diff --git a/frameworks/C++/userver/userver_benchmark/userver_techempower.cpp b/frameworks/C++/userver/userver_benchmark/userver_techempower.cpp
index 6e994d3021c..af0a2b64842 100644
--- a/frameworks/C++/userver/userver_benchmark/userver_techempower.cpp
+++ b/frameworks/C++/userver/userver_benchmark/userver_techempower.cpp
@@ -46,20 +46,6 @@ class NoopTracingManager final
       userver::server::http::HttpResponse&) const final {}
 };
 
-class MinimalMiddlewarePipelineBuilder final
-    : public userver::server::middlewares::PipelineBuilder {
- public:
-  static constexpr std::string_view kName{
-      "minimal-middleware-pipeline-builder"};
-  using userver::server::middlewares::PipelineBuilder::PipelineBuilder;
-
- private:
-  userver::server::middlewares::MiddlewaresList BuildPipeline(
-      userver::server::middlewares::MiddlewaresList) const override {
-    return {"userver-unknown-exceptions-handling-middleware"};
-  }
-};
-
 int Main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
   auto component_list =
       userver::components::MinimalServerComponentList()
@@ -78,10 +64,9 @@ int Main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
           .Append<cached_queries::WorldCacheComponent>()  // cache component
           .Append<cached_queries::Handler>()
           .Append<fortunes::Handler>()
-          // tracing and metrics tweaks
+          // tracing tweaks
           .Append<NoopTracingManager>()
-          .Append<MinimalMiddlewarePipelineBuilder>()
-          // bare
+          // bare (not used in the benchmark currently)
           .Append<bare::SimpleRouter>()
           .Append<bare::SimpleServer>();
 
diff --git a/frameworks/C++/userver/userver_configs/static_config.yaml b/frameworks/C++/userver/userver_configs/static_config.yaml
index 4d7a7878912..ed793a694a7 100644
--- a/frameworks/C++/userver/userver_configs/static_config.yaml
+++ b/frameworks/C++/userver/userver_configs/static_config.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ components_manager:
             thread_name: main-worker    # OS will show the threads of this task processor with 'main-worker' prefix.
             worker_threads: 48
             guess-cpu-limit: true
-            task-processor-queue: work-stealing-task-queue
 
         fs-task-processor:              # Make a separate task processor for filesystem bound tasks.
             thread_name: fs-worker
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ components_manager:
                 handler-defaults:
                     set_tracing_headers: false
             server-name: us
-            middleware-pipeline-builder: minimal-middleware-pipeline-builder
         simple-router:
         simple-server:
             port: 8081
@@ -63,7 +61,6 @@ components_manager:
         noop-tracing-manager:
         tracing-manager-locator:
             component-name: noop-tracing-manager
-        minimal-middleware-pipeline-builder:
 
         plaintext-handler:
             path: /plaintext