diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 7462d6592..189a84fe2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        kind: ['mixed', 'jwt-cache', 'jwt-cache-worst']
+        kind: ['mixed', 'jwt-cache']
     name: Loadtest
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
diff --git a/nix/tools/generate_targets.py b/nix/tools/generate_targets.py
index 2c06df1c1..82d273da5 100644
--- a/nix/tools/generate_targets.py
+++ b/nix/tools/generate_targets.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import time
 import argparse
 import random
 import jwcrypto.jwt as jwt
-from typing import Optional
 from pathlib import Path
 
 URL = "http://postgrest"
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ secret_key = "reallyreallyreallyreallyverysafe"
 
 def generate_target(
     now: int,
-    exp_inc: Optional[int],
     key: jwt.JWK,
 ) -> list[str]:
     """Generate a target using an HS256 or RS256 JWT"""
@@ -33,9 +31,6 @@ def generate_target(
         "iat": now,
     }
 
-    if exp_inc is not None:
-        headers["exp"] = now + exp_inc
-
     claims = {
         "role": "postgrest_test_author",
     }
@@ -62,13 +57,6 @@ def main():
         help="Path to write the generated files",
         type=Path,
     )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--worst",
-        dest="worst",
-        action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction,
-        default=False,
-        help="Generate worst case targets for a JWT cache",
-    )
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -98,27 +86,11 @@ def main():
 
     lines = []
 
-    # We want to ensure 401 Unauthorized responses don't happen during
-    # JWT validation, this can happen when the jwt `exp` is too short.
-    # At the same time, we want to ensure the `exp` is not too big,
-    # so expires will occur and postgREST needs to
-    # clean cached expired JWTs
-    if args.worst:
-        # estimated time it takes to run postgrest itself
-        run_postgrest_time = 2
-
-        for i in range(ntargets):
-            target = generate_target(
-                now, run_postgrest_time + i // 1000, rsa if i % 2 == 0 else hs
-            )
-            lines.extend(target)
-
-    else:
-        hs_targets = [generate_target(now, None, hs) for _ in range(nsamples)]
-        rsa_targets = [generate_target(now, None, rsa) for _ in range(nsamples)]
-        for i in range(ntargets):
-            target = random.choice(hs_targets if i % 2 == 0 else rsa_targets)
-            lines.extend(target)
+    hs_targets = [generate_target(now, hs) for _ in range(nsamples)]
+    rsa_targets = [generate_target(now, rsa) for _ in range(nsamples)]
+    for i in range(ntargets):
+        target = random.choice(hs_targets if i % 2 == 0 else rsa_targets)
+        lines.extend(target)
 
     with open(targets_path, "w") as f:
         f.write("\n".join(lines))
diff --git a/nix/tools/loadtest.nix b/nix/tools/loadtest.nix
index 52cb8b9f0..d2edf7063 100644
--- a/nix/tools/loadtest.nix
+++ b/nix/tools/loadtest.nix
@@ -76,18 +76,6 @@ let
             ${runner} -lazy -targets gen_targets.http -output \"$abs_output\" \"''${_arg_leftovers[@]}\""
             ;;
 
-          jwt-cache-worst)
-            export PGRST_JWT_SECRET="@$_arg_testdir/gen_jwks.json"
-
-            ${libfaketime}/bin/faketime '2000-01-01 00:00:00' ${genTargets} --worst "$_arg_testdir"
-
-            # shellcheck disable=SC2145
-            ${withTools.withPg} -f "$_arg_testdir"/fixtures.sql \
-            ${withTools.withPgrst} --faketime '2000-01-01 00:00:00' -m "$_arg_monitor" \
-            sh -c "cd \"$_arg_testdir\" && \
-            ${runner} -lazy -targets gen_targets.http -output \"$abs_output\" \"''${_arg_leftovers[@]}\""
-            ;;
-
           # here we sleep purposefully to check how much memory does the schema cache consume in the final report
           mixed)
             # shellcheck disable=SC2145