diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 34d2296e019ce..2aad399f3bde3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -427,6 +427,12 @@ version = "0.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "904dfeac50f3cdaba28fc6f57fdcddb75f49ed61346676a78c4ffe55877802fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64ct"
+version = "1.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3bdca834647821e0b13d9539a8634eb62d3501b6b6c2cec1722786ee6671b851"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "beef"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -5968,6 +5974,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sp-core",
  "sp-io",
  "sp-runtime",
+ "sp-runtime-interface",
  "sp-staking",
  "sp-std",
 ]
@@ -6842,6 +6849,17 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pkcs8"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7cabda3fb821068a9a4fab19a683eac3af12edf0f34b94a8be53c4972b8149d0"
+dependencies = [
+ "der",
+ "spki",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pkg-config"
 version = "0.3.19"
@@ -9127,6 +9145,7 @@ checksum = "08da66b8b0965a5555b6bd6639e68ccba85e1e2506f5fbb089e93f8a04e1a2d1"
 dependencies = [
  "der",
  "generic-array 0.14.4",
+ "pkcs8",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -10339,6 +10358,16 @@ version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6e63cff320ae2c57904679ba7cb63280a3dc4613885beafb148ee7bf9aa9042d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "spki"
+version = "0.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "44d01ac02a6ccf3e07db148d2be087da624fea0221a16152ed01f0496a6b0a27"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64ct",
+ "der",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ss58-registry"
 version = "1.29.0"
diff --git a/bin/node-template/node/Cargo.toml b/bin/node-template/node/Cargo.toml
index eeba198da8212..dc1d3caa8b75d 100644
--- a/bin/node-template/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/node-template/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -67,7 +67,12 @@ substrate-build-script-utils = { version = "3.0.0", path = "../../../utils/build
 
 [features]
 default = []
-runtime-benchmarks = ["node-template-runtime/runtime-benchmarks"]
+# Dependencies that are only required if runtime benchmarking should be build.
+runtime-benchmarks = [
+	"node-template-runtime/runtime-benchmarks",
+	"frame-benchmarking/runtime-benchmarks",
+	"frame-benchmarking-cli/runtime-benchmarks",
+]
 # Enable features that allow the runtime to be tried and debugged. Name might be subject to change
 # in the near future.
 try-runtime = ["node-template-runtime/try-runtime", "try-runtime-cli"]
diff --git a/bin/node-template/node/src/command.rs b/bin/node-template/node/src/command.rs
index f8f02ed8fc2dd..6d293b7b85fcc 100644
--- a/bin/node-template/node/src/command.rs
+++ b/bin/node-template/node/src/command.rs
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ pub fn run() -> sc_cli::Result<()> {
 						let PartialComponents { client, .. } = service::new_partial(&config)?;
 						cmd.run(client)
 					},
+					#[cfg(not(feature = "runtime-benchmarks"))]
+					BenchmarkCmd::Storage(_) => Err(
+						"Storage benchmarking can be enabled with `--features runtime-benchmarks`."
+							.into(),
+					),
+					#[cfg(feature = "runtime-benchmarks")]
 					BenchmarkCmd::Storage(cmd) => {
 						let PartialComponents { client, backend, .. } =
 							service::new_partial(&config)?;
diff --git a/bin/node-template/pallets/template/Cargo.toml b/bin/node-template/pallets/template/Cargo.toml
index 6f7a4b1d25841..3cfcef9d902ce 100644
--- a/bin/node-template/pallets/template/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/node-template/pallets/template/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ sp-runtime = { version = "6.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../../../
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
 	"codec/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"scale-info/std",
diff --git a/bin/node-template/runtime/Cargo.toml b/bin/node-template/runtime/Cargo.toml
index bbe3e8eef7d3c..c6c4b2ea911ec 100644
--- a/bin/node-template/runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/node-template/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ substrate-wasm-builder = { version = "5.0.0-dev", path = "../../../utils/wasm-bu
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"frame-try-runtime?/std",
+	"frame-system-benchmarking?/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"codec/std",
 	"scale-info/std",
 	"frame-executive/std",
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@ std = [
 runtime-benchmarks = [
 	"frame-benchmarking/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"frame-support/runtime-benchmarks",
-	"frame-system-benchmarking",
+	"frame-system-benchmarking/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"frame-system/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"hex-literal",
 	"pallet-balances/runtime-benchmarks",
diff --git a/bin/node/cli/Cargo.toml b/bin/node/cli/Cargo.toml
index 247a61d835dc3..a435945168e0d 100644
--- a/bin/node/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/node/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -159,7 +159,10 @@ cli = [
 	"substrate-build-script-utils",
 	"try-runtime-cli",
 ]
-runtime-benchmarks = ["kitchensink-runtime/runtime-benchmarks", "frame-benchmarking-cli"]
+runtime-benchmarks = [
+	"kitchensink-runtime/runtime-benchmarks",
+	"frame-benchmarking-cli/runtime-benchmarks"
+]
 # Enable features that allow the runtime to be tried and debugged. Name might be subject to change
 # in the near future.
 try-runtime = ["kitchensink-runtime/try-runtime", "try-runtime-cli"]
diff --git a/bin/node/cli/src/command.rs b/bin/node/cli/src/command.rs
index 79abe8975f3b6..108d7743843b6 100644
--- a/bin/node/cli/src/command.rs
+++ b/bin/node/cli/src/command.rs
@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ pub fn run() -> Result<()> {
 						let partial = new_partial(&config)?;
 						cmd.run(partial.client)
 					},
+					#[cfg(not(feature = "runtime-benchmarks"))]
+					BenchmarkCmd::Storage(_) => Err(
+						"Storage benchmarking can be enabled with `--features runtime-benchmarks`."
+							.into(),
+					),
+					#[cfg(feature = "runtime-benchmarks")]
 					BenchmarkCmd::Storage(cmd) => {
 						// ensure that we keep the task manager alive
 						let partial = new_partial(&config)?;
diff --git a/bin/node/runtime/Cargo.toml b/bin/node/runtime/Cargo.toml
index eb9c91a3baa05..6a81c16780240 100644
--- a/bin/node/runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/node/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ substrate-wasm-builder = { version = "5.0.0-dev", path = "../../../utils/wasm-bu
 default = ["std"]
 with-tracing = ["frame-executive/with-tracing"]
 std = [
+	"sp-sandbox/std",
+	"pallet-whitelist/std",
+	"pallet-offences-benchmarking?/std",
+	"pallet-election-provider-support-benchmarking?/std",
+	"pallet-asset-tx-payment/std",
+	"frame-system-benchmarking?/std",
+	"frame-election-provider-support/std",
 	"sp-authority-discovery/std",
 	"pallet-assets/std",
 	"pallet-authority-discovery/std",
@@ -148,6 +155,7 @@ std = [
 	"pallet-multisig/std",
 	"pallet-nomination-pools/std",
 	"pallet-nomination-pools-runtime-api/std",
+	"pallet-nomination-pools-benchmarking?/std",
 	"pallet-identity/std",
 	"pallet-scheduler/std",
 	"node-primitives/std",
@@ -159,6 +167,7 @@ std = [
 	"pallet-randomness-collective-flip/std",
 	"sp-std/std",
 	"pallet-session/std",
+	"pallet-session-benchmarking?/std",
 	"sp-api/std",
 	"sp-runtime/std",
 	"sp-staking/std",
@@ -167,7 +176,7 @@ std = [
 	"sp-session/std",
 	"pallet-sudo/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-system-rpc-runtime-api/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"pallet-election-provider-multi-phase/std",
@@ -188,7 +197,7 @@ std = [
 	"pallet-uniques/std",
 	"pallet-vesting/std",
 	"log/std",
-	"frame-try-runtime/std",
+	"frame-try-runtime?/std",
 	"sp-io/std",
 	"pallet-child-bounties/std",
 	"pallet-alliance/std",
@@ -221,8 +230,8 @@ runtime-benchmarks = [
 	"pallet-membership/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"pallet-mmr/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"pallet-multisig/runtime-benchmarks",
-	"pallet-nomination-pools-benchmarking",
-	"pallet-offences-benchmarking",
+	"pallet-nomination-pools-benchmarking/runtime-benchmarks",
+	"pallet-offences-benchmarking/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"pallet-preimage/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"pallet-proxy/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"pallet-scheduler/runtime-benchmarks",
@@ -230,7 +239,7 @@ runtime-benchmarks = [
 	"pallet-referenda/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"pallet-recovery/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"pallet-remark/runtime-benchmarks",
-	"pallet-session-benchmarking",
+	"pallet-session-benchmarking/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"pallet-society/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"pallet-staking/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"pallet-state-trie-migration/runtime-benchmarks",
@@ -242,7 +251,7 @@ runtime-benchmarks = [
 	"pallet-uniques/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"pallet-vesting/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"pallet-whitelist/runtime-benchmarks",
-	"frame-system-benchmarking",
+	"frame-system-benchmarking/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"hex-literal",
 ]
 try-runtime = [
diff --git a/client/service/Cargo.toml b/client/service/Cargo.toml
index 76c61fe17f0da..3c574ef13c8e6 100644
--- a/client/service/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/service/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ rocksdb = ["sc-client-db/rocksdb"]
 wasmtime = ["sc-executor/wasmtime"]
 # exposes the client type
 test-helpers = []
+runtime-benchmarks = ["sc-client-db/runtime-benchmarks"]
 
