diff --git a/include/n2n.h b/include/n2n.h
index 6545143..f38b09d 100644
--- a/include/n2n.h
+++ b/include/n2n.h
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ typedef struct ether_hdr ether_hdr_t;
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <assert.h>
diff --git a/include/n2n_define.h b/include/n2n_define.h
index f56297a..21b31ff 100644
--- a/include/n2n_define.h
+++ b/include/n2n_define.h
@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@
 #define IP4_MIN_SIZE  20
 #define UDP_SIZE      8
 
+#if 0
 /* heap allocation for compression as per lzo example doc */
 #define HEAP_ALLOC(var,size) lzo_align_t __LZO_MMODEL var [ ((size) + (sizeof(lzo_align_t) - 1)) / sizeof(lzo_align_t) ]
 static HEAP_ALLOC(wrkmem, LZO1X_1_MEM_COMPRESS);
-
+#endif
 
 /* N2N compression indicators. */
 /* Compression is disabled by default for outgoing packets if no cli
diff --git a/src/edge_utils.c b/src/edge_utils.c
index f4487c6..ecb616c 100644
--- a/src/edge_utils.c
+++ b/src/edge_utils.c
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 
 #include "n2n.h"
 
+/* heap allocation for compression as per lzo example doc */
+#define HEAP_ALLOC(var,size) lzo_align_t __LZO_MMODEL var [ ((size) + (sizeof(lzo_align_t) - 1)) / sizeof(lzo_align_t) ]
+static HEAP_ALLOC(wrkmem, LZO1X_1_MEM_COMPRESS);
+
 /* ************************************** */
 
 static const char * supernode_ip(const n2n_edge_t * eee);
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.in b/tools/Makefile.in
index 63176f0..631d5d9 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.in
+++ b/tools/Makefile.in
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ n2n-decode: n2n_decode.c $(N2N_LIB) $(HEADERS)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 clean:
-	rm -rf $(TOOLS) $(N2N_LIB) *.o *.dSYM *~
+	rm -rf $(TOOLS) *.o *.dSYM *~
 
 install: $(TOOLS)
 	$(INSTALL_PROG) $(TOOLS) $(SBINDIR)/
diff --git a/tools/benchmark.c b/tools/benchmark.c
index 748b0e7..671b639 100644
--- a/tools/benchmark.c
+++ b/tools/benchmark.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) 2007-18 - ntop.org and contributors
+ * (C) 2007-20 - ntop.org and contributors
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -16,37 +16,26 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include "n2n_wire.h"
-#include "n2n_transforms.h"
 #include "n2n.h"
-#ifdef __GNUC__
-#include <sys/time.h>
-#endif
-#include <time.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-
 
 #if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__GNUC__)
-#include <windows.h>
-
 static int gettimeofday(struct timeval *tp, void *tzp)
 {
-	time_t clock;
-	struct tm tm;
-	SYSTEMTIME wtm;
-	GetLocalTime(&wtm);
-	tm.tm_year = wtm.wYear - 1900;
-	tm.tm_mon = wtm.wMonth - 1;
-	tm.tm_mday = wtm.wDay;
-	tm.tm_hour = wtm.wHour;
-	tm.tm_min = wtm.wMinute;
-	tm.tm_sec = wtm.wSecond;
-	tm.tm_isdst = -1;
-	clock = mktime(&tm);
-	tp->tv_sec = clock;
-	tp->tv_usec = wtm.wMilliseconds * 1000;
-	return (0);
+  time_t clock;
+  struct tm tm;
+  SYSTEMTIME wtm;
+  GetLocalTime(&wtm);
+  tm.tm_year = wtm.wYear - 1900;
+  tm.tm_mon = wtm.wMonth - 1;
+  tm.tm_mday = wtm.wDay;
+  tm.tm_hour = wtm.wHour;
+  tm.tm_min = wtm.wMinute;
+  tm.tm_sec = wtm.wSecond;
+  tm.tm_isdst = -1;
+  clock = mktime(&tm);
+  tp->tv_sec = clock;
+  tp->tv_usec = wtm.wMilliseconds * 1000;
+  return (0);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -75,7 +64,7 @@ static int perform_decryption = 0;
 
 static void usage() {
   fprintf(stderr, "Usage: benchmark [-d]\n"
-    " -d\t\tEnable decryption. Default: only encryption is performed\n");
+	  " -d\t\tEnable decryption. Default: only encryption is performed\n");
   exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -162,7 +151,7 @@ static void run_transop_benchmark(const char *op_name, n2n_trans_op_t *op_fn, n2
   size_t num_packets = 0;
 
   printf("Run %s[%s] for %us (%u bytes):   ", perform_decryption ? "enc/dec" : "enc",
-            op_name, target_sec, (unsigned int)sizeof(PKT_CONTENT));
+	 op_name, target_sec, (unsigned int)sizeof(PKT_CONTENT));
   fflush(stdout);
 
   memset(mac_buf, 0, sizeof(mac_buf));
@@ -172,8 +161,8 @@ static void run_transop_benchmark(const char *op_name, n2n_trans_op_t *op_fn, n2
     nw = do_encode_packet( pktbuf, N2N_PKT_BUF_SIZE, conf->community_name);
 
     nw += op_fn->fwd(op_fn,
-	  pktbuf+nw, N2N_PKT_BUF_SIZE-nw,
-	  PKT_CONTENT, sizeof(PKT_CONTENT), mac_buf);
+		     pktbuf+nw, N2N_PKT_BUF_SIZE-nw,
+		     PKT_CONTENT, sizeof(PKT_CONTENT), mac_buf);
 
     idx=0;
     rem=nw;
@@ -198,7 +187,7 @@ static void run_transop_benchmark(const char *op_name, n2n_trans_op_t *op_fn, n2
   float mpps = num_packets / (tdiff / 1e6) / 1e6;
 
   printf("\t%12u packets\t%8.1f Kpps\t%8.1f MB/s\n",
-	   (unsigned int)num_packets, mpps * 1e3, mpps * sizeof(PKT_CONTENT));
+	 (unsigned int)num_packets, mpps * 1e3, mpps * sizeof(PKT_CONTENT));
 }
 
 static ssize_t do_encode_packet( uint8_t * pktbuf, size_t bufsize, const n2n_community_t c )