diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fcd9699aef3..62162388b35 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -395,7 +395,6 @@ option(WITH_BOOST					"Enable features depending on boost" ON)
 
 # Unit testsing
 option(WITH_GTESTS "Enable GTest unit testing" OFF)
-option(WITH_TESTS_PERFORMANCE "Enable performance tests" OFF)
 
 
 # Documentation
diff --git a/tests/gtests/blenlib/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/gtests/blenlib/CMakeLists.txt
index ae773a05e8d..b4cb2b9d0ea 100644
--- a/tests/gtests/blenlib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/gtests/blenlib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,4 @@ BLENDER_TEST(BLI_listbase "bf_blenlib")
 BLENDER_TEST(BLI_hash_mm2a "bf_blenlib")
 BLENDER_TEST(BLI_ghash "bf_blenlib")
 
-if(WITH_TESTS_PERFORMANCE)
-	BLENDER_TEST_PERFORMANCE(BLI_ghash_performance "bf_blenlib")
-endif()
+BLENDER_TEST_PERFORMANCE(BLI_ghash_performance "bf_blenlib")