diff --git a/cmd/bench/gotest.go b/cmd/bench/gotest.go
index 02d1574..ac8b46a 100644
--- a/cmd/bench/gotest.go
+++ b/cmd/bench/gotest.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func goTest(tcs []*toolchain) error {
 	for _, tc := range tcs {
 		log.Printf("Running Go test benchmarks for %s", tc.Name)
 		fmt.Printf("toolchain: %s\n", tc.Name)
-		err := tc.Do("", "test", "-v", "-run=none", "-bench=.", "-count=5", "golang.org/x/benchmarks/...")
+		err := tc.Do("", "test", "-v", "-run=none", "-short", "-bench=.", "-count=5", "golang.org/x/benchmarks/...")
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error running gotest with toolchain %s: %w", tc.Name, err)
 		}
diff --git a/gc_latency/latency.go b/gc_latency/latency.go
index de1afca..3b4e925 100644
--- a/gc_latency/latency.go
+++ b/gc_latency/latency.go
@@ -202,13 +202,19 @@ func (lb0 *LB) bench(b *testing.B) {
 	average, median := time.Duration(lb.total.Nanoseconds()/int64(count)), delays[len(delays)/2]
 	p29, p39, p49, p59, p69 := lb.delays[int(0.99*delayLen)], delays[int(0.999*delayLen)], delays[int(0.9999*delayLen)], delays[int(0.99999*delayLen)], delays[int(0.999999*delayLen)]
 	if b != nil {
-		b.ReportMetric(float64(average.Nanoseconds()), "ns/op")
-		b.ReportMetric(float64(median), "p50-ns")
-		b.ReportMetric(float64(p29), "p99-ns")
-		b.ReportMetric(float64(p39), "p99.9-ns")
-		b.ReportMetric(float64(p49), "p99.99-ns")
-		b.ReportMetric(float64(p59), "p99.999-ns")
-		b.ReportMetric(float64(p69), "p99.9999-ns")
+		if testing.Short() {
+			b.ReportMetric(0, "ns/op")
+			b.ReportMetric(float64(p59), "p99.999-ns")
+			b.ReportMetric(float64(p69), "p99.9999-ns")
+		} else {
+			b.ReportMetric(float64(average.Nanoseconds()), "ns/op")
+			b.ReportMetric(float64(median), "p50-ns")
+			b.ReportMetric(float64(p29), "p99-ns")
+			b.ReportMetric(float64(p39), "p99.9-ns")
+			b.ReportMetric(float64(p49), "p99.99-ns")
+			b.ReportMetric(float64(p59), "p99.999-ns")
+			b.ReportMetric(float64(p69), "p99.9999-ns")
+		}
 		if reportWorstFlag {
 			b.ReportMetric(float64(lb.worst), "worst")
 		}
diff --git a/gc_latency/latency_test.go b/gc_latency/latency_test.go
index a86d84f..c507ec4 100644
--- a/gc_latency/latency_test.go
+++ b/gc_latency/latency_test.go
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ func BenchmarkGCLatency(b *testing.B) {
 		{"global", true},
 	}
 
+	if testing.Short() {
+		tcs = []testCase{
+			{"stack", false},
+			{"heap", false},
+			{"global", false},
+		}
+	}
+
 	for _, tc := range tcs {
 		lb := &LB{doFluff: tc.withFluff, howAllocated: tc.howAlloc}
 		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("how=%s/fluff=%v", tc.howAlloc, tc.withFluff),