diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 noinst_PROGRAMS =
 bin_PROGRAMS =
 check_PROGRAMS =
+dist_bin_SCRIPTS =
 TESTS =
 XFAIL_TESTS =
 
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@
 include test/Makefile.am
 include doc/Makefile.am
 include demo/Makefile.am
-include benchmark/Makefile.am
 include tools/Makefile.am
 
 MRPROPERFILES = \
diff --git a/README b/README
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@
 
    Contains programs to check the integrity and correctness of LEMON.
 
-benchmark/
-  
-   Contains programs for measuring the performance of algorithms.
-
 tools/
 
    Various utilities related to LEMON.
diff --git a/benchmark/Makefile.am b/benchmark/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/benchmark/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-if WANT_BENCHMARK
-
-noinst_HEADERS +=
-
-noinst_PROGRAMS +=
-
-endif WANT_BENCHMARK
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -81,19 +81,6 @@
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL([WANT_TOOLS], [test x"$enable_tools" != x"no"])
 
-dnl Disable/enable building the benchmarks.
-AC_ARG_ENABLE([benchmark],
-AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-benchmark], [build the benchmarks])
-AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-benchmark], [do not build the benchmarks @<:@default@:>@]),
-              [], [enable_benchmark=no])
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to build the benchmarks])
-if test x"$enable_benchmark" != x"no"; then
-  AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-else
-  AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
-fi
-AM_CONDITIONAL([WANT_BENCHMARK], [test x"$enable_benchmark" != x"no"])
-
 dnl Checks for header files.
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(limits.h sys/time.h sys/times.h unistd.h)
 
@@ -132,7 +119,6 @@
 #echo CPLEX support................. : $lx_cplex_found
 #echo SOPLEX support................ : $lx_soplex_found
 #echo
-echo Build benchmarks.............. : $enable_benchmark
 echo Build demo programs........... : $enable_demo
 echo Build additional tools........ : $enable_tools
 echo
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 if WANT_TOOLS
 
 bin_PROGRAMS +=
+dist_bin_SCRIPTS += tools/lemon-0.x-to-1.x.sh
 
 endif WANT_TOOLS
diff --git a/scripts/lemon-0.x-to-1.x.sh b/tools/lemon-0.x-to-1.x.sh
rename from scripts/lemon-0.x-to-1.x.sh
rename to tools/lemon-0.x-to-1.x.sh