diff --git a/ssz-rs/Cargo.toml b/ssz-rs/Cargo.toml
index ae5f3dbd..8d4b6e42 100644
--- a/ssz-rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ssz-rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = [
 alloy-primitives = { version = "~0.7", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+criterion = "0.5"
 snap = "1.0"
 project-root = "0.2.2"
 serde_json = "1.0.81"
@@ -35,3 +36,8 @@ hex = "0.4.3"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 sha2 = "0.9.8"
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "proofs"
+path = "benches/proofs.rs"
+harness = false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ssz-rs/benches/proofs.rs b/ssz-rs/benches/proofs.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fc0560ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ssz-rs/benches/proofs.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+use ssz_rs::{List, PathElement, Prove};
+
+fn bench_proof_generation(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let inner: Vec<List<u8, 1073741824>> = vec![
+        vec![0u8, 1u8, 2u8].try_into().unwrap(),
+        vec![3u8, 4u8, 5u8].try_into().unwrap(),
+        vec![6u8, 7u8, 8u8].try_into().unwrap(),
+        vec![9u8, 10u8, 11u8].try_into().unwrap(),
+    ];
+
+    // Emulate a transactions tree
+    let index = PathElement::from(1);
+    let outer: List<List<u8, 1073741824>, 1048576> = List::try_from(inner).unwrap();
+
+    c.bench_function("proof generation", |b| b.iter(|| outer.prove(&[index.clone()]).unwrap()));
+}
+
+fn bench_proof_verification(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let inner: Vec<List<u8, 1073741824>> = vec![
+        vec![0u8, 1u8, 2u8].try_into().unwrap(),
+        vec![3u8, 4u8, 5u8].try_into().unwrap(),
+        vec![6u8, 7u8, 8u8].try_into().unwrap(),
+        vec![9u8, 10u8, 11u8].try_into().unwrap(),
+    ];
+
+    // Emulate a transactions tree
+    let outer: List<List<u8, 1073741824>, 1048576> = List::try_from(inner).unwrap();
+    let index = PathElement::from(1);
+    let (proof, witness) = outer.prove(&[index]).unwrap();
+
+    c.bench_function("proof verification", |b| b.iter(|| proof.verify(witness)));
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, bench_proof_generation, bench_proof_verification);
+criterion_main!(benches);
diff --git a/ssz-rs/src/lib.rs b/ssz-rs/src/lib.rs
index d779806a..6c7075eb 100644
--- a/ssz-rs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ssz-rs/src/lib.rs
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
 //! ```
 //!
 //! [ssz]: https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/blob/dev/ssz/simple-serialize.md
-#![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
 
 #[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
 extern crate alloc;
diff --git a/ssz-rs/src/merkleization/proofs.rs b/ssz-rs/src/merkleization/proofs.rs
index 7a8e73df..abbc7244 100644
--- a/ssz-rs/src/merkleization/proofs.rs
+++ b/ssz-rs/src/merkleization/proofs.rs
@@ -295,34 +295,6 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
         assert!(result.is_ok());
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn test_list_proving() {
-        let inner: Vec<List<u8, 1073741824>> = vec![
-            vec![0u8, 1u8, 2u8].try_into().unwrap(),
-            vec![3u8, 4u8, 5u8].try_into().unwrap(),
-            vec![6u8, 7u8, 8u8].try_into().unwrap(),
-            vec![9u8, 10u8, 11u8].try_into().unwrap(),
-        ];
-
-        // Emulate a transactions tree
-        let outer: List<List<u8, 1073741824>, 1048576> = List::try_from(inner).unwrap();
-
-        let root = outer.hash_tree_root().unwrap();
-
-        let index = PathElement::from(1);
-
-        let start_proof = std::time::Instant::now();
-        let (proof, witness) = outer.prove(&[index]).unwrap();
-        println!("Generated proof in {:?}", start_proof.elapsed());
-
-        // Root and witness must be the same
-        assert_eq!(root, witness);
-
-        let start_verify = std::time::Instant::now();
-        assert!(proof.verify(witness).is_ok());
-        println!("Verified proof in {:?}", start_verify.elapsed());
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn test_proving_primitives_fails_with_bad_path() {
         let data = 8u8;