diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev-builds.yaml b/.github/workflows/dev-builds.yaml
index 09aeefd730..3f7e801ffb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev-builds.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev-builds.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ on:
       - e/*
       - v*
       - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x"
+
+env:
+  MAKE_CONF_ARGS: --disable-bench
+
 jobs:
 
   linux:
@@ -43,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         name: defichain-${{ env.BUILD_VERSION }}-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
         path: ./build/defichain-${{ env.BUILD_VERSION }}-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz
-        
+
     # Linux build additionally pushes the docker images to docker hub on successful build
     - name: Tag dockerhub build
       if: ${{ github.repository == 'DeFiCh/ain' }}
diff --git a/contrib/dockerfiles/x86_64-apple-darwin18.dockerfile b/contrib/dockerfiles/x86_64-apple-darwin18.dockerfile
index 850e63b9d1..7eddef9775 100644
--- a/contrib/dockerfiles/x86_64-apple-darwin18.dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/dockerfiles/x86_64-apple-darwin18.dockerfile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ COPY . .
 RUN ./autogen.sh
 
 # XREF: #make-configure
-RUN ./configure --prefix=`pwd`/depends/${TARGET}
+RUN ./configure --prefix=`pwd`/depends/${TARGET} ${MAKE_CONF_ARGS}
 
 ARG BUILD_VERSION=
 
diff --git a/contrib/dockerfiles/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.dockerfile b/contrib/dockerfiles/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.dockerfile
index d5ac4475e9..10ab86b03c 100644
--- a/contrib/dockerfiles/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/dockerfiles/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.dockerfile
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ COPY . .
 RUN ./autogen.sh
 
 # XREF: #make-configure
-RUN ./configure CC=clang-11 CXX=clang++-11 --prefix=`pwd`/depends/${TARGET}
+RUN ./configure CC=clang-11 CXX=clang++-11 --prefix=`pwd`/depends/${TARGET} ${MAKE_CONF_ARGS}
 
 ARG BUILD_VERSION=
 
diff --git a/contrib/dockerfiles/x86_64-w64-mingw32.dockerfile b/contrib/dockerfiles/x86_64-w64-mingw32.dockerfile
index 6133c4ebae..165a74e3cb 100644
--- a/contrib/dockerfiles/x86_64-w64-mingw32.dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/dockerfiles/x86_64-w64-mingw32.dockerfile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ COPY . .
 RUN ./autogen.sh
 
 # XREF: #make-configure
-RUN CONFIG_SITE=`pwd`/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/config.site ./configure --prefix=/
+RUN CONFIG_SITE=`pwd`/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/config.site ./configure --prefix=/ ${MAKE_CONF_ARGS}
 
 ARG BUILD_VERSION=