 [dependencies]
 jsonrpsee = { version = "0.15.1", features = ["server"] }
diff --git a/frame/alliance/Cargo.toml b/frame/alliance/Cargo.toml
index 706827708ce88..24e047091009b 100644
--- a/frame/alliance/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/alliance/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ pallet-collective = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../collective" }
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"pallet-collective?/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"log/std",
 	"codec/std",
 	"scale-info/std",
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ std = [
 runtime-benchmarks = [
 	"hex",
 	"sha2",
-	"frame-benchmarking",
+	"frame-benchmarking/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"sp-runtime/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"frame-support/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"frame-system/runtime-benchmarks",
diff --git a/frame/assets/Cargo.toml b/frame/assets/Cargo.toml
index 9e98d4e15aed4..7e750f7618437 100644
--- a/frame/assets/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/assets/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ std = [
 	"sp-runtime/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 ]
 runtime-benchmarks = [
 	"frame-benchmarking/runtime-benchmarks",
diff --git a/frame/babe/Cargo.toml b/frame/babe/Cargo.toml
index dd76726df3017..9f79a404724e0 100644
--- a/frame/babe/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/babe/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ sp-core = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../../primitives/core" }
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
 	"codec/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"log/std",
diff --git a/frame/babe/src/benchmarking.rs b/frame/babe/src/benchmarking.rs
index ac7ab28b5164a..20002c97f8e56 100644
--- a/frame/babe/src/benchmarking.rs
+++ b/frame/babe/src/benchmarking.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 //! Benchmarks for the BABE Pallet.
 
+#![cfg(feature = "runtime-benchmarks")]
+
 use super::*;
 use frame_benchmarking::benchmarks;
 
@@ -70,30 +72,3 @@ benchmarks! {
 		crate::mock::Test,
 	)
 }
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-	use super::*;
-	use crate::mock::*;
-
-	#[test]
-	fn test_generate_equivocation_report_blob() {
-		let (pairs, mut ext) = new_test_ext_with_pairs(3);
-
-		let offending_authority_index = 0;
-		let offending_authority_pair = &pairs[0];
-
-		ext.execute_with(|| {
-			start_era(1);
-
-			let equivocation_proof = generate_equivocation_proof(
-				offending_authority_index,
-				offending_authority_pair,
-				CurrentSlot::<Test>::get() + 1,
-			);
-
-			println!("equivocation_proof: {:?}", equivocation_proof);
-			println!("equivocation_proof.encode(): {:?}", equivocation_proof.encode());
-		});
-	}
-}
diff --git a/frame/babe/src/tests.rs b/frame/babe/src/tests.rs
index 84e55ed5d050b..1015ada7f0185 100644
--- a/frame/babe/src/tests.rs
+++ b/frame/babe/src/tests.rs
@@ -926,3 +926,24 @@ fn add_epoch_configurations_migration_works() {
 		assert_eq!(PendingEpochConfigChange::<Test>::get(), Some(next_config_descriptor));
 	});
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn generate_equivocation_report_blob() {
+	let (pairs, mut ext) = new_test_ext_with_pairs(3);
+
+	let offending_authority_index = 0;
+	let offending_authority_pair = &pairs[0];
+
+	ext.execute_with(|| {
+		start_era(1);
+
+		let equivocation_proof = generate_equivocation_proof(
+			offending_authority_index,
+			offending_authority_pair,
+			CurrentSlot::<Test>::get() + 1,
+		);
+
+		println!("equivocation_proof: {:?}", equivocation_proof);
+		println!("equivocation_proof.encode(): {:?}", equivocation_proof.encode());
+	});
+}
diff --git a/frame/bags-list/Cargo.toml b/frame/bags-list/Cargo.toml
index 9590d3d3ec4a4..2f9fa6c624538 100644
--- a/frame/bags-list/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/bags-list/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,12 +41,18 @@ sp-core = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../../primitives/core"}
 sp-io = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../../primitives/io"}
 sp-tracing = { version = "5.0.0", path = "../../primitives/tracing" }
 pallet-balances = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../balances" }
-frame-election-provider-support = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../election-provider-support", features = ["runtime-benchmarks"] }
+frame-election-provider-support = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../election-provider-support" }
 frame-benchmarking = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../benchmarking" }
 
