diff --git a/benchmarks/Lexer.php b/benchmarks/Lexer.php
index 6d9cc5b2..8edd0921 100644
--- a/benchmarks/Lexer.php
+++ b/benchmarks/Lexer.php
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 <?php
 
-// emulates inserting a dir called HTMLPurifier into your class dir
-set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . '../library/');
-
+require_once '../library/HTMLPurifier.auto.php';
 @include_once '../test-settings.php';
 
-require_once 'HTMLPurifier/ConfigSchema.php';
-require_once 'HTMLPurifier/Config.php';
-require_once 'HTMLPurifier/Context.php';
+// PEAR
+require_once 'Benchmark/Timer.php'; // to do the timing
+require_once 'Text/Password.php'; // for generating random input
 
 $LEXERS = array();
 $RUNS = isset($GLOBALS['HTMLPurifierTest']['Runs'])
@@ -16,22 +14,11 @@ $RUNS = isset($GLOBALS['HTMLPurifierTest']['Runs'])
 require_once 'HTMLPurifier/Lexer/DirectLex.php';
 $LEXERS['DirectLex'] = new HTMLPurifier_Lexer_DirectLex();
 
-if (!empty($GLOBALS['HTMLPurifierTest']['PEAR'])) {
-    require_once 'HTMLPurifier/Lexer/PEARSax3.php';
-    $LEXERS['PEARSax3'] = new HTMLPurifier_Lexer_PEARSax3();
-} else {
-    exit('PEAR required to perform benchmark.');
-}
-
 if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5', '>=')) {
     require_once 'HTMLPurifier/Lexer/DOMLex.php';
     $LEXERS['DOMLex'] = new HTMLPurifier_Lexer_DOMLex();
 }
 
-// PEAR
-require_once 'Benchmark/Timer.php'; // to do the timing
-require_once 'Text/Password.php'; // for generating random input
-
 // custom class to aid unit testing
 class RowTimer extends Benchmark_Timer
 {
diff --git a/benchmarks/ProfileDirectLex.php b/benchmarks/ProfileDirectLex.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 24875ca0..00000000
--- a/benchmarks/ProfileDirectLex.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . '../library/');
-
-require_once 'HTMLPurifier/ConfigSchema.php';
-require_once 'HTMLPurifier/Config.php';
-require_once 'HTMLPurifier/Lexer/DirectLex.php';
-require_once 'HTMLPurifier/Context.php';
-
-$input = file_get_contents('samples/Lexer/4.html');
-$lexer = new HTMLPurifier_Lexer_DirectLex();
-$config = HTMLPurifier_Config::createDefault();
-$context = new HTMLPurifier_Context();
-
-for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
-    $tokens = $lexer->tokenizeHTML($input, $config, $context);
-}
diff --git a/benchmarks/Trace.php b/benchmarks/Trace.php
index fa98ffac..4cfb1b34 100644
--- a/benchmarks/Trace.php
+++ b/benchmarks/Trace.php
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 ini_set('xdebug.trace_format', 1);
 ini_set('xdebug.show_mem_delta', true);
 
+if (file_exists('Trace.xt')) {
+    echo "Previous trace Trace.xt must be removed before this script can be run.";
+    exit;
+}
+
 xdebug_start_trace(dirname(__FILE__) . '/Trace');
 require_once '../library/HTMLPurifier.auto.php';
 
@@ -10,3 +15,5 @@ $purifier = new HTMLPurifier();
 
 $data = $purifier->purify(file_get_contents('samples/Lexer/4.html'));
 xdebug_stop_trace();
+
+echo "Trace finished.";