diff --git a/benchmarks/java/build.xml b/benchmarks/java/build.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e88b83211..0000000000
--- a/benchmarks/java/build.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project basedir="." default="all" name="benchmarks">
-    <target name="all" depends="clean, build" />
-    <target name="build" depends="builddep, jar" />
-    <target name="builddep">
-        <!-- run from top level build.xml to get dependencies built -->
-    </target>
-    <condition property="depend.available">
-        <typefound name="depend" />
-    </condition>
-    <target name="depend" if="depend.available">
-        <depend
-            cache="../../build"
-            srcdir="./src" 
-            destdir="./build/obj" >
-            <!-- Depend on classes instead of jars where available -->
-            <classpath>
-                <pathelement location="../../core/java/build/obj" />
-            </classpath>
-        </depend>
-    </target>
-
-    <!-- only used if not set by a higher build.xml -->
-    <property name="javac.compilerargs" value="" />
-    <property name="javac.version" value="1.7" />
-
-    <target name="jmhLibCheck">
-        <!-- override to Ant home if not set -->
-        <property name="jmh.home" value="${ant.home}/lib" />
-        <fail message="Please set jmh.home to a directory containing the necessary JMH libraries. See build.properties for details.">
-            <condition>
-                <not>
-                    <and>
-                        <available file="${jmh.home}/jmh-core.jar" />
-                        <available file="${jmh.home}/jmh-generator-annprocess.jar" />
-                        <available file="${jmh.home}/jopt-simple.jar" />
-                        <available file="${jmh.home}/commons-math3.jar" />
-                    </and>
-                </not>
-            </condition>
-        </fail>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="compile" depends="depend, jmhLibCheck">
-        <mkdir dir="./build" />
-        <mkdir dir="./build/obj" />
-        <javac srcdir="./src" debug="true" source="${javac.version}" target="${javac.version}" deprecation="on"
-               debuglevel="lines,vars,source"
-               includeAntRuntime="false"
-               destdir="./build/obj" >
-            <classpath>
-                <pathelement location="${jmh.home}/jmh-core.jar" />
-                <pathelement location="${jmh.home}/jmh-generator-annprocess.jar" />
-                <pathelement location="../../core/java/build/i2p.jar" />
-            </classpath>
-            <compilerarg line="${javac.compilerargs}" />
-        </javac>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="listChangedFiles" if="mtn.available" >
-        <exec executable="mtn" outputproperty="workspace.changes" errorproperty="mtn.error2" failifexecutionfails="false" >
-            <arg value="list" />
-            <arg value="changed" />
-            <arg value="." />
-        </exec>
-        <!-- \n in an attribute value generates an invalid manifest -->
-        <exec executable="tr" inputstring="${workspace.changes}" outputproperty="workspace.changes.tr" errorproperty="mtn.error2" failifexecutionfails="false" >
-            <arg value="-s" />
-            <arg value="[:space:]" />
-            <arg value="," />
-        </exec>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="jar" depends="compile, jarUpToDate, listChangedFiles" unless="jar.uptodate" >
-        <!-- set if unset -->
-        <property name="workspace.changes.tr" value="" />
-        <jar destfile="./build/benchmarks.jar" basedir="./build/obj" >
-            <manifest>
-                <attribute name="Built-By" value="${build.built-by}" />
-                <attribute name="Build-Date" value="${build.timestamp}" />
-                <attribute name="Base-Revision" value="${workspace.version}" />
-                <attribute name="Main-Class" value="org.openjdk.jmh.Main" />
-                <attribute name="Workspace-Changes" value="${workspace.changes.tr}" />
-                <attribute name="X-Compile-Source-JDK" value="${javac.version}" />
-                <attribute name="X-Compile-Target-JDK" value="${javac.version}" />
-            </manifest>
-            <zipfileset src="${jmh.home}/jmh-core.jar" excludes="**/META-INF/services/**" />
-            <zipfileset src="${jmh.home}/jopt-simple.jar" />
-            <zipfileset src="${jmh.home}/commons-math3.jar" />
-            <zipfileset src="../../core/java/build/i2p.jar" />
-        </jar>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="jarUpToDate">
-        <uptodate property="jar.uptodate" targetfile="build/benchmarks.jar" >
-            <srcfiles dir= "." includes="build/obj/**/*.class" />
-        </uptodate>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="clean">
-        <delete dir="./build" />
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="distclean" depends="clean" />
-</project>
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 64b73c57f8..4acd0ba3f1 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -994,7 +994,6 @@
         <delete dir="core/c/jcpuid/lib" />
         <ant dir="installer/resources/locale" target="distclean" />
         <ant dir="installer/tools/java" target="distclean" />
-        <ant dir="benchmarks/java" target="distclean" />
 	<!--
 		NOTE! We need to turn off the default excludes for these
 		patterns to work.
@@ -1846,8 +1845,8 @@
 
     <target name="testscripts-all" depends="testscripts,testscripts-net" />
 
-    <target name="bench" depends="buildCore, jbigi" >
-        <ant dir="benchmarks/java/" target="all" />
+    <target name="bench" depends="jbigi" >
+        <ant dir="core/java/" target="bench.jar" />
     </target>
 
