diff --git a/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt b/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f8290a51..332ba4289 100644
--- a/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 file(GLOB_RECURSE LIBDDWAF_BENCHMARK_SOURCE *.cpp)
 
-add_executable(benchmark ${LIBDDWAF_BENCHMARK_SOURCE})
-target_compile_options(benchmark PRIVATE $<$<BOOL:${LIBDDWAF_ENABLE_LTO}>:-flto>)
-target_link_libraries(benchmark PRIVATE libddwaf_objects lib_yamlcpp lib_rapidjson m)
-target_include_directories(benchmark PRIVATE ${libddwaf_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
+add_executable(waf_benchmark ${LIBDDWAF_BENCHMARK_SOURCE})
+target_compile_options(waf_benchmark PRIVATE $<$<BOOL:${LIBDDWAF_ENABLE_LTO}>:-flto>)
+target_link_libraries(waf_benchmark PRIVATE libddwaf_objects lib_yamlcpp lib_rapidjson m)
+target_include_directories(waf_benchmark PRIVATE ${libddwaf_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
 
-set_target_properties(benchmark PROPERTIES
+set_target_properties(waf_benchmark PROPERTIES
     CXX_STANDARD 20
     CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED YES
     CXX_EXTENSIONS NO)
 
 add_custom_target(run_benchmark
-    COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:benchmark>
+    COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:waf_benchmark>
     --scenarios=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/scenarios
     --iterations=1000
     --format=json
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ add_custom_target(run_benchmark
     --fixtures="random"
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
 )
-add_dependencies(run_benchmark benchmark)
+add_dependencies(run_benchmark waf_benchmark)
diff --git a/benchmark/main.cpp b/benchmark/main.cpp
index a94caeae4..56f92ba65 100644
--- a/benchmark/main.cpp
+++ b/benchmark/main.cpp
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ benchmark::settings generate_settings(const std::vector<std::string> &args)
         } else {
             s.scenarios.emplace_back(root);
         }
+        std::sort(s.scenarios.begin(), s.scenarios.end());
     }
 
     if (opts.contains("format")) {
diff --git a/tools/simplify_ruleset.cpp b/tools/simplify_ruleset.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc08023db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/simplify_ruleset.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+// Unless explicitly stated otherwise all files in this repository are
+// dual-licensed under the Apache-2.0 License or BSD-3-Clause License.
+//
+// This product includes software developed at Datadog (https://www.datadoghq.com/).
+// Copyright 2021 Datadog, Inc.
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <exception>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <optional>
+#include <rapidjson/document.h>
+#include <rapidjson/stringbuffer.h>
+#include <rapidjson/prettywriter.h>
+#include <re2/re2.h>
+#include <re2/regexp.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <yaml-cpp/node/parse.h>
+
+#include "common/utils.hpp"
+
+std::optional<std::string> simplify_regex(const std::string &str) {
+    re2::RE2 regex(str);
+
+    auto *regexp = regex.Regexp();
+    auto simplified = regexp->ToString();
+    if (simplified != str) {
+        return simplified;
+    }
+
+    return std::nullopt;
+}
+
+void simplify_condition(auto &condition, auto &allocator)
+{
+    std::string_view op = condition["operator"].GetString();
+    if (op != "match_regex") {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    auto &parameters = condition["parameters"];
+    auto &regex = parameters["regex"];
+    std::string regex_str = regex.GetString();
+
+    auto simplified_regex = simplify_regex(regex_str);
+    if (simplified_regex.has_value()) {
+        regex.SetString(simplified_regex.value(), allocator);
+    }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    int retval = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+
+    if (argc < 2) {
+        std::cout << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " <json/yaml file>\n";
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+
+    rapidjson::Document doc;
+    doc.Parse(read_file(argv[1]));
+
+    auto &alloc = doc.GetAllocator();
+
+    if (doc.HasMember("rules")) {
+        auto &rules = doc["rules"];
+        for (auto &rule : rules.GetArray()) {
+            auto &conditions = rule["conditions"];
+            for (auto &condition : conditions.GetArray()) {
+                simplify_condition(condition, alloc);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (doc.HasMember("scanners")) {
+        auto &scanners = doc["scanners"];
+        for (auto &scanner : scanners.GetArray()) {
+            auto value_it = scanner.FindMember("value");
+            if (value_it != scanner.MemberEnd()) {
+                auto &value = value_it->value;
+                simplify_condition(value, alloc);
+            }
+
+            auto key_it = scanner.FindMember("key");
+            if (key_it != scanner.MemberEnd()) {
+                auto &key = key_it->value;
+                simplify_condition(key, alloc);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    rapidjson::StringBuffer buffer;
+    buffer.Clear();
+
+    rapidjson::PrettyWriter<rapidjson::StringBuffer> writer(buffer);
+    writer.SetIndent(' ', 2);
+    doc.Accept(writer);
+
+    std::cout << buffer.GetString();
+
+    return retval;
+}