diff --git a/test/bench/bench_cli_ipfs_add/main.go b/test/bench/bench_cli_ipfs_add/main.go
index ce94856b6..5b7467fd9 100644
--- a/test/bench/bench_cli_ipfs_add/main.go
+++ b/test/bench/bench_cli_ipfs_add/main.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func benchmarkAdd(amount int64) (*testing.BenchmarkResult, error) {
 				}
 			}
 
-			initCmd := exec.Command("ipfs", "init", "-f", "-b=1024")
+			initCmd := exec.Command("ipfs", "init", "-b=1024")
 			setupCmd(initCmd)
 			if err := initCmd.Run(); err != nil {
 				benchmarkError = err
diff --git a/test/bench/offline_add/main.go b/test/bench/offline_add/main.go
index 0df24f5c4..9a9c71a5d 100644
--- a/test/bench/offline_add/main.go
+++ b/test/bench/offline_add/main.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func benchmarkAdd(amount int64) (*testing.BenchmarkResult, error) {
 				cmd.Env = env
 			}
 
-			cmd := exec.Command("ipfs", "init", "-f", "-b=1024")
+			cmd := exec.Command("ipfs", "init", "-b=1024")
 			setupCmd(cmd)
 			if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
 				b.Fatal(err)