     <!-- <target name="syndie" >
diff --git a/benchmarks/java/src/net/i2p/crypto/AESBench.java b/core/java/bench/net/i2p/crypto/AESBench.java
similarity index 100%
rename from benchmarks/java/src/net/i2p/crypto/AESBench.java
rename to core/java/bench/net/i2p/crypto/AESBench.java
diff --git a/benchmarks/java/src/net/i2p/crypto/ElGamalBench.java b/core/java/bench/net/i2p/crypto/ElGamalBench.java
similarity index 100%
rename from benchmarks/java/src/net/i2p/crypto/ElGamalBench.java
rename to core/java/bench/net/i2p/crypto/ElGamalBench.java
diff --git a/benchmarks/java/src/net/i2p/crypto/SHA256Bench.java b/core/java/bench/net/i2p/crypto/SHA256Bench.java
similarity index 100%
rename from benchmarks/java/src/net/i2p/crypto/SHA256Bench.java
rename to core/java/bench/net/i2p/crypto/SHA256Bench.java
diff --git a/core/java/build.xml b/core/java/build.xml
index 2038fd505c..4703514db1 100644
--- a/core/java/build.xml
+++ b/core/java/build.xml
@@ -382,6 +382,66 @@
     <target name="fulltest" depends="test, test.report" />
     <!-- end unit tests -->
 
+    <!-- benchmarks -->
+    <target name="jmhLibCheck">
+        <!-- override to Ant home if not set -->
+        <property name="jmh.home" value="${ant.home}/lib" />
+        <fail message="Please set jmh.home to a directory containing the necessary JMH libraries. See build.properties for details.">
+            <condition>
+                <not>
+                    <and>
+                        <available file="${jmh.home}/jmh-core.jar" />
+                        <available file="${jmh.home}/jmh-generator-annprocess.jar" />
+                        <available file="${jmh.home}/jopt-simple.jar" />
+                        <available file="${jmh.home}/commons-math3.jar" />
+                    </and>
+                </not>
+            </condition>
+        </fail>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="bench.compile" depends="compile, jmhLibCheck">
+        <mkdir dir="./build" />
+        <mkdir dir="./build/obj_bench" />
+        <javac srcdir="./bench" debug="true" source="${javac.version}" target="${javac.version}" deprecation="on"
+               debuglevel="lines,vars,source"
+               includeAntRuntime="false"
+               destdir="./build/obj_bench" >
+            <classpath>
+                <pathelement location="${jmh.home}/jmh-core.jar" />
+                <pathelement location="${jmh.home}/jmh-generator-annprocess.jar" />
+                <pathelement location="./build/obj" />
+            </classpath>
+            <compilerarg line="${javac.compilerargs}" />
+        </javac>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="bench.jar" depends="bench.compile, bench.jarUpToDate, listChangedFiles" unless="bench.jar.uptodate" >
+        <!-- set if unset -->
+        <property name="workspace.changes.tr" value="" />
+        <jar destfile="./build/i2p-benchmarks.jar" basedir="./build/obj_bench" >
+            <manifest>
+                <attribute name="Built-By" value="${build.built-by}" />
+                <attribute name="Build-Date" value="${build.timestamp}" />
+                <attribute name="Base-Revision" value="${workspace.version}" />
+                <attribute name="Main-Class" value="org.openjdk.jmh.Main" />
+                <attribute name="Workspace-Changes" value="${workspace.changes.tr}" />
+                <attribute name="X-Compile-Source-JDK" value="${javac.version}" />
+                <attribute name="X-Compile-Target-JDK" value="${javac.version}" />
+            </manifest>
+            <zipfileset src="${jmh.home}/jmh-core.jar" excludes="**/META-INF/services/**" />
+            <zipfileset src="${jmh.home}/jopt-simple.jar" />
+            <zipfileset src="${jmh.home}/commons-math3.jar" />
+            <fileset dir="./build/obj" includes="**/*.class" />
+        </jar>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="bench.jarUpToDate">
+        <uptodate property="bench.jar.uptodate" targetfile="build/i2p-benchmarks.jar" >
+            <srcfiles dir= "." includes="build/obj_bench/**/*.class" />
+        </uptodate>
+    </target>
+
     <target name="clean">
         <delete dir="./build" />
     </target>
diff --git a/benchmarks/benchmark.sh b/tests/scripts/benchmark.sh
similarity index 68%
rename from benchmarks/benchmark.sh
rename to tests/scripts/benchmark.sh
index e27f33da7d..0ce278b5b3 100755
--- a/benchmarks/benchmark.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/benchmark.sh
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ fi
 
 if [ "x$BENCHMARKS" = 'x' ]
 then
-    BENCHMARKS="$CWD/benchmarks.jar"
+    BENCHMARKS="$CWD/i2p-benchmarks.jar"
     stat "$BENCHMARKS" >/dev/null 2>&1
     if [ "x$?" != 'x0' ]
     then
-        BENCHMARKS="$CWD/java/build/benchmarks.jar"
+        BENCHMARKS="$CWD/../../core/java/build/i2p-benchmarks.jar"
     fi
 fi
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ then
     stat "$JBIGI" >/dev/null 2>&1
     if [ "x$?" != 'x0' ]
     then
-        JBIGI="$CWD/../build/jbigi.jar"
+        JBIGI="$CWD/../../build/jbigi.jar"
     fi
 fi
 
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ then
     shift
 fi
 
-$JAVA -cp "$CLASSPATH" "$@"
+$JAVA -cp "$CLASSPATH" org.openjdk.jmh.Main "$@"