diff --git a/src/Makefile.bench.include b/src/Makefile.bench.include
index 595e9b4a0..8e421659b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.bench.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.bench.include
@@ -14,19 +14,21 @@ bench_bench_dogecoin_SOURCES = \
   bench/bench_bitcoin.cpp \
   bench/bench.cpp \
   bench/bench.h \
-  bench/checkblock.cpp \
   bench/checkqueue.cpp \
   bench/Examples.cpp \
   bench/rollingbloom.cpp \
   bench/crypto_hash.cpp \
   bench/ccoins_caching.cpp \
   bench/mempool_eviction.cpp \
-  bench/verify_script.cpp \
   bench/base58.cpp \
   bench/lockedpool.cpp \
   bench/perf.cpp \
   bench/perf.h
 
+# bench_bench_dogecoin_SOURCES_DISABLED = \
+#   bench/checkblock.cpp \        # disabled because this checks a specific bitcoin block
+#   bench/verify_script.cpp \     # disabled because this checks a segwit transaction
+
 nodist_bench_bench_dogecoin_SOURCES = $(GENERATED_TEST_FILES)
 
 bench_bench_dogecoin_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(BITCOIN_INCLUDES) $(EVENT_CLFAGS) $(EVENT_PTHREADS_CFLAGS) -I$(builddir)/bench/