diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d947e35..8f34653 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ clean:
 clean-all: CLEANING=yes
 clean-all: bench-clean clean-emacs clean clean-extern
 
-bench: lib $(BENCH_TARGETS)
+bench: $(BENCH_TARGETS)
 
 .PHONY: clean tangle bench
 
diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 8706df4..9774136 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ namespace atrip {
                    << "," << pretty_print(origin_.low)
               << "\n";
 
-#ifdef TODO
+#ifndef TRIPLES_DONT_SLICE
     toSlice.slice( toSlice_.low.data()
                  , toSlice_.up.data()
                  , 0.0
@@ -2442,6 +2442,7 @@ Atrip::Output Atrip::run(Atrip::Input const& in) {
 #+begin_src c++ :tangle (atrip-debug-h)
 #pragma once
 #define TRIPLES_BENCHMARK
+#define TRIPLES_DONT_SLICE
 #define TRIPLES_DEBUG 1
 //#define TRIPLES_WORKLOAD_DUMP
 #define TRIPLES_USE_DGEMM