diff --git a/bind/java/seq_test.go b/bind/java/seq_test.go
index 7a2a062..d8636a2 100644
--- a/bind/java/seq_test.go
+++ b/bind/java/seq_test.go
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ func TestJavaSeqTest(t *testing.T) {
 //
 // while running the benchmark to see the results.
 func TestJavaSeqBench(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("skipping benchmark in short mode.")
+	}
 	runTest(t, []string{"golang.org/x/mobile/bind/benchmark"}, "", "SeqBench")
 }
 
diff --git a/bind/objc/seq_test.go b/bind/objc/seq_test.go
index 87c7314..a75ac5f 100644
--- a/bind/objc/seq_test.go
+++ b/bind/objc/seq_test.go
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ func TestObjcSeqTest(t *testing.T) {
 // TestObjcSeqBench runs ObjC test SeqBench.m.
 // This requires the xcode command lines tools.
 func TestObjcSeqBench(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("skipping benchmark in short mode.")
+	}
 	runTest(t, []string{"golang.org/x/mobile/bind/benchmark"}, "xcodebench", "SeqBench.m", true)
 }