diff --git a/benchmark/events/ee-add-remove.js b/benchmark/events/ee-add-remove.js
index 7b6ec35f29b636..eee8ff4524ed1a 100644
--- a/benchmark/events/ee-add-remove.js
+++ b/benchmark/events/ee-add-remove.js
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ const events = require('events');
 
 const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, { n: [25e4] });
 
-function main(conf) {
-  const n = conf.n | 0;
-
+function main({ n }) {
   const ee = new events.EventEmitter();
   const listeners = [];
 
diff --git a/benchmark/events/ee-emit.js b/benchmark/events/ee-emit.js
index 3d7eb43b228b71..686ed10d3ecbfd 100644
--- a/benchmark/events/ee-emit.js
+++ b/benchmark/events/ee-emit.js
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
   listeners: [1, 5, 10],
 });
 
-function main(conf) {
-  const n = conf.n | 0;
-  const argc = conf.argc | 0;
-  const listeners = Math.max(conf.listeners | 0, 1);
-
+function main({ n, argc, listeners }) {
   const ee = new EventEmitter();
 
   for (var k = 0; k < listeners; k += 1)
diff --git a/benchmark/events/ee-listener-count-on-prototype.js b/benchmark/events/ee-listener-count-on-prototype.js
index 708f62f06687fe..cf6a33f44af9d1 100644
--- a/benchmark/events/ee-listener-count-on-prototype.js
+++ b/benchmark/events/ee-listener-count-on-prototype.js
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 
 const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, { n: [5e7] });
 
-function main(conf) {
-  const n = conf.n | 0;
-
+function main({ n }) {
   const ee = new EventEmitter();
 
   for (var k = 0; k < 5; k += 1) {
diff --git a/benchmark/events/ee-listeners-many.js b/benchmark/events/ee-listeners-many.js
index 6cb0682b1ca9c3..9a1562eb2c005c 100644
--- a/benchmark/events/ee-listeners-many.js
+++ b/benchmark/events/ee-listeners-many.js
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 
 const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, { n: [5e6] });
 
-function main(conf) {
-  const n = conf.n | 0;
-
+function main({ n }) {
   const ee = new EventEmitter();
   ee.setMaxListeners(101);
 
diff --git a/benchmark/events/ee-listeners.js b/benchmark/events/ee-listeners.js
index dff73de0b17fc4..d076dc646c93a7 100644
--- a/benchmark/events/ee-listeners.js
+++ b/benchmark/events/ee-listeners.js
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 
 const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, { n: [5e6] });
 
-function main(conf) {
-  const n = conf.n | 0;
-
+function main({ n }) {
   const ee = new EventEmitter();
 
   for (var k = 0; k < 5; k += 1) {
diff --git a/benchmark/events/ee-once.js b/benchmark/events/ee-once.js
index d9e87a2b0843af..e1a09fb4b71167 100644
--- a/benchmark/events/ee-once.js
+++ b/benchmark/events/ee-once.js
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 
 const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, { n: [2e7] });
 
-function main(conf) {
-  const n = conf.n | 0;
-
+function main({ n }) {
   const ee = new EventEmitter();
 
   function listener() {}