diff --git a/test/default/sodium_utils2.c b/test/default/sodium_utils2.c
index 2fef6cfe..22648da9 100644
--- a/test/default/sodium_utils2.c
+++ b/test/default/sodium_utils2.c
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ main(void)
     size_t       size;
     unsigned int i;
 
+#ifdef BENCHMARKS
+    return 0;
+#endif
+
     if (sodium_malloc(SIZE_MAX - 1U) != NULL) {
         return 1;
     }
diff --git a/test/default/sodium_utils3.c b/test/default/sodium_utils3.c
index 8eacc44d..1a110e2e 100644
--- a/test/default/sodium_utils3.c
+++ b/test/default/sodium_utils3.c
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ main(void)
     void * buf;
     size_t size;
 
+#ifdef BENCHMARKS
+    return 0;
+#endif
+
 #ifdef SIG_DFL
 # ifdef SIGSEGV
     signal(SIGSEGV, segv_handler);