diff --git a/etherlink/CHANGES_KERNEL.md b/etherlink/CHANGES_KERNEL.md
index bdd0a0434fb5caca578650de9ebdcbdab942739c..721cef60a14b7db84f227dda00a7d6211d387855 100644
--- a/etherlink/CHANGES_KERNEL.md
+++ b/etherlink/CHANGES_KERNEL.md
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ Beta and Testnet, and allows users to deposit and withdraw FA 2.1 tokens.
   benefits from the same implementation to read/write primitives. (!14735)
 - Adds a storage for account's code. Code are referenced by their code
   hash. (!14369)
+- Enable LTO (Link Time Optimization) during compilation to reduce tick consumption
+  and improve execution speed. (!14933)
 
 ### Bug fixes
 
diff --git a/etherlink/kernel_evm/Cargo.toml b/etherlink/kernel_evm/Cargo.toml
index a19731ec50d6c78dc963508a889ccb89c801053e..844b2b0e1975c96cab9bf79c747456cba45e3667 100644
--- a/etherlink/kernel_evm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/etherlink/kernel_evm/Cargo.toml
@@ -92,3 +92,8 @@ alloy-sol-types = { version = "0.7.6", default-features = false, features = [
   "json",
 ] }
 alloy-primitives = { version = "0.7.6", default-features = false }
+
+[profile.release]
+# Will apply heavy LTO which attempts to perform optimizations across all crates
+# within the dependency graph.