diff --git a/benchmarks/basic_commands.py b/benchmarks/basic_commands.py
index 4be60bd91f2f89bd973fc4085fb9180a95473560_YmVuY2htYXJrcy9iYXNpY19jb21tYW5kcy5weQ==..d4af0d776a23cdd4432ce0afb8e17978c05699aa_YmVuY2htYXJrcy9iYXNpY19jb21tYW5kcy5weQ== 100644
--- a/benchmarks/basic_commands.py
+++ b/benchmarks/basic_commands.py
@@ -128,7 +128,12 @@
 class ArchiveTimeTestSuite(BaseTestSuite):
     timeout = 300
     param_names = TimeTestSuite.param_names + ['type']
-    params = TimeTestSuite.params + [['files', 'tar']]
+    # The "file" type have been disabled. It does not yield very different
+    # result than tar and taks a lot of time. creating and deleting many file
+    # is expensive compared to creating and deleting a single tar
+    #
+    # params = TimeTestSuite.params + [['files', 'tar']]
+    params = TimeTestSuite.params + [['tar']]
 
     def setup(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(ArchiveTimeTestSuite, self).setup(*args, **kwargs)