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"sp-tracing?/std",
+	"sp-io?/std",
+	"sp-core?/std",
+	"pallet-balances?/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
+	"scale-info/std",
 	"codec/std",
 	"sp-runtime/std",
 	"sp-std/std",
@@ -68,5 +74,6 @@ fuzz = [
 	"sp-io",
 	"pallet-balances",
 	"sp-tracing",
+	"frame-election-provider-support/fuzz",
 ]
 try-runtime = [ "frame-support/try-runtime" ]
diff --git a/frame/bags-list/fuzzer/Cargo.toml b/frame/bags-list/fuzzer/Cargo.toml
index ec7d98255b019..0f10077dcbce8 100644
--- a/frame/bags-list/fuzzer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/bags-list/fuzzer/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 honggfuzz = "0.5"
 rand = { version = "0.8", features = ["std", "small_rng"] }
-frame-election-provider-support = { version = "4.0.0-dev", features = ["runtime-benchmarks"], path = "../../election-provider-support" }
+frame-election-provider-support = { version = "4.0.0-dev", features = ["fuzz"], path = "../../election-provider-support" }
 pallet-bags-list = { version = "4.0.0-dev", features = ["fuzz"], path = ".." }
 
 [[bin]]
diff --git a/frame/bags-list/src/lib.rs b/frame/bags-list/src/lib.rs
index 02adc064790f2..2b48fbf0ca630 100644
--- a/frame/bags-list/src/lib.rs
+++ b/frame/bags-list/src/lib.rs
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ impl<T: Config<I>, I: 'static> ScoreProvider<T::AccountId> for Pallet<T, I> {
 		Node::<T, I>::get(id).map(|node| node.score()).unwrap_or_default()
 	}
 
-	#[cfg(any(feature = "runtime-benchmarks", test))]
+	#[cfg(any(feature = "runtime-benchmarks", feature = "fuzz", test))]
 	fn set_score_of(id: &T::AccountId, new_score: T::Score) {
 		ListNodes::<T, I>::mutate(id, |maybe_node| {
 			if let Some(node) = maybe_node.as_mut() {
diff --git a/frame/bags-list/src/list/mod.rs b/frame/bags-list/src/list/mod.rs
index cfa7daf198937..272526ad1a636 100644
--- a/frame/bags-list/src/list/mod.rs
+++ b/frame/bags-list/src/list/mod.rs
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ impl<T: Config<I>, I: 'static> Node<T, I> {
 		&self.id
 	}
 
-	#[cfg(any(feature = "runtime-benchmarks", test))]
+	#[cfg(any(feature = "runtime-benchmarks", feature = "fuzz", test))]
 	pub fn set_score(&mut self, s: T::Score) {
 		self.score = s
 	}
diff --git a/frame/bags-list/src/mock.rs b/frame/bags-list/src/mock.rs
index 1044e4c450a41..f6bde63b3867c 100644
--- a/frame/bags-list/src/mock.rs
+++ b/frame/bags-list/src/mock.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ impl frame_election_provider_support::ScoreProvider<AccountId> for StakingMock {
 		*NextVoteWeightMap::get().get(id).unwrap_or(&NextVoteWeight::get())
 	}
 
-	#[cfg(any(feature = "runtime-benchmarks", test))]
+	#[cfg(any(feature = "runtime-benchmarks", feature = "fuzz", test))]
 	fn set_score_of(id: &AccountId, weight: Self::Score) {
 		NEXT_VOTE_WEIGHT_MAP.with(|m| m.borrow_mut().insert(*id, weight));
 	}
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ pub struct ExtBuilder {
 	skip_genesis_ids: bool,
 }
 
