diff --git a/benches/barbershop.rs b/benches/barbershop.rs
index ce7f58c374d3b9ffc38c7f5dfd90903031f13569..179410d8de3e021753f69fbd9f40ad4849f2f1bf 100644
--- a/benches/barbershop.rs
+++ b/benches/barbershop.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ mod support;
 
 const SLX_PATH: &'static str = "C:/Wolverine/SLX/sse.exe";
 const RANGE: u32 =   10;
-const STEP: Time = 16000.0;
+const STEP: Time = 1000.0;
 
 fn barbershop_bench(c: &mut Criterion) {
 	let mut group = c.benchmark_group("Barbershop");
diff --git a/examples/barbershop.rs b/examples/barbershop.rs
index 1a78436ca647a30e78d35bbd2a455a676c62c30b..a29aa152cf482e2a1c4392c586df57d757d53df9 100644
--- a/examples/barbershop.rs
+++ b/examples/barbershop.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ struct Shared {
 const SIM_DURATION : Time = 60.0*24.0*7.0*3.0; // simulation runs over 3 weeks
 const SEED_A       : u64  = 100000;
 const SEED_S       : u64  = 200000;
-const BENCH_SAMPLES: u64  = 100;
 
 /// Customer process with access to the barber and a random processing delay.
 struct Customer { delay: Time }