diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2dd2e2370..9edb2749b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ COPY . /build
 WORKDIR /build
 
 # Build the project
-RUN cargo build -p node-subtensor --profile production  --features="runtime-benchmarks metadata-hash" --locked
+RUN cargo build -p node-subtensor --profile production  --features="metadata-hash" --locked
 
 # Verify the binary was produced
 RUN test -e /build/target/production/node-subtensor
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index a753f7bb2..b01ec0fcf 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ lint:
 
 production:
   @echo "Running cargo build with metadata-hash generation..."
-  cargo +{{RUSTV}} build --profile production --features="metadata-hash"
+  cargo +{{RUSTV}} build -p node-subtensor --profile production --features="metadata-hash"
diff --git a/node/src/service.rs b/node/src/service.rs
index 9a19ae354..074530dff 100644
--- a/node/src/service.rs
+++ b/node/src/service.rs
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ impl HostFunctions for ExecutorDispatch {
 }
 
 impl sc_executor::NativeExecutionDispatch for ExecutorDispatch {
-    // Only enable the benchmarking host functions when we actually want to benchmark.
-    #[cfg(feature = "runtime-benchmarks")]
+    // Always enable runtime benchmark host functions, the genesis state
+    // was built with them so we're stuck with them forever.
+    //
+    // They're just a noop, never actually get used if the runtime was not compiled with
+    // `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_subtensor_runtime::api::dispatch(method, data)
diff --git a/runtime/src/lib.rs b/runtime/src/lib.rs
index 270b0a069..7061e7464 100644
--- a/runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ pub const VERSION: RuntimeVersion = RuntimeVersion {
     //   `spec_version`, and `authoring_version` are the same between Wasm and native.
     // This value is set to 100 to notify Polkadot-JS App (https://polkadot.js.org/apps) to use
     //   the compatible custom types.
-    spec_version: 202,
+    spec_version: 203,
     impl_version: 1,
     apis: RUNTIME_API_VERSIONS,
     transaction_version: 1,
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 68bc62c68..b64c177d6 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 cargo build --profile production --features "metadata-hash"
-
diff --git a/scripts/localnet.sh b/scripts/localnet.sh
index 850a314d8..582d0478d 100755
--- a/scripts/localnet.sh
+++ b/scripts/localnet.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 # Check if `--no-purge` passed as a parameter
 NO_PURGE=0
 for arg in "$@"; do
-    if [ "$arg" = "--no-purge" ]; then
-        NO_PURGE=1
-        break
-    fi
+  if [ "$arg" = "--no-purge" ]; then
+    NO_PURGE=1
+    break
+  fi
 done
 
 # Determine the directory this script resides in. This allows invoking it from any location.
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ if [ "$fast_blocks" == "False" ]; then
   echo "fast_blocks is Off"
   : "${CHAIN:=local}"
   : "${BUILD_BINARY:=1}"
-  : "${FEATURES:="pow-faucet runtime-benchmarks"}"
+  : "${FEATURES:="pow-faucet"}"
 else
   # Block of code to execute if fast_blocks is not False
   echo "fast_blocks is On"
   : "${CHAIN:=local}"
   : "${BUILD_BINARY:=1}"
-  : "${FEATURES:="pow-faucet runtime-benchmarks fast-blocks"}"
+  : "${FEATURES:="pow-faucet fast-blocks"}"
 fi
 
 SPEC_PATH="${SCRIPT_DIR}/specs/"