+#[cfg(any(feature = "runtime-benchmarks", feature = "fuzz", test))]
 impl ExtBuilder {
 	/// Skip adding the default genesis ids to the list.
 	#[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/frame/balances/Cargo.toml b/frame/balances/Cargo.toml
index 10150f0895906..fd2312993b7e7 100644
--- a/frame/balances/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/balances/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ sp-io = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../../primitives/io" }
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
 	"codec/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"log/std",
diff --git a/frame/benchmarking/Cargo.toml b/frame/benchmarking/Cargo.toml
index c098eee528233..49603915ca6da 100644
--- a/frame/benchmarking/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/benchmarking/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,4 +54,6 @@ std = [
 	"sp-std/std",
 	"sp-storage/std",
 ]
-runtime-benchmarks = []
+runtime-benchmarks = [
+	"frame-system/runtime-benchmarks",
+]
diff --git a/frame/benchmarking/src/lib.rs b/frame/benchmarking/src/lib.rs
index 614216a96940a..53814a4e71a99 100644
--- a/frame/benchmarking/src/lib.rs
+++ b/frame/benchmarking/src/lib.rs
@@ -975,6 +975,8 @@ macro_rules! impl_benchmark {
 		( $( $name_extra:ident ),* )
 		( $( $name_skip_meta:ident ),* )
 	) => {
+		// We only need to implement benchmarks for the runtime-benchmarks feature or testing.
+		#[cfg(any(feature = "runtime-benchmarks", test))]
 		impl<T: Config $(<$instance>, $instance: $instance_bound )? >
 			$crate::Benchmarking for Pallet<T $(, $instance)? >
 			where T: frame_system::Config, $( $where_clause )*
diff --git a/frame/bounties/Cargo.toml b/frame/bounties/Cargo.toml
index 645772fb27669..4aaf088abb5b6 100644
--- a/frame/bounties/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/bounties/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ pallet-balances = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../balances" }
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"codec/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
diff --git a/frame/child-bounties/Cargo.toml b/frame/child-bounties/Cargo.toml
index 575f3e38c8183..ee9a838744d25 100644
--- a/frame/child-bounties/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/child-bounties/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ pallet-balances = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../balances" }
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"codec/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
diff --git a/frame/collective/Cargo.toml b/frame/collective/Cargo.toml
index 0cb2a8b136044..aca2434127f03 100644
--- a/frame/collective/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/collective/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ sp-std = { version = "4.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../primitives
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
 	"codec/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"log/std",
diff --git a/frame/contracts/Cargo.toml b/frame/contracts/Cargo.toml
index 019f111302a55..284b186a8dff2 100644
--- a/frame/contracts/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/contracts/Cargo.toml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ std = [
 	"sp-io/std",
 	"sp-std/std",
 	"sp-sandbox/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"wasm-instrument/std",
diff --git a/frame/conviction-voting/Cargo.toml b/frame/conviction-voting/Cargo.toml
index ab6d04d199bc6..3c40017ece8e7 100644
--- a/frame/conviction-voting/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/conviction-voting/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ sp-core = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../../primitives/core" }
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
 	"codec/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"scale-info/std",
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ std = [
 	"sp-std/std",
 ]
 runtime-benchmarks = [
-	"frame-benchmarking",
+	"frame-support/runtime-benchmarks",
+	"frame-benchmarking/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"frame-support/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"frame-system/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"sp-runtime/runtime-benchmarks",
diff --git a/frame/democracy/Cargo.toml b/frame/democracy/Cargo.toml
index e0b85ed7d18df..f0ab3162c892b 100644
--- a/frame/democracy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/democracy/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ sp-core = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../../primitives/core" }
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
 	"codec/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"scale-info/std",
diff --git a/frame/election-provider-multi-phase/Cargo.toml b/frame/election-provider-multi-phase/Cargo.toml
index aea3b5cd6d2b0..ca94fef6a4356 100644
--- a/frame/election-provider-multi-phase/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/election-provider-multi-phase/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ frame-benchmarking = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../benchmarking" }
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"pallet-election-provider-support-benchmarking?/std",
 	"codec/std",
 	"scale-info/std",
 	"log/std",
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ std = [
 	"frame-election-provider-support/std",
 	"log/std",
 
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"rand/std",
 	"strum/std",
 ]
diff --git a/frame/election-provider-support/Cargo.toml b/frame/election-provider-support/Cargo.toml
index 67e1ea63cb655..5d064c770f8d9 100644
--- a/frame/election-provider-support/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/election-provider-support/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ sp-npos-elections = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../../primitives/npos-elect
 
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
+fuzz = ["default"]
 std = [
 	"codec/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
diff --git a/frame/election-provider-support/benchmarking/Cargo.toml b/frame/election-provider-support/benchmarking/Cargo.toml
index 00037d460db17..0f296d9a70ee0 100644
--- a/frame/election-provider-support/benchmarking/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/election-provider-support/benchmarking/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ sp-runtime = { version = "6.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../../pri
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
 	"codec/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-election-provider-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"sp-npos-elections/std",
diff --git a/frame/election-provider-support/src/lib.rs b/frame/election-provider-support/src/lib.rs
index 21a01ce1904ec..9f60411435da0 100644
--- a/frame/election-provider-support/src/lib.rs
+++ b/frame/election-provider-support/src/lib.rs
@@ -519,9 +519,7 @@ pub trait SortedListProvider<AccountId> {
 	/// If `who` changes by the returned amount they are guaranteed to have a worst case change
 	/// in their list position.
 	#[cfg(feature = "runtime-benchmarks")]
-	fn score_update_worst_case(_who: &AccountId, _is_increase: bool) -> Self::Score {
-		Self::Score::max_value()
-	}
+	fn score_update_worst_case(_who: &AccountId, _is_increase: bool) -> Self::Score;
 }
 
 /// Something that can provide the `Score` of an account. Similar to [`ElectionProvider`] and
@@ -533,8 +531,8 @@ pub trait ScoreProvider<AccountId> {
 	/// Get the current `Score` of `who`.
 	fn score(who: &AccountId) -> Self::Score;
 
-	/// For tests and benchmarks, set the `score`.
-	#[cfg(any(feature = "runtime-benchmarks", test))]
+	/// For tests, benchmarks and fuzzing, set the `score`.
+	#[cfg(any(feature = "runtime-benchmarks", feature = "fuzz", test))]
 	fn set_score_of(_: &AccountId, _: Self::Score) {}
 }
 
diff --git a/frame/elections-phragmen/Cargo.toml b/frame/elections-phragmen/Cargo.toml
index d71a74f76a114..2d71a6bed39df 100644
--- a/frame/elections-phragmen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/elections-phragmen/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ substrate-test-utils = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../../test-utils" }
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"codec/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
diff --git a/frame/examples/basic/Cargo.toml b/frame/examples/basic/Cargo.toml
index a5f0c7c89321a..e06bfa374cd9b 100644
--- a/frame/examples/basic/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/examples/basic/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ sp-core = { version = "6.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../../primit
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
 	"codec/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"log/std",
diff --git a/frame/gilt/Cargo.toml b/frame/gilt/Cargo.toml
index d6f61c6d250ba..8c60c847027a3 100644
--- a/frame/gilt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/gilt/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ sp-io = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../../primitives/io" }
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
 	"codec/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"scale-info/std",
diff --git a/frame/grandpa/Cargo.toml b/frame/grandpa/Cargo.toml
index 2090a4ea2e228..4bd17b914cefa 100644
--- a/frame/grandpa/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/grandpa/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ sp-keyring = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../../primitives/keyring" }
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
 	"codec/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"log/std",
diff --git a/frame/identity/Cargo.toml b/frame/identity/Cargo.toml
index 8e821537fd9b2..92e55c5c2b934 100644
--- a/frame/identity/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/identity/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ sp-core = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../../primitives/core" }
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
 	"codec/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"scale-info/std",
diff --git a/frame/im-online/Cargo.toml b/frame/im-online/Cargo.toml
index a90b95b21cd88..8c08ad1a8a89a 100644
--- a/frame/im-online/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/im-online/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ pallet-session = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../session" }
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"codec/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
diff --git a/frame/indices/Cargo.toml b/frame/indices/Cargo.toml
index 90eb18a106000..adc3f2a6ea90f 100644
--- a/frame/indices/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/indices/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ pallet-balances = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../balances" }
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"codec/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
diff --git a/frame/lottery/Cargo.toml b/frame/lottery/Cargo.toml
index 8f7c8eefe800d..486bb356059f6 100644
--- a/frame/lottery/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/lottery/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ sp-io = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../../primitives/io" }
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"codec/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
diff --git a/frame/membership/Cargo.toml b/frame/membership/Cargo.toml
index 0473fd46956af..8ec1087e5ac0e 100644
--- a/frame/membership/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/membership/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ sp-std = { version = "4.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../primitives
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
 	"codec/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"log/std",
diff --git a/frame/merkle-mountain-range/Cargo.toml b/frame/merkle-mountain-range/Cargo.toml
index 75301afed0094..43d7d6ba2eed7 100644
--- a/frame/merkle-mountain-range/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/merkle-mountain-range/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ itertools = "0.10.3"
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
 	"codec/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"mmr-lib/std",
diff --git a/frame/merkle-mountain-range/src/benchmarking.rs b/frame/merkle-mountain-range/src/benchmarking.rs
index b698e432534d8..d24364a55f9e6 100644
--- a/frame/merkle-mountain-range/src/benchmarking.rs
+++ b/frame/merkle-mountain-range/src/benchmarking.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 //! Benchmarks for the MMR pallet.
 
