diff --git a/src/test/java/org/htmlunit/SimpleWebTestCase.java b/src/test/java/org/htmlunit/SimpleWebTestCase.java
index 27da4a3310..c8766ab7bc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/htmlunit/SimpleWebTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/htmlunit/SimpleWebTestCase.java
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ public final HtmlPage loadPage(final String html) throws Exception {
         return loadPage(html, null);
     }
 
-    public final HtmlPage loadPageOnlyParse(final String html) throws Exception {
-        return loadPage(html, null);
-    }
-
     /**
      * User the default browser version to load a page with the specified HTML
      * and collect alerts into the list.
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/htmlunit/benchmarks/HtmlUnitBenchmark.java b/src/test/java/org/htmlunit/benchmarks/HtmlUnitBenchmark.java
index 79709c943b..07a03ccda9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/htmlunit/benchmarks/HtmlUnitBenchmark.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/htmlunit/benchmarks/HtmlUnitBenchmark.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import org.htmlunit.BrowserVersion;
 import org.htmlunit.SimpleWebTestCase;
+import org.htmlunit.WebClient;
 import org.htmlunit.html.HtmlPage;
 import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
 import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.BenchmarkMode;
@@ -759,7 +760,7 @@ Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (BAIS)
             """;
 
     @Benchmark
-    @Fork(2)
+    @Fork(1)
     @Warmup(iterations = 3)
     @Timeout(time = 1000)
     @Measurement(iterations = 4)
@@ -767,8 +768,15 @@ Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (BAIS)
     public void JMH() throws Exception {
 
         setBrowserVersion(BrowserVersion.CHROME);
-
-        HtmlPage pageFromString = loadPage(html);
+        WebClient webClient = new WebClient(BrowserVersion.getDefault(), false, null, -1);
+        webClient.getOptions().setJavaScriptEnabled(false);
+        webClient.getOptions().setThrowExceptionOnFailingStatusCode(false);
+        webClient.getOptions().setCssEnabled(false);
+        webClient.getOptions().setHistoryPageCacheLimit(0);
+        webClient.getOptions().setHistorySizeLimit(0);
+        webClient.getOptions().setWebSocketEnabled(false);
+        webClient.setFrameContentHandler(baseFrameElement -> false);
+        HtmlPage pageFromString = loadPage(webClient, html, null, URL_FIRST);
 
         assert !pageFromString.querySelector("h1").asNormalizedText().contains("Stella");
     }