diff --git a/apps/speed.c b/apps/speed.c
index ca93d2c0707a627987b9d8e0dc84dfc8aad17964..49efa7b4c9dbcc374b33dff91de1dafa6cfb056f 100644
--- a/apps/speed.c
+++ b/apps/speed.c
@@ -364,10 +364,8 @@ OPTIONS speed_options[] = {
     {"mr", OPT_MR, '-', "Produce machine readable output"},
     {"mb", OPT_MB, '-'},
     {"misalign", OPT_MISALIGN, 'n', "Amount to mis-align buffers"},
-#if defined(TIMES) || defined(USE_TOD)
     {"elapsed", OPT_ELAPSED, '-',
      "Measure time in real time instead of CPU user time"},
-#endif
 #ifndef NO_FORK
     {"multi", OPT_MULTI, 'p', "Run benchmarks in parallel"},
 #endif
@@ -755,9 +753,6 @@ int speed_main(int argc, char **argv)
     long ecdh_c[EC_NUM][2];
     int ecdh_doit[EC_NUM];
 #endif
-#ifndef TIMES
-    usertime = -1;
-#endif
 
     memset(results, 0, sizeof(results));
 #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_DSA