diff --git a/polkadot/zombienet-sdk-tests/tests/elastic_scaling/helpers.rs b/polkadot/zombienet-sdk-tests/tests/elastic_scaling/helpers.rs
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--- a/polkadot/zombienet-sdk-tests/tests/elastic_scaling/helpers.rs
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-// Copyright (C) Parity Technologies (UK) Ltd.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-use super::rococo;
-use std::{collections::HashMap, ops::Range};
-use subxt::{OnlineClient, PolkadotConfig};
-
-// Helper function for asserting the throughput of parachains (total number of backed candidates in
-// a window of relay chain blocks), after the first session change.
-pub async fn assert_para_throughput(
-	relay_client: &OnlineClient<PolkadotConfig>,
-	stop_at: u32,
-	expected_candidate_ranges: HashMap<u32, Range<u32>>,
-) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
-	let mut blocks_sub = relay_client.blocks().subscribe_finalized().await?;
-	let mut candidate_count: HashMap<u32, u32> = HashMap::new();
-	let mut current_block_count = 0;
-	let mut had_first_session_change = false;
-
-	while let Some(block) = blocks_sub.next().await {
-		let block = block?;
-		log::debug!("Finalized relay chain block {}", block.number());
-		let events = block.events().await?;
-		let is_session_change = events.has::<rococo::session::events::NewSession>()?;
-
-		if !had_first_session_change && is_session_change {
-			had_first_session_change = true;
-		}
-
-		if had_first_session_change && !is_session_change {
-			current_block_count += 1;
-
-			for event in events.find::<rococo::para_inclusion::events::CandidateBacked>() {
-				*(candidate_count.entry(event?.0.descriptor.para_id.0).or_default()) += 1;
-			}
-		}
-
-		if current_block_count == stop_at {
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	log::info!(
-		"Reached {} finalized relay chain blocks that contain backed candidates. The per-parachain distribution is: {:#?}",
-		stop_at,
-		candidate_count
-	);
-
-	for (para_id, expected_candidate_range) in expected_candidate_ranges {
-		let actual = candidate_count
-			.get(&para_id)
-			.expect("ParaId did not have any backed candidates");
-		assert!(
-			expected_candidate_range.contains(actual),
-			"Candidate count {actual} not within range {expected_candidate_range:?}"
-		);
-	}
-
-	Ok(())
-}