diff --git a/src/Client.js b/src/Client.js
index 95b00b797..5d5a067c6 100644
--- a/src/Client.js
+++ b/src/Client.js
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import type {OS} from './devices/BaseDevice.js';
 import {FlipperDevicePlugin} from './plugin.js';
 import {setPluginState} from './reducers/pluginStates.js';
 import {ReactiveSocket, PartialResponder} from 'rsocket-core';
+// $FlowFixMe perf_hooks is a new API in node
+import {performance} from 'perf_hooks';
 
 const EventEmitter = (require('events'): any);
 const invariant = require('invariant');
diff --git a/src/dispatcher/tracking.js b/src/dispatcher/tracking.js
index 229bb113e..bb8c6431a 100644
--- a/src/dispatcher/tracking.js
+++ b/src/dispatcher/tracking.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
  */
 
 import {ipcRenderer} from 'electron';
+// $FlowFixMe perf_hooks is a new API in node
+import {performance} from 'perf_hooks';
 
 import type {Store} from '../reducers/index.js';
 import type Logger from '../fb-stubs/Logger.js';
diff --git a/src/plugins/layout/index.js b/src/plugins/layout/index.js
index 089a914a8..037800def 100644
--- a/src/plugins/layout/index.js
+++ b/src/plugins/layout/index.js
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import {
   ToggleButton,
   SidebarExtensions,
 } from 'flipper';
+// $FlowFixMe perf_hooks is a new API in node
+import {performance} from 'perf_hooks';
 
 import type {TrackType} from '../../fb-stubs/Logger.js';
 
diff --git a/src/reducers/connections.js b/src/reducers/connections.js
index b6afe84a0..66dfc64bf 100644
--- a/src/reducers/connections.js
+++ b/src/reducers/connections.js
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import type {UninitializedClient} from '../UninitializedClient';
 import {isEqual} from 'lodash';
 import {RecurringError} from '../utils/errors';
 import iosUtil from '../fb-stubs/iOSContainerUtility';
+// $FlowFixMe perf_hooks is a new API in node
+import {performance} from 'perf_hooks';
 
 export type State = {|
   devices: Array<BaseDevice>,
diff --git a/src/utils/performance.js b/src/utils/performance.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0cea95882..000000000
--- a/src/utils/performance.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright 2018-present Facebook.
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- * @format
- */
-
-let debugId = 0;
-
-export function mark(): string {
-  const id = String(debugId++);
-  if (typeof performance === 'object') {
-    performance.mark(id);
-  }
-  return id;
-}
-
-export function measure(id: string, name: string) {
-  if (typeof performance === 'object') {
-    performance.measure(name, id);
-    performance.clearMeasures(id);
-    performance.clearMarks(id);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/static/transforms/__tests__/electron-stubs.node.js b/static/transforms/__tests__/electron-stubs.node.js
index a1f7757e1..89ee2cf3d 100644
--- a/static/transforms/__tests__/electron-stubs.node.js
+++ b/static/transforms/__tests__/electron-stubs.node.js
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
  */
 
 import {transform} from '@babel/core';
-import generate from '@babel/generator';
-
 import electronStubs from '../electron-stubs';
 
 const babelOptions = {
@@ -23,14 +21,3 @@ test('transform electron requires to inlined stubs', () => {
   expect(body.type).toBe('ExpressionStatement');
   expect(body.expression.properties.map(p => p.key.name)).toContain('remote');
 });
-
-test('transform performance calls to requires', () => {
-  for (const method of ['mark', 'measure']) {
-    const src = `performance.${method}('something')`;
-    const transformed = transform(src, babelOptions).ast;
-    const {code} = generate(transformed);
-    expect(code).toBe(
-      `require('perf_hooks').performance.${method}('something');`,
-    );
-  }
-});
diff --git a/static/transforms/electron-stubs.js b/static/transforms/electron-stubs.js
index 9c2019766..d7d3c5bbf 100644
--- a/static/transforms/electron-stubs.js
+++ b/static/transforms/electron-stubs.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ var fs = require('fs');
 var electronStubs = babylon.parseExpression(
   fs.readFileSync('static/electron-stubs.notjs').toString(),
 );
-var perfHooks = babylon.parseExpression("require('perf_hooks').performance");
 
 module.exports = function(babel) {
   return {
@@ -28,17 +27,6 @@ module.exports = function(babel) {
             path.replaceWith(electronStubs);
           }
         }
-        if (
-          path.node.type === 'CallExpression' &&
-          path.node.callee.type === 'MemberExpression' &&
-          path.node.callee.object.name === 'performance'
-        ) {
-          // 'perf_hooks' was added in Node 8.5.0 but doesn't appear to be
-          // present in electron. We can remove this and switch to using
-          // interval when it is. Until then, continue using browser.performance
-          // for real and swap in node's perf_hooks when we dont have electron.
-          path.node.callee.object = perfHooks;
-        }
       },
     },
   };