diff --git a/benchmarks/bugs/bug_ellipse1.geo b/benchmarks/bugs/bug_ellipse1.geo
deleted file mode 100644
index 78b3cdbe486cc6b8098688e7a59b7c2ac1948cf2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/benchmarks/bugs/bug_ellipse1.geo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-Point (1) = {0.,0.,0.,0.01};
-Point (2) = {0.,0.,0.05,0.01};
-Point (3) = {0.,0.5,0.,0.01};
-Point (4) = {0.5,0.,0.,0.01};
-Ellipse (1) = {2, 1, 3, 4};
-Extrude Line {1, {0.,0.,1.}, {0.,0.,1.}, Pi/3.};
diff --git a/benchmarks/bugs/bug_ellipse2.geo b/benchmarks/bugs/bug_ellipse2.geo
deleted file mode 100644
index c4380d81ef32b1553ead3e72bebad83f9ab0fb38..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/benchmarks/bugs/bug_ellipse2.geo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Point(1) = {0, 0, 0, 0.01};
-Point(2) = {0, 0, 0.05, 0.01};
-Point(3) = {0, 0.5, 0, 0.01};
-Point(4) = {0.5, 0, 0, 0.01};
-Point(7) = {-0.4330127018922193, 0.2500000000000001, 0, 0.01};
-Point(8) = {0.2500000000000001, 0.4330127018922193, 0, 0.01};
-Ellipse (1) = {2, 1, 3, 4};
-Ellipse (2) = {2, 1, 7, 8};
-Circle (3) = {4, 1, 8};
-Line Loop (1000004) = {1, 3, -2};
-Ruled Surface (4) = {1000004};
-Transfinite Line{1:3} = 20;
-//Transfinite Surface{4} = {2,4,8};