diff --git a/src/taoensso/nippy.clj b/src/taoensso/nippy.clj
index bd7f330..aa30e77 100644
--- a/src/taoensso/nippy.clj
+++ b/src/taoensso/nippy.clj
@@ -567,6 +567,15 @@
      :exception    (try (/ 1 0) (catch Exception e e))
      :ex-info      (ex-info "ExInfo" {:data "data"})}))
 
+(def stress-data-comparable
+  "Reference data with stuff removed that breaks roundtrip equality."
+  (dissoc stress-data :bytes :throwable :exception :ex-info))
+
+(def stress-data-benchable
+  "Reference data with stuff removed that breaks reader or other utils we'll
+  be benching against."
+  (dissoc stress-data :bytes :throwable :exception :ex-info :queue :queue-empty))
+
 ;;;; Data recovery/analysis
 
 (defn inspect-ba "Alpha - subject to change."
diff --git a/src/taoensso/nippy/benchmarks.clj b/src/taoensso/nippy/benchmarks.clj
index 0e7946f..9934768 100644
--- a/src/taoensso/nippy/benchmarks.clj
+++ b/src/taoensso/nippy/benchmarks.clj
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
             [taoensso.nippy.compression :as compression]
             [taoensso.nippy.utils       :as utils]))
 
-;; Remove stuff from stress-data that breaks reader
-(def data (dissoc nippy/stress-data :queue :queue-empty :bytes))
+(def data nippy/stress-data-benchable)
 
 (defmacro bench* [& body] `(utils/bench 10000 {:warmup-laps 20000} ~@body))
 (defn     bench1 [freezer thawer & [sizer]]
diff --git a/test/taoensso/nippy/tests/main.clj b/test/taoensso/nippy/tests/main.clj
index 8435112..629190f 100644
--- a/test/taoensso/nippy/tests/main.clj
+++ b/test/taoensso/nippy/tests/main.clj
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
             [taoensso.nippy.compression :as compression]
             [taoensso.nippy.benchmarks  :as benchmarks]))
 
-;; Remove stuff from stress-data that breaks roundtrip equality
-(def test-data (dissoc nippy/stress-data :bytes :throwable :exception :ex-info))
-
+(def test-data nippy/stress-data-comparable)
 (defn- before-run {:expectations-options :before-run} [])
 (defn- after-run  {:expectations-options :after-run}  [])