+#![cfg(feature = "runtime-benchmarks")]
+
 use crate::*;
 use frame_benchmarking::benchmarks_instance_pallet;
 use frame_support::traits::OnInitialize;
diff --git a/frame/merkle-mountain-range/src/lib.rs b/frame/merkle-mountain-range/src/lib.rs
index 4644ebcb7da1c..9f989847af0f9 100644
--- a/frame/merkle-mountain-range/src/lib.rs
+++ b/frame/merkle-mountain-range/src/lib.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ use sp_runtime::{
 	SaturatedConversion,
 };
 
-#[cfg(any(feature = "runtime-benchmarks", test))]
+#[cfg(feature = "runtime-benchmarks")]
 mod benchmarking;
 mod default_weights;
 mod mmr;
diff --git a/frame/multisig/Cargo.toml b/frame/multisig/Cargo.toml
index a370215032714..6c8b5fbaa7362 100644
--- a/frame/multisig/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/multisig/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ sp-core = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../../primitives/core" }
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"codec/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
diff --git a/frame/nomination-pools/Cargo.toml b/frame/nomination-pools/Cargo.toml
index ef8465e670bf6..459ee5f440a12 100644
--- a/frame/nomination-pools/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/nomination-pools/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ sp-tracing = { version = "5.0.0", path = "../../primitives/tracing" }
 rand = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["small_rng"] }
 
 [features]
-runtime-benchmarks = []
-try-runtime = [ "frame-support/try-runtime" ]
-fuzz-test = []
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
 	"codec/std",
@@ -48,3 +45,10 @@ std = [
 	"sp-core/std",
 	"log/std",
 ]
+runtime-benchmarks = [
+	"sp-staking/runtime-benchmarks",
+]
+try-runtime = [
+	"frame-support/try-runtime"
+]
+fuzz-test = []
diff --git a/frame/nomination-pools/benchmarking/Cargo.toml b/frame/nomination-pools/benchmarking/Cargo.toml
index 2e045c95ec9b3..69ba6585481d5 100644
--- a/frame/nomination-pools/benchmarking/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/nomination-pools/benchmarking/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@ frame-benchmarking = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "
 frame-election-provider-support = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../election-provider-support" }
 frame-support = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../support" }
 frame-system = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../system" }
-pallet-bags-list = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, features = ["runtime-benchmarks"], path = "../../bags-list" }
-pallet-staking = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, features = ["runtime-benchmarks"], path = "../../staking" }
-pallet-nomination-pools = { version = "1.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../", features = ["runtime-benchmarks"] }
+pallet-bags-list = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../bags-list" }
+pallet-staking = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../staking" }
+pallet-nomination-pools = { version = "1.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../" }
 
 # Substrate Primitives
 sp-runtime = { version = "6.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../../primitives/runtime" }
+sp-runtime-interface = { version = "6.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../../primitives/runtime-interface" }
 sp-staking = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../../primitives/staking" }
 sp-std = { version = "4.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../../primitives/std" }
 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ sp-io = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../../../primitives/io" }
 
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
+
 std = [
 	"frame-benchmarking/std",
 	"frame-election-provider-support/std",
@@ -49,7 +51,20 @@ std = [
 	"pallet-staking/std",
 	"pallet-nomination-pools/std",
 	"sp-runtime/std",
+	"sp-runtime-interface/std",
+	"sp-io/std",
 	"sp-staking/std",
-	"sp-std/std",
-	"pallet-balances/std",
+	"sp-std/std",	
+]
+
+runtime-benchmarks = [
+	"frame-election-provider-support/runtime-benchmarks",
+	"frame-system/runtime-benchmarks",
+	"frame-benchmarking/runtime-benchmarks",
+	"sp-runtime/runtime-benchmarks",
+	"sp-staking/runtime-benchmarks",
+	"frame-support/runtime-benchmarks",
+	"pallet-staking/runtime-benchmarks",
+	"pallet-nomination-pools/runtime-benchmarks",
+	"pallet-bags-list/runtime-benchmarks",
 ]
diff --git a/frame/nomination-pools/benchmarking/src/lib.rs b/frame/nomination-pools/benchmarking/src/lib.rs
index 07d5c63493ef8..581cfc12a3121 100644
--- a/frame/nomination-pools/benchmarking/src/lib.rs
+++ b/frame/nomination-pools/benchmarking/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 //! Benchmarks for the nomination pools coupled with the staking and bags list pallets.
 
+#![cfg(feature = "runtime-benchmarks")]
 #![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/frame/offences/benchmarking/Cargo.toml b/frame/offences/benchmarking/Cargo.toml
index 2b8e461b84192..3c7a43068af82 100644
--- a/frame/offences/benchmarking/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/offences/benchmarking/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,13 +23,9 @@ pallet-babe = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../b
 pallet-balances = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../balances" }
 pallet-grandpa = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../grandpa" }
 pallet-im-online = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../im-online" }
-pallet-offences = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, features = [
-	"runtime-benchmarks",
-], path = "../../offences" }
+pallet-offences = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../offences" }
 pallet-session = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../session" }
-pallet-staking = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, features = [
-	"runtime-benchmarks",
-], path = "../../staking" }
+pallet-staking = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../staking" }
 sp-runtime = { version = "6.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../../primitives/runtime" }
 sp-staking = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../../primitives/staking" }
 sp-std = { version = "4.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../../primitives/std" }
@@ -60,3 +56,7 @@ std = [
 	"sp-staking/std",
 	"sp-std/std",
 ]
+
+runtime-benchmarks = [
+	"pallet-staking/runtime-benchmarks",
+]
diff --git a/frame/offences/benchmarking/src/lib.rs b/frame/offences/benchmarking/src/lib.rs
index f73dd9caac9c6..c9498214eade4 100644
--- a/frame/offences/benchmarking/src/lib.rs
+++ b/frame/offences/benchmarking/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 //! Offences pallet benchmarking.
 
