diff --git a/plutus-core/cost-model/budgeting-bench/Benchmarks/Strings.hs b/plutus-core/cost-model/budgeting-bench/Benchmarks/Strings.hs
index 8025447052e..93c0b5a8d8f 100644
--- a/plutus-core/cost-model/budgeting-bench/Benchmarks/Strings.hs
+++ b/plutus-core/cost-model/budgeting-bench/Benchmarks/Strings.hs
@@ -147,11 +147,9 @@ benchTwoTextStrings name =
         s2 = makeSizedTextStrings seedB twoArgumentSizes
     in createTwoTermBuiltinBench name [] s1 s2
 
-
 -- Benchmark times for a function applied to equal arguments.  This is used for
--- benchmarking EqualsString on the diagonal.
--- Copy the bytestring here, because otherwise it'll be exactly the same and
--- the equality will short-circuit.
+-- benchmarking EqualsString on the diagonal.  Copy the string here, because
+-- otherwise it'll be exactly the same and the equality will short-circuit.
 benchSameTwoTextStrings :: DefaultFun -> Benchmark
 benchSameTwoTextStrings name =
     createTwoTermBuiltinBenchElementwise name [] inputs (fmap T.copy inputs)
diff --git a/plutus-core/cost-model/budgeting-bench/CriterionExtensions.hs b/plutus-core/cost-model/budgeting-bench/CriterionExtensions.hs
index ba349446ec5..d3b89093e98 100644
--- a/plutus-core/cost-model/budgeting-bench/CriterionExtensions.hs
+++ b/plutus-core/cost-model/budgeting-bench/CriterionExtensions.hs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 module CriterionExtensions (criterionMainWith, BenchmarkingPhase(..)) where
 
-import Control.Monad (unless)
 import Control.Monad.Trans (liftIO)
 import Criterion.Internal (runAndAnalyse, runFixedIters)
 import Criterion.IO.Printf (printError, writeCsv)
@@ -83,21 +82,23 @@ criterionMainWith phase defCfg bs =
       RunIters cfg iters matchType benches ->
           withConfig cfg $ do
             () <- initCsvFile phase cfg
-            shouldRun <- liftIO $ selectBenches matchType benches bsgroup
+            shouldRun <- liftIO $ selectBenches matchType benches
             runFixedIters iters shouldRun bsgroup
       Run cfg matchType benches ->
           withConfig cfg $ do
             () <- initCsvFile phase cfg
-            shouldRun <- liftIO $ selectBenches matchType benches bsgroup
+            shouldRun <- liftIO $ selectBenches matchType benches
             liftIO initializeTime
             runAndAnalyse shouldRun bsgroup
       where bsgroup = BenchGroup "" bs
 
-selectBenches :: MatchType -> [String] -> Benchmark -> IO (String -> Bool)
-selectBenches matchType benches bsgroup = do
+-- Select the benchmarks to be run.  If a pattern is specified on the command
+-- line then only the matching benchmarks will be run.  If there are no matching
+-- benchmarks then the command will stil succeed (with no error or warning), but
+-- nothing will be benchmarked.
+selectBenches :: MatchType -> [String] -> IO (String -> Bool)
+selectBenches matchType benches = do
   toRun <- either parseError return . makeMatcher matchType $ benches
-  unless (null benches || any toRun (benchNames bsgroup)) $
-    parseError "none of the specified names matches a benchmark"
   return toRun
 
 parseError :: String -> IO a
diff --git a/plutus-core/cost-model/budgeting-bench/Main.hs b/plutus-core/cost-model/budgeting-bench/Main.hs
index 7571b534e2a..353232d1a21 100644
--- a/plutus-core/cost-model/budgeting-bench/Main.hs
+++ b/plutus-core/cost-model/budgeting-bench/Main.hs
@@ -61,11 +61,6 @@ main = do
 
   {- Run the nop benchmarks with a large time limit (30 seconds) in an attempt to
      get accurate results. -}
-  -- FIXME: this doesn't quite work.  If you specify a benchmark name on the
-  -- command line and it's in the first group then it'll run but you'll get an
-  -- error when the argument gets passed to the nop benchmarks below (but the
-  -- data will still be generated and saved in benching.csv).
-
   criterionMainWith
        Continue
        (defaultConfig { C.timeLimit = 30 }) $