diff --git a/perf_tests/test_osu_latency_isendirecv.cpp b/perf_tests/test_osu_latency_isendirecv.cpp
index 645708d4..e09e78da 100644
--- a/perf_tests/test_osu_latency_isendirecv.cpp
+++ b/perf_tests/test_osu_latency_isendirecv.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ void osu_latency_Kokkos_Comm_isendirecv(benchmark::State &, MPI_Comm comm, const
 
 template <typename View>
 void osu_latency_MPI_isendirecv(benchmark::State &, MPI_Comm comm, int rank, const View &v) {
-  MPI_Barrier(comm);
   MPI_Request sendreq, recvreq;
   if (rank == 0) {
     MPI_Irecv(v.data(), v.size(), KokkosComm::Impl::mpi_type<typename View::value_type>(), 1, 0, comm, &recvreq);
diff --git a/perf_tests/test_osu_latency_sendrecv.cpp b/perf_tests/test_osu_latency_sendrecv.cpp
index 5c9be783..c80684d6 100644
--- a/perf_tests/test_osu_latency_sendrecv.cpp
+++ b/perf_tests/test_osu_latency_sendrecv.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ void osu_latency_Kokkos_Comm_sendrecv(benchmark::State &, MPI_Comm comm, const S
 
 template <typename View>
 void osu_latency_MPI_sendrecv(benchmark::State &, MPI_Comm comm, int rank, const View &v) {
-  MPI_Barrier(comm);
   if (rank == 0) {
     MPI_Recv(v.data(), v.size(), KokkosComm::Impl::mpi_type<typename View::value_type>(), 1, 0, comm,
              MPI_STATUS_IGNORE);