diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c36e3023c7..2bd67bb6d3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,10 @@
 [workspace]
 members = ["field", "insertion", "plonky2", "util", "waksman"]
+
+[profile.release]
+opt-level = 3
+#lto = "fat"
+#codegen-units = 1
+
+[profile.bench]
+opt-level = 3
diff --git a/plonky2/Cargo.toml b/plonky2/Cargo.toml
index bce9f4001a..466d3df6f4 100644
--- a/plonky2/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plonky2/Cargo.toml
@@ -55,11 +55,3 @@ harness = false
 [[bench]]
 name = "transpose"
 harness = false
-
-[profile.release]
-opt-level = 3
-#lto = "fat"
-#codegen-units = 1
-
-[profile.bench]
-opt-level = 3