diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index 01cf692..15cf009 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -8,20 +8,21 @@
 all:: timeit-target
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(TARGET_OS),Linux)
-all:: ctimeit
-timeit: timeit.sh
-	cp -f $< $@
-	chmod u+x $@
-ctimeit: timeit.c
-	$(ORIGINAL_CC) $(CFLAGS) -O3 -o $@ $<
-else
+ifndef USE_PERF
 timeit: timeit.c
 	$(ORIGINAL_CC) $(CFLAGS) -O3 -o $@ $<
-endif
 
 timeit-target: timeit.c
 	$(LD_ENV_OVERRIDES) $(LCC) -o $@ $< $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(TARGET_FLAGS) -O3
+else
+timeit: timeit.sh
+	cp -f $< $@
+	chmod u+x $@
+
+timeit-target: timeit.sh
+	cp -f $< $@
+	chmod u+x $@
+endif
 
 fpcmp: fpcmp.c
 	$(ORIGINAL_CC) $(CFLAGS) -O3 -o $@ $<
diff --git a/tools/timeit.sh b/tools/timeit.sh
index 0cbfc29..294ec17 100644
--- a/tools/timeit.sh
+++ b/tools/timeit.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 # A wrapper over perf to provide similar functionality to timeit.c
 
-DEPENDS="perf"
-
-# Fallback to ctimeit if dependencies are not met
-for cmd in ${DEPENDS} ; do
-	if ! command -v ${cmd} &> /dev/null ; then
-		$(dirname $0)/ctimeit $@
-		exit $?
-	fi
-done
-
 REPORT=/dev/stderr
 INPUT=/dev/stdin
 OUTPUT=/dev/stdout
@@ -26,7 +16,7 @@
 	shift 2
 done
 
-perf stat -o stats $@ < $INPUT > $OUTPUT
+perf stat -o $PERFSTAT $@ < $INPUT &> $OUTPUT
 
 EXITCODE=$?