diff --git a/substrate/bin/node-template/node/src/service.rs b/substrate/bin/node-template/node/src/service.rs
index a70dd877ff..2286ad3bd6 100644
--- a/substrate/bin/node-template/node/src/service.rs
+++ b/substrate/bin/node-template/node/src/service.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ use std::{sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 pub struct ExecutorDispatch;
 
 impl sc_executor::NativeExecutionDispatch for ExecutorDispatch {
+	/// Only enable the benchmarking host functions when we actually want to benchmark.
+	#[cfg(feature = "runtime-benchmarks")]
 	type ExtendHostFunctions = frame_benchmarking::benchmarking::HostFunctions;
+	/// Otherwise we only use the default Substrate host functions.
+	#[cfg(not(feature = "runtime-benchmarks"))]
+	type ExtendHostFunctions = ();
 
 	fn dispatch(method: &str, data: &[u8]) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
 		node_template_runtime::api::dispatch(method, data)