diff --git a/gossipd/gossip_store.c b/gossipd/gossip_store.c
index bbf7032eb..752bfb20d 100644
--- a/gossipd/gossip_store.c
+++ b/gossipd/gossip_store.c
@@ -560,15 +560,8 @@ truncate_nomsg:
 		status_failed(STATUS_FAIL_INTERNAL_ERROR,
 			      "Truncating store: %s", strerror(errno));
 out:
-#if DEVELOPER
-	status_info("total store load time: %"PRIu64" msec (%zu entries, %zu bytes)",
-		    time_to_msec(time_between(time_now(), start)),
-		    stats[0] + stats[1] + stats[2] + stats[3],
-		    (size_t)gs->len);
-#else
 	status_trace("total store load time: %"PRIu64" msec",
 		     time_to_msec(time_between(time_now(), start)));
-#endif
 	status_trace("gossip_store: Read %zu/%zu/%zu/%zu cannounce/cupdate/nannounce/cdelete from store in %"PRIu64" bytes",
 		     stats[0], stats[1], stats[2], stats[3],
 		     gs->len);
diff --git a/tools/bench-gossipd.sh b/tools/bench-gossipd.sh
index cf1d3461c..a9462e541 100755
--- a/tools/bench-gossipd.sh
+++ b/tools/bench-gossipd.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ wait_for_start()
 	fi
     done
     # Wait for it to catch up with bitcoind.
-    while [ "$($LCLI1 -H getinfo 2>/dev/null | grep '^blockheight=' | cut -d= -f2)" != "$(bitcoin-cli -regtest getblockcount)" ]; do sleep 1; done
+    while [ "$($LCLI1 -H getinfo | grep '^blockheight=' | cut -d= -f2)" != "$(bitcoin-cli -regtest getblockcount)" ]; do sleep 1; done
     echo "$ID"
 }
 
@@ -77,7 +77,14 @@ if ! bitcoin-cli -regtest ping >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     while ! bitcoin-cli -regtest ping >/dev/null 2>&1; do sleep 1; done
 fi
 
-LIGHTNINGD="./lightningd/lightningd --network=regtest --dev-gossip-time=1550513768 --dev-unknown-channel-satoshis=100000"
+DEVELOPER=$(grep '^DEVELOPER=' config.vars | cut -d= -f2-)
+
+if [ $DEVELOPER = 1 ]; then
+    LIGHTNINGD="./lightningd/lightningd --network=regtest --dev-gossip-time=1550513768 --dev-unknown-channel-satoshis=100000"
+else
+    # Means we can't do the peer_read_all test properly, since it will time out.
+    LIGHTNINGD="./lightningd/lightningd --network=regtest"
+fi
 LCLI1="./cli/lightning-cli --lightning-dir=$DIR -R"
 
 if [ -z "$DIR" ]; then
@@ -110,7 +117,7 @@ if [ -z "${TARGETS##* vsz_kb *}" ]; then
 fi
 
 # How long does rewriting the store take?
-if [ -z "${TARGETS##* store_rewrite_sec *}" ]; then
+if [ -z "${TARGETS##* store_rewrite_sec *}" -a "$DEVELOPER" = 1 ]; then
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     /usr/bin/time --append -f %e $LCLI1 dev-compact-gossip-store 2>&1 > /dev/null | print_stat store_rewrite_sec
 fi
@@ -141,12 +148,13 @@ fi
 
 # Try getting all from the peer.
 if [ -z "${TARGETS##* peer_write_all_sec *}" ]; then
-    ENTRIES=$(sed -n 's/.*gossipd.*: total store load time: [0-9]* msec (\([0-9]*\) entries, [0-9]* bytes)/\1/p' < "$DIR"/log)
-
+    ENTRIES=$(grep 'Read .* cannounce/cupdate/nannounce/cdelete' "$DIR"/log | cut -d\  -f5 | tr / + | bc)
     /usr/bin/time --quiet --append -f %e devtools/gossipwith --initial-sync --max-messages=$((ENTRIES - 5)) "$ID"@"$DIR"/peer 2>&1 > /dev/null | print_stat peer_write_all_sec
 fi
 
-if [ -z "${TARGETS##* peer_read_all_sec *}" ]; then
+# Needs DEVELOPER otherwise timestamps will be more than 2 weeks old and it
+# will ignore gossip.
+if [ -z "${TARGETS##* peer_read_all_sec *}" -a "$DEVELOPER" = 1 ]; then
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     $LCLI1 stop > /dev/null
     sleep 5