diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 04ffda66a5..0388a0e4fd 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ check-speed-$(CONFIG_BLOCK) += tests/benchmark-crypto-cipher$(EXESUF)
 
 QEMU_CFLAGS += -I$(SRC_PATH)/tests -I$(SRC_PATH)/tests/qtest
 
-# Deps that are common to various different sets of tests below
-test-util-obj-y = libqemuutil.a
-tests/atomic_add-bench$(EXESUF): tests/atomic_add-bench.o $(test-util-obj-y)
-tests/atomic64-bench$(EXESUF): tests/atomic64-bench.o $(test-util-obj-y)
-
 tests/benchmark-crypto-hash$(EXESUF): tests/benchmark-crypto-hash.o $(test-crypto-obj-y)
 tests/benchmark-crypto-hmac$(EXESUF): tests/benchmark-crypto-hmac.o $(test-crypto-obj-y)
 tests/benchmark-crypto-cipher$(EXESUF): tests/benchmark-crypto-cipher.o $(test-crypto-obj-y)
diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
index f35dc85ca2..3a3066b292 100644
--- a/tests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ qht_bench = executable('qht-bench',
                        sources: 'qht-bench.c',
                        dependencies: [qemuutil])
 
+executable('atomic_add-bench',
+           sources: files('atomic_add-bench.c'),
+           dependencies: [qemuutil],
+           build_by_default: false)
+
+executable('atomic64-bench',
+           sources: files('atomic64-bench.c'),
+           dependencies: [qemuutil],
+           build_by_default: false)
+
 test_qapi_outputs = [
   'qapi-builtin-types.c',
   'qapi-builtin-types.h',