit profiling events', async () => {
-    expect(existsSync(join(appDir, '.next', 'profile-events.json'))).toBe(false)
-  })
-
   it('should not emit stats', async () => {
     expect(existsSync(join(appDir, '.next', 'next-stats.json'))).toBe(false)
   })