diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/cu2qu/benchmark.py b/Lib/fontTools/cu2qu/benchmark.py
index 2ab1e966b..007f75d88 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/cu2qu/benchmark.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/cu2qu/benchmark.py
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ def run_benchmark(module, function, setup_suffix="", repeat=5, number=1000):
 
 
 def main():
-    """Benchmark the cu2qu algorithm performance."""
     run_benchmark("cu2qu", "curve_to_quadratic")
     run_benchmark("cu2qu", "curves_to_quadratic")
 
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/qu2cu/benchmark.py b/Lib/fontTools/qu2cu/benchmark.py
index cee55f5e7..f28ad88cf 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/qu2cu/benchmark.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/qu2cu/benchmark.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ def run_benchmark(module, function, setup_suffix="", repeat=25, number=1):
 
 
 def main():
-    """Benchmark the qu2cu algorithm performance."""
     run_benchmark("qu2cu", "quadratic_to_curves")