diff --git a/benchmark-slow/build/cosma7.py b/benchmark-slow/build/cosma7.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3dcb16ddb807b0899156840fa672221cf8676e15..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/benchmark-slow/build/cosma7.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-site_configuration = {
-    'systems': [
-        {
-            'name': 'cosma7',
-            'descr': 'Cosma7',
-            'hostnames': ['login7b.pri.cosma7.alces.network', 'login7c.pri.cosma7.alces.network', 'login7a.pri.cosma7.alces.network'],
-            'modules_system': 'tmod4',
-            'partitions': [
-                {
-                    'name': 'login',
-                    'descr': 'login nodes',
-                    'scheduler': 'local',
-                    'launcher': 'local',
-                    'environs': ['intelcosma7'],
-                    'max_jobs': 100,
-                },
-                {
-                    'name': 'cpu_single_node',
-                    'descr': 'cpu nodes - single node',
-                    'scheduler': 'slurm',
-                    'launcher': 'local',
-                    'access': ['-p cosma7', '-A ds007'],
-                    'environs': ['intelcosma7'],
-                    'max_jobs': 100,
-                },
-                {
-                    'name': 'cpu_multi_node',
-                    'descr': 'cpu nodes - multi node',
-                    'scheduler': 'slurm',
-                    'launcher': 'mpirun',
-                    'access': ['-p cosma7', '-A ds007'],
-                    'environs': ['intelcosma7'],
-                    'max_jobs': 100,
-                }
-            ]
-        }
-    ],
-    'environments': [
-        {
-            'modules': ['intel_comp/2018', 'intel_mpi/2018',
-                        'parmetis/4.0.3', 'parallel_hdf5/1.10.3',
-                        'gsl/2.4', 'fftw/3.3.8cosma7',
-                        'python/3.6.5'],
-            'name': 'intelcosma7',
-            'cc': 'icc',
-            'cxx': 'icpc',
-            'ftn': '',
-            'target_systems': ['cosma7']
-        }
-    ],
-    'logging': [
-        {
-            'level': 'debug',
-            'handlers': [
-                {
-                    'type': 'stream',
-                    'name': 'stdout',
-                    'level': 'info',
-                    'format': '%(message)s'
-                },
-                {
-                    'type': 'file',
-                    'name': 'reframe.log',
-                    'level': 'debug',
-                    'format': '[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s: %(check_info)s: %(message)s',   # noqa: E501
-                    'append': False
-                }
-            ],
-            'handlers_perflog': [
-                {
-                    'type': 'filelog',
-                    'prefix': '%(check_system)s/%(check_partition)s',
-                    'level': 'info',
-                    'format': (
-                        '%(check_job_completion_time)s|reframe %(version)s|'
-                        '%(check_info)s|jobid=%(check_jobid)s|'
-                        '%(check_perf_var)s=%(check_perf_value)s|'
-                        'ref=%(check_perf_ref)s '
-                        '(l=%(check_perf_lower_thres)s, '
-                        'u=%(check_perf_upper_thres)s)|'
-                        '%(check_perf_unit)s'
-                    ),
-                    'append': True
-                }
-            ]
-        }
-    ],
-}
diff --git a/benchmark-slow/build/swiftReframeTest.py b/benchmark-slow/build/swiftReframeTest.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a616ade2c94138660df901e310b6df9d2b04030..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/benchmark-slow/build/swiftReframeTest.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-import reframe as rfm
-import reframe.utility.sanity as sn
-
-
-GIT_REV = 'master'
-
-@rfm.simple_test
-class PMillenniumTest(rfm.RegressionTest):
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.valid_systems = ['cosma7:cpu_single_node']
-        self.valid_prog_environs = ['*']		
-        self.build_system = 'Autotools'
-        self.prebuild_cmds = [
-            'rm -rf swiftsim',
-            'git clone https://gitlab.cosma.dur.ac.uk/swift/swiftsim.git',
-            'pushd swiftsim',
-            f'git checkout {GIT_REV}',     
-            'git clean -x -f -d',      
-            './autogen.sh',
-            'cd ./'
-        ]
-        self.build_system.max_concurrency = 32
-        self.build_system.config_opts = [
-            '--enable-ipo',
-            '--with-tbbmalloc',
-			'--with-parmetis'
-        ]
-        self.sanity_patterns = sn.assert_found("", self.stdout)
diff --git a/benchmark-slow/job-aps/__pycache__/cosma7.cpython-36.pyc b/benchmark-slow/job-aps/__pycache__/cosma7.cpython-36.pyc
deleted file mode 100644
index 24573fd96f33180a530fc9084eef89d8ce595663..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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diff --git a/benchmark-slow/job-aps/__pycache__/swiftReframeTest.cpython-36.pyc b/benchmark-slow/job-aps/__pycache__/swiftReframeTest.cpython-36.pyc
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diff --git a/benchmark-slow/job-aps/cosma7.py b/benchmark-slow/job-aps/cosma7.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c425fe4549b8c2653a05d84acadda5659c06c16..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/benchmark-slow/job-aps/cosma7.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-site_configuration = {