+#![cfg(feature = "runtime-benchmarks")]
 #![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
 
 mod mock;
diff --git a/frame/preimage/Cargo.toml b/frame/preimage/Cargo.toml
index 325e906c61a3c..9a5cc186cca64 100644
--- a/frame/preimage/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/preimage/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ runtime-benchmarks = [
 ]
 std = [
 	"codec/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"scale-info/std",
diff --git a/frame/proxy/Cargo.toml b/frame/proxy/Cargo.toml
index aaacaa23021e7..afec89ad40fb8 100644
--- a/frame/proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ sp-core = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../../primitives/core" }
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"codec/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
diff --git a/frame/ranked-collective/Cargo.toml b/frame/ranked-collective/Cargo.toml
index cb43b9ea4c831..c8cf671a97467 100644
--- a/frame/ranked-collective/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/ranked-collective/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ sp-std = { version = "4.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../primitives
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
 	"codec/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"log/std",
diff --git a/frame/recovery/Cargo.toml b/frame/recovery/Cargo.toml
index 396555b3e2758..fb33b88d2dfab 100644
--- a/frame/recovery/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/recovery/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ runtime-benchmarks = [
 ]
 std = [
 	"codec/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"scale-info/std",
diff --git a/frame/referenda/Cargo.toml b/frame/referenda/Cargo.toml
index 508f5a5ef8688..4e68d7528ad8a 100644
--- a/frame/referenda/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/referenda/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ sp-core = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../../primitives/core" }
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
 	"codec/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"sp-runtime/std",
 	"sp-arithmetic/std",
diff --git a/frame/remark/Cargo.toml b/frame/remark/Cargo.toml
index fe20365b7c904..f644ea723b59f 100644
--- a/frame/remark/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/remark/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ sp-core = { version = "6.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../primitive
 default = ["std"]
 runtime-benchmarks = ["frame-benchmarking/runtime-benchmarks"]
 std = [
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"codec/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
diff --git a/frame/scheduler/Cargo.toml b/frame/scheduler/Cargo.toml
index d92d0df0c8037..e78d8cd5061c1 100644
--- a/frame/scheduler/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/scheduler/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ runtime-benchmarks = [
 ]
 std = [
 	"codec/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"log/std",
diff --git a/frame/session/benchmarking/Cargo.toml b/frame/session/benchmarking/Cargo.toml
index 930ddb0ce7057..5b2fc0c9e1ebf 100644
--- a/frame/session/benchmarking/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/session/benchmarking/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ frame-benchmarking = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "
 frame-support = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../support" }
 frame-system = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../system" }
 pallet-session = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../session" }
-pallet-staking = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, features = ["runtime-benchmarks"], path = "../../staking" }
+pallet-staking = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../staking" }
 sp-runtime = { version = "6.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../../primitives/runtime" }
 sp-session = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../../primitives/session" }
 sp-std = { version = "4.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../../primitives/std" }
@@ -46,3 +46,7 @@ std = [
 	"sp-session/std",
 	"sp-std/std",
 ]
+
+runtime-benchmarks = [
+	"pallet-staking/runtime-benchmarks",
+]
diff --git a/frame/session/benchmarking/src/lib.rs b/frame/session/benchmarking/src/lib.rs
index 265c35cbe4908..9e478ada53cf2 100644
--- a/frame/session/benchmarking/src/lib.rs
+++ b/frame/session/benchmarking/src/lib.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 //! Benchmarks for the Session Pallet.
 // This is separated into its own crate due to cyclic dependency issues.
 
+#![cfg(feature = "runtime-benchmarks")]
 #![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
 
 mod mock;
diff --git a/frame/staking/Cargo.toml b/frame/staking/Cargo.toml
index 37d13a54ba5ed..54d21f7ca6bcc 100644
--- a/frame/staking/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/staking/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ sp-npos-elections = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../../primitives/npos-elect
 pallet-balances = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../balances" }
 pallet-timestamp = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../timestamp" }
 pallet-staking-reward-curve = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../staking/reward-curve" }
-pallet-bags-list = { version = "4.0.0-dev", features = ["runtime-benchmarks"], path = "../bags-list" }
+pallet-bags-list = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../bags-list" }
 substrate-test-utils = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../../test-utils" }
 frame-benchmarking = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../benchmarking" }
 frame-election-provider-support = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../election-provider-support" }
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ rand_chacha = { version = "0.2" }
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"serde",
 	"codec/std",
 	"scale-info/std",
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ std = [
 	"sp-runtime/std",
 	"sp-staking/std",
 	"pallet-session/std",
+	"pallet-bags-list/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"pallet-authorship/std",
 	"sp-application-crypto/std",
@@ -74,3 +76,7 @@ runtime-benchmarks = [
 	"sp-staking/runtime-benchmarks",
 ]
 try-runtime = ["frame-support/try-runtime"]
+fuzz = [
+	"pallet-bags-list/fuzz",
+	"frame-election-provider-support/fuzz",
+]
diff --git a/frame/staking/src/pallet/impls.rs b/frame/staking/src/pallet/impls.rs
index 13038527bc2f8..aa8b2c01c6ff2 100644
--- a/frame/staking/src/pallet/impls.rs
+++ b/frame/staking/src/pallet/impls.rs
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ impl<T: Config> ScoreProvider<T::AccountId> for Pallet<T> {
 		Self::weight_of(who)
 	}
 
