diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index 7068771a1..ded683ffc 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ $(ROOTOBJ):
 
 clean:	
 	cd select && make clean
-	cd benchmarks && for d in *bench*; do cd $$d && $(MAKE) clean || exit 1; done
 	-rm -rf *.o *.s *.bak test? test?? test??-gcc t10a t11a t11b \
 		t40a t40b t40c t40d t40e t40f t43 DIR*