-    'systems': [
-        {
-            'name': 'cosma7',
-            'descr': 'Cosma7',
-            'hostnames': ['b101.pri.cosma7.alces.network', 'login7b.pri.cosma7.alces.network', 'login7c.pri.cosma7.alces.network', 'login7a.pri.cosma7.alces.network'],
-            'modules_system': 'tmod4',
-            'partitions': [
-                {
-                    'name': 'login',
-                    'descr': 'login nodes',
-                    'scheduler': 'local',
-                    'launcher': 'local',
-                    'environs': ['intelcosma7'],
-                    'max_jobs': 100,
-                },
-                {
-                    'name': 'cpu_single_node',
-                    'descr': 'cpu nodes - single node',
-                    'scheduler': 'slurm',
-                    'launcher': 'local',
-                    'access': ['-p cosma7', '-A ds007'],
-                    'environs': ['intelcosma7'],
-                    'max_jobs': 100,
-                },
-                {
-                    'name': 'cpu_multi_node',
-                    'descr': 'cpu nodes - multi node',
-                    'scheduler': 'slurm',
-                    'launcher': 'mpirun',
-                    'access': ['-p cosma7', '-A ds007'],
-                    'environs': ['intelcosma7'],
-                    'max_jobs': 100,
-                }
-            ]
-        }
-    ],
-    'environments': [
-        {
-            'modules': ['intel_comp/2018', 'intel_mpi/2018',
-                        'parmetis/4.0.3', 'parallel_hdf5/1.10.3',
-                        'gsl/2.4', 'fftw/3.3.8cosma7',
-                        'python/3.6.5','vtune'],
-            'name': 'intelcosma7',
-            'cc': 'icc',
-            'cxx': 'icpc',
-            'ftn': '',
-            'target_systems': ['cosma7']
-        }
-    ],
-    'logging': [
-        {
-            'level': 'debug',
-            'handlers': [
-                {
-                    'type': 'stream',
-                    'name': 'stdout',
-                    'level': 'info',
-                    'format': '%(message)s'
-                },
-                {
-                    'type': 'file',
-                    'name': 'reframe.log',
-                    'level': 'debug',
-                    'format': '[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s: %(check_info)s: %(message)s',   # noqa: E501
-                    'append': False
-                }
-            ],
-            'handlers_perflog': [
-                {
-                    'type': 'filelog',
-                    'prefix': '%(check_system)s/%(check_partition)s',
-                    'level': 'info',
-                    'format': (
-                        '%(check_job_completion_time)s|reframe %(version)s|'
-                        '%(check_info)s|jobid=%(check_jobid)s|'
-                        '%(check_perf_var)s=%(check_perf_value)s|'
-                        'ref=%(check_perf_ref)s '
-                        '(l=%(check_perf_lower_thres)s, '
-                        'u=%(check_perf_upper_thres)s)|'
-                        '%(check_perf_unit)s'
-                    ),
-                    'append': True
-                }
-            ]
-        }
-    ],
-}
diff --git a/benchmark-slow/job-aps/swiftReframeTest.py b/benchmark-slow/job-aps/swiftReframeTest.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c0a4b91494b420da99d2accb062fa90b0fbbbf07..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/benchmark-slow/job-aps/swiftReframeTest.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-import reframe as rfm
-import reframe.utility.sanity as sn
-
-
-GIT_REV = 'master'
-
-@rfm.simple_test
-class PMillenniumTest(rfm.RegressionTest):
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.valid_systems = ['cosma7:cpu_single_node','cosma7:cpu_multi_node']
-        self.valid_prog_environs = ['*']
-        self.build_system = 'Autotools'
-        self.sourcesdir = None   # Added
-        self.prebuild_cmds = [
-            'rm -rf swiftsim',
-            'git clone https://gitlab.cosma.dur.ac.uk/swift/swiftsim.git',
-            'pushd swiftsim',
-            f'git checkout {GIT_REV}',
-            'git clean -x -f -d',
-            './autogen.sh',
-            'cd ./'
-        ]
-        self.build_system.max_concurrency = 32
-        self.build_system.config_opts = [
-            '--enable-ipo',
-            '--with-tbbmalloc',
-            '--with-parmetis'
-        ]
-        
-        test_dir = 'swiftsim/examples/PMillennium/PMillennium-768'
-        self.keep_files = [test_dir]
-        self.prerun_cmds = [f'pushd {test_dir}']
-        #self.executable = 'mpirun'   #temp copied out
-        num_iterations = 1
-        num_threads = 64
-        ic_dir = '/cosma/home/durham/dc-turn5/swiftsim/examples'
-        self.executable_opts = [
-            'aps', '--collection-mode=mpi,omp',
-            '../../swift_mpi',
-            '--cosmology',
-            '--self-gravity',
-            '-v', '1',
-            f'--threads={num_threads}',
-            '-n', f'{num_iterations}',
-            '-P', 'Restarts:enable:0',
-            f'-PInitialConditions:file_name:{ic_dir}/pmillenium/PMill-768.hdf5',
-            'p-mill-768.yml'
-        ]
-        
-        self.sanity_patterns = sn.assert_found("", self.stdout) # moved from above
-
-