-	#[cfg(feature = "runtime-benchmarks")]
+	#[cfg(any(feature = "runtime-benchmarks", feature = "fuzz"))]
 	fn set_score_of(who: &T::AccountId, weight: Self::Score) {
 		// this will clearly results in an inconsistent state, but it should not matter for a
 		// benchmark.
@@ -1378,6 +1378,11 @@ impl<T: Config> SortedListProvider<T::AccountId> for UseNominatorsAndValidatorsM
 		#[allow(deprecated)]
 		Validators::<T>::remove_all();
 	}
+
+	#[cfg(feature = "runtime-benchmarks")]
+	fn score_update_worst_case(_who: &T::AccountId, _is_increase: bool) -> Self::Score {
+		unimplemented!()
+	}
 }
 
 impl<T: Config> StakingInterface for Pallet<T> {
diff --git a/frame/state-trie-migration/Cargo.toml b/frame/state-trie-migration/Cargo.toml
index f8a3b1ba3aab4..b803aad69263f 100644
--- a/frame/state-trie-migration/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/state-trie-migration/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ sp-tracing = { path = "../../primitives/tracing" }
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
 	"codec/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"log/std",
diff --git a/frame/support/Cargo.toml b/frame/support/Cargo.toml
index d0a40a09f2211..98db3aa6aa49d 100644
--- a/frame/support/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/support/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ tt-call = "1.0.8"
 frame-support-procedural = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "./procedural" }
 paste = "1.0"
 once_cell = { version = "1", default-features = false, optional = true }
-sp-state-machine = { version = "0.12.0", optional = true, path = "../../primitives/state-machine" }
+sp-state-machine = { version = "0.12.0", default-features = false, optional = true, path = "../../primitives/state-machine" }
 bitflags = "1.3"
 impl-trait-for-tuples = "0.2.2"
 smallvec = "1.8.0"
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ parity-util-mem = { version = "0.11.0", default-features = false, features = ["p
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"sp-core/std",
+	"k256/std",
 	"once_cell",
 	"serde",
 	"sp-api/std",
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ std = [
 	"frame-metadata/std",
 	"sp-inherents/std",
 	"sp-staking/std",
-	"sp-state-machine",
+	"sp-state-machine/std",
 	"sp-weights/std",
 	"frame-support-procedural/std",
 	"log/std",
diff --git a/frame/system/benchmarking/Cargo.toml b/frame/system/benchmarking/Cargo.toml
index 437d06a17c781..9ec9ed2ae6d21 100644
--- a/frame/system/benchmarking/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/system/benchmarking/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,3 +37,9 @@ std = [
 	"sp-runtime/std",
 	"sp-std/std",
 ]
+
+runtime-benchmarks = [
+	"frame-benchmarking/runtime-benchmarks",
+	"frame-support/runtime-benchmarks",
+	"frame-system/runtime-benchmarks",
+]
diff --git a/frame/timestamp/Cargo.toml b/frame/timestamp/Cargo.toml
index 8967733f7c5c8..ac495d84b2c1e 100644
--- a/frame/timestamp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/timestamp/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ sp-io = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../../primitives/io" }
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"sp-io?/std",
 	"codec/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"log/std",
diff --git a/frame/tips/Cargo.toml b/frame/tips/Cargo.toml
index e2ca152148db6..b00a684c1c83b 100644
--- a/frame/tips/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/tips/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ sp-storage = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../../primitives/storage" }
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"codec/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
diff --git a/frame/transaction-payment/asset-tx-payment/Cargo.toml b/frame/transaction-payment/asset-tx-payment/Cargo.toml
index de9772d885529..2c1247cfc557a 100644
--- a/frame/transaction-payment/asset-tx-payment/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/transaction-payment/asset-tx-payment/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ pallet-balances = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../../balances" }
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"scale-info/std",
 	"serde",
 	"codec/std",
 	"sp-std/std",
diff --git a/frame/transaction-storage/Cargo.toml b/frame/transaction-storage/Cargo.toml
index 8ed34cb50a652..61b71b000a616 100644
--- a/frame/transaction-storage/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/transaction-storage/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ sp-transaction-storage-proof = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = true,
 default = ["std"]
 runtime-benchmarks = ["frame-benchmarking/runtime-benchmarks", "hex-literal"]
 std = [
+	"log/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"codec/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
diff --git a/frame/treasury/Cargo.toml b/frame/treasury/Cargo.toml
index 56c2fcdab58f7..08b0acdba5deb 100644
--- a/frame/treasury/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/treasury/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ sp-io = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../../primitives/io" }
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"codec/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
diff --git a/frame/uniques/Cargo.toml b/frame/uniques/Cargo.toml
index 19b0790947f84..31aa608ff84b6 100644
--- a/frame/uniques/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/uniques/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ sp-std = { version = "4.0.0", path = "../../primitives/std" }
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
 	"codec/std",
-	"frame-benchmarking/std",
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
 	"log/std",
diff --git a/frame/utility/Cargo.toml b/frame/utility/Cargo.toml
index 7b56d7974e4b5..cbe2892d72dc7 100644
--- a/frame/utility/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/utility/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ sp-core = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../../primitives/core" }
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"codec/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
diff --git a/frame/vesting/Cargo.toml b/frame/vesting/Cargo.toml
index eb902c0633331..6a64b474d1485 100644
--- a/frame/vesting/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/vesting/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ sp-io = { version = "6.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../primitives/
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"codec/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
diff --git a/frame/whitelist/Cargo.toml b/frame/whitelist/Cargo.toml
index daee560904a08..895a6e753816d 100644
--- a/frame/whitelist/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/whitelist/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ sp-io = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../../primitives/io" }
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"frame-benchmarking?/std",
 	"codec/std",
 	"frame-support/std",
 	"frame-system/std",
diff --git a/primitives/api/Cargo.toml b/primitives/api/Cargo.toml
index 75c935bf844bd..a322799048a31 100644
--- a/primitives/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/primitives/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ sp-core = { version = "6.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../core" }
 sp-std = { version = "4.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../std" }
 sp-runtime = { version = "6.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../runtime" }
 sp-version = { version = "5.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../version" }
-sp-state-machine = { version = "0.12.0", optional = true, path = "../state-machine" }
-sp-trie = { version = "6.0.0", optional = true, path = "../trie" }
+sp-state-machine = { version = "0.12.0", default-features = false, optional = true, path = "../state-machine" }
+sp-trie = { version = "6.0.0", default-features = false, optional = true, path = "../trie" }
 hash-db = { version = "0.15.2", optional = true }
 thiserror = { version = "1.0.30", optional = true }
 
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ std = [
 	"sp-core/std",
 	"sp-std/std",
 	"sp-runtime/std",
-	"sp-state-machine",
-	"sp-trie",
+	"sp-state-machine/std",
+	"sp-trie/std",
 	"sp-version/std",
 	"hash-db",
 	"thiserror",
diff --git a/primitives/core/Cargo.toml b/primitives/core/Cargo.toml
index bf54f8467d1ef..b611449b6730f 100644
--- a/primitives/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/primitives/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ bench = false
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"parity-util-mem/std",
+	"merlin?/std",
 	"full_crypto",
 	"log/std",
 	"thiserror",
diff --git a/primitives/core/hashing/Cargo.toml b/primitives/core/hashing/Cargo.toml
index d85e28d1b2e56..d6fc6bed31fec 100644
--- a/primitives/core/hashing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/primitives/core/hashing/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ sp-std = { version = "4.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../../std" }
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"digest/std",
 	"blake2/std",
 	"byteorder/std",
 	"sha2/std",
diff --git a/primitives/inherents/Cargo.toml b/primitives/inherents/Cargo.toml
index 628f938880e9f..b176147c053a6 100644
--- a/primitives/inherents/Cargo.toml
+++ b/primitives/inherents/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.0.0", default-features =
 impl-trait-for-tuples = "0.2.2"
 thiserror = { version = "1.0.30", optional = true }
 sp-core = { version = "6.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../core" }
-sp-runtime = { version = "6.0.0", optional = true, path = "../runtime" }
+sp-runtime = { version = "6.0.0", optional = true, default-features = false, path = "../runtime" }
 sp-std = { version = "4.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../std" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ std = [
 	"async-trait",
 	"codec/std",
 	"sp-core/std",
-	"sp-runtime",
+	"sp-runtime/std",
 	"sp-std/std",
 	"thiserror",
 ]
diff --git a/primitives/io/Cargo.toml b/primitives/io/Cargo.toml
index 2e271d3949dee..26dec17e032dd 100644
--- a/primitives/io/Cargo.toml
+++ b/primitives/io/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ sp-core = { version = "6.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../core" }
 sp-keystore = { version = "0.12.0", default-features = false, optional = true, path = "../keystore" }
 sp-std = { version = "4.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../std" }
 libsecp256k1 = { version = "0.7", optional = true }
-sp-state-machine = { version = "0.12.0", optional = true, path = "../state-machine" }
+sp-state-machine = { version = "0.12.0", default-features = false, optional = true, path = "../state-machine" }
 sp-wasm-interface = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../wasm-interface", default-features = false }
 sp-runtime-interface = { version = "6.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../runtime-interface" }
-sp-trie = { version = "6.0.0", optional = true, path = "../trie" }
+sp-trie = { version = "6.0.0", default-features = false, optional = true, path = "../trie" }
 sp-externalities = { version = "0.12.0", default-features = false, path = "../externalities" }
 sp-tracing = { version = "5.0.0", default-features = false, path = "../tracing" }
 log = { version = "0.4.17", optional = true }
@@ -38,14 +38,15 @@ tracing-core = { version = "0.1.28", default-features = false}
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+	"bytes/std",
 	"sp-externalities/std",
 	"sp-core/std",
 	"sp-keystore",
 	"codec/std",
 	"sp-std/std",
 	"hash-db/std",
-	"sp-trie",
-	"sp-state-machine",
+	"sp-trie/std",
+	"sp-state-machine/std",
 	"libsecp256k1",
 	"secp256k1",
 	"sp-runtime-interface/std",
diff --git a/primitives/runtime-interface/Cargo.toml b/primitives/runtime-interface/Cargo.toml
index a657c98381c9a..51367d40d0cd0 100644
--- a/primitives/runtime-interface/Cargo.toml
+++ b/primitives/runtime-interface/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ trybuild = "1.0.60"
 [features]
 default = [ "std" ]
 std = [
+	"sp-storage/std",
+	"bytes/std",
 	"sp-wasm-interface/std",
 	"sp-std/std",
 	"sp-tracing/std",
diff --git a/primitives/runtime/Cargo.toml b/primitives/runtime/Cargo.toml
index 030c44c284593..6ef6cd15cfbaa 100644
--- a/primitives/runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/primitives/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ sp-tracing = { version = "5.0.0", path = "../../primitives/tracing" }
 substrate-test-runtime-client = { version = "2.0.0", path = "../../test-utils/runtime/client" }
 
 [features]
-bench = []
 runtime-benchmarks = []
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
diff --git a/primitives/runtime/src/lib.rs b/primitives/runtime/src/lib.rs
index 9c2b691f64faa..8017a6ac529a2 100644
--- a/primitives/runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/primitives/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@
 
 #![warn(missing_docs)]
 #![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
-// to allow benchmarking
-#![cfg_attr(feature = "bench", feature(test))]
-#[cfg(feature = "bench")]
-extern crate test;
 
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub use codec;
diff --git a/test-utils/runtime/Cargo.toml b/test-utils/runtime/Cargo.toml
index 6cea6282f5bd8..744cc527e6012 100644
--- a/test-utils/runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/test-utils/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ default = [
 	"std",
 ]
 std = [
+	"parity-util-mem/std",
 	"beefy-primitives/std",
 	"beefy-merkle-tree/std",
 	"sp-application-crypto/std",
diff --git a/utils/frame/benchmarking-cli/Cargo.toml b/utils/frame/benchmarking-cli/Cargo.toml
index 4f9d703544096..9e5cb12070af9 100644
--- a/utils/frame/benchmarking-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/frame/benchmarking-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ sp-trie = { version = "6.0.0", path = "../../../primitives/trie" }
 gethostname = "0.2.3"
 
 [features]
-default = ["rocksdb", "runtime-benchmarks"]
+default = ["rocksdb"]
 runtime-benchmarks = ["sc-client-db/runtime-benchmarks"]
 rocksdb = ["sc-cli/rocksdb", "sc-client-db/rocksdb"]
diff --git a/utils/frame/generate-bags/Cargo.toml b/utils/frame/generate-bags/Cargo.toml
index 34d62ab0d8b5f..18f668485114b 100644
--- a/utils/frame/generate-bags/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/frame/generate-bags/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 [dependencies]
 # FRAME
 frame-support = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../../../frame/support" }
-frame-election-provider-support = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../../../frame/election-provider-support", features = ["runtime-benchmarks"] }
+frame-election-provider-support = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../../../frame/election-provider-support" }
 frame-system = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../../../frame/system" }
 pallet-staking = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../../../frame/staking" }