diff --git a/caffeine/src/javaPoet/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/cache/LocalCacheSelectorCode.java b/caffeine/src/javaPoet/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/cache/LocalCacheSelectorCode.java
index 33e48a050a..dee194119e 100644
--- a/caffeine/src/javaPoet/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/cache/LocalCacheSelectorCode.java
+++ b/caffeine/src/javaPoet/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/cache/LocalCacheSelectorCode.java
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ private LocalCacheSelectorCode expires() {
 
   private LocalCacheSelectorCode fastpath() {
     block.beginControlFlow("if (fastpath)")
-            .addStatement("sb.append('F')")
+            .addStatement("// disabled due to unfavorable benchmarks")
+            .addStatement("// sb.append('F')")
         .endControlFlow();
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/caffeine/src/main/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/cache/BoundedLocalCache.java b/caffeine/src/main/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/cache/BoundedLocalCache.java
index 2c1c7e5f80..78cc2f4dd0 100644
--- a/caffeine/src/main/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/cache/BoundedLocalCache.java
+++ b/caffeine/src/main/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/cache/BoundedLocalCache.java
@@ -787,7 +787,9 @@ void afterRead(Node<K, V> node, long now, boolean recordHit) {
     }
     node.setAccessTime(now);
 
-    boolean delayable = canFastpath(node) || (readBuffer.offer(node) != Buffer.FULL);
+    // fastpath is disabled due to unfavorable benchmarks
+    // boolean delayable = canFastpath(node) || (readBuffer.offer(node) != Buffer.FULL);
+    boolean delayable = (readBuffer.offer(node) != Buffer.FULL);
     if (shouldDrainBuffers(delayable)) {
       scheduleDrainBuffers();
     }
diff --git a/caffeine/src/test/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/cache/BoundedLocalCacheTest.java b/caffeine/src/test/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/cache/BoundedLocalCacheTest.java
index a1dca436f7..4748ff864f 100644
--- a/caffeine/src/test/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/cache/BoundedLocalCacheTest.java
+++ b/caffeine/src/test/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/cache/BoundedLocalCacheTest.java
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ public void exceedsMaximumBufferSize_onWrite(Cache<Integer, Integer> cache) {
     assertThat(localCache.writeQueue(), hasSize(0));
   }
 
-  @Test(dataProvider = "caches")
+  @Test(enabled = false, dataProvider = "caches")
   @CacheSpec(compute = Compute.SYNC, implementation = Implementation.Caffeine,
       population = Population.PARTIAL, maximumSize = MaximumSize.FULL,
       weigher = {CacheWeigher.DEFAULT, CacheWeigher.TEN},
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ public void fastpath(Cache<Integer, Integer> cache, CacheContext context) {
     assertThat(middle.getMoveCount(), is(initialMoveCount + 1));
   }
 
-  @Test(dataProvider = "caches")
+  @Test(enabled = false, dataProvider = "caches")
   @CacheSpec(compute = Compute.SYNC, implementation = Implementation.Caffeine,
       population = Population.FULL, maximumSize = MaximumSize.FULL, weigher = CacheWeigher.DEFAULT,
       expireAfterAccess = Expire.DISABLED, expireAfterWrite = Expire.DISABLED,