diff --git a/legacy/eobj/Makefile.am b/legacy/eobj/Makefile.am
index 765232e221..1f21acb064 100644
--- a/legacy/eobj/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/eobj/Makefile.am
@@ -74,18 +74,10 @@ if EFL_ENABLE_COVERAGE
 	@$(MAKE) lcov-report
 endif
 
-if EFL_ENABLE_BENCHMARK
-
 benchmark:
 	@cd src && $(MAKE) benchmark
 	@mkdir result || true
-	@cd result && ../src/tests/eo_bench `date +%F_%s`
-
-else
-
-benchmark:
-	@echo "reconfigure with --enable-benchmark"
-endif
+	@cd result && ../src/benchmarks/eo_bench `date +%F_%s`
 
 clean-local:
 	@rm -rf coverage benchmark
diff --git a/legacy/eobj/configure.ac b/legacy/eobj/configure.ac
index 78e4bc1504..078e04564e 100644
--- a/legacy/eobj/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/eobj/configure.ac
@@ -171,8 +171,6 @@ AC_SUBST([lt_enable_auto_import])
 
 ### Unit tests, coverage and benchmarking
 
-EFL_CHECK_BENCHMARK([enable_benchmark="yes"], [enable_benchmark="no"])
-
 AC_SUBST([requirements_pc_eo])
 
 
diff --git a/legacy/eobj/src/Makefile.am b/legacy/eobj/src/Makefile.am
index b6a0867c8b..c3b7c36aa0 100644
--- a/legacy/eobj/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/eobj/src/Makefile.am
@@ -5,14 +5,5 @@ SUBDIRS = lib benchmarks examples tests
 
 .PHONY: benchmark
 
-if EFL_ENABLE_BENCHMARK
-
-benchmark: all
-	cd benchamrks && make eo_bench
-
-else
-
 benchmark:
-	@echo "reconfigure with --enable-benchmark"
-
-endif
+	@cd benchmarks && $(MAKE) benchmark
diff --git a/legacy/eobj/src/benchmarks/Makefile.am b/legacy/eobj/src/benchmarks/Makefile.am
index a3a853ef67..33b6ac7fe4 100644
--- a/legacy/eobj/src/benchmarks/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/eobj/src/benchmarks/Makefile.am
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 @EFL_EO_BUILD@ \
 @EO_CFLAGS@
 
-if EFL_ENABLE_BENCHMARK
+EXTRA_PROGRAMS = eo_bench
 
-noinst_PROGRAMS = eo_bench
+benchmark: eo_bench
 
 eo_bench_SOURCES = \
 class_simple.c \
@@ -20,7 +20,5 @@ eo_bench_eo_do.c
 
 eo_bench_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/lib/libeo.la @EO_LIBS@
 
-endif
-
 clean-local:
 	rm -rf *.gcno ..\#..\#src\#*.gcov *.gcda