diff --git a/benchmark/benchmark.cpp b/benchmark/benchmark.cpp
index c72040ab8f..5c142c4162 100644
--- a/benchmark/benchmark.cpp
+++ b/benchmark/benchmark.cpp
@@ -63,20 +63,12 @@ bytes to_bytes(const std::string& source) {
    return output;
 };
 
-void benchmarking(const std::string& name,
-      const std::function<void()>& func,
-      uint32_t max_num_runs) {
-
+void benchmarking(const std::string& name, const std::function<void()>& func) {
    uint64_t total{0};
    uint64_t min{std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max()};
    uint64_t max{0};
 
-   // some benchmarked functions are expensive and run in a transaction
-   // (like BLS pairing). Limit actual number of runs to the function
-   // specific maximum such that transaction deadline is not exceeded.
-   uint32_t actual_num_runs = (num_runs > max_num_runs) ? max_num_runs : num_runs;
-
-   for (auto i = 0U; i < actual_num_runs; ++i) {
+   for (auto i = 0U; i < num_runs; ++i) {
       auto start_time = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
       func();
       auto end_time = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
@@ -87,7 +79,7 @@ void benchmarking(const std::string& name,
       max = std::max(max, duration);
    }
 
-   print_results(name, actual_num_runs, total, min, max);
+   print_results(name, num_runs, total, min, max);
 }
 
 } // benchmark
diff --git a/benchmark/benchmark.hpp b/benchmark/benchmark.hpp
index 6ac14e4c47..51fe4b6af9 100644
--- a/benchmark/benchmark.hpp
+++ b/benchmark/benchmark.hpp
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ void hash_benchmarking();
 void blake2_benchmarking();
 void bls_benchmarking();
 
-void benchmarking(const std::string& name, const std::function<void()>& func, uint32_t max_num_runs = std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max());
+void benchmarking(const std::string& name, const std::function<void()>& func); 
 
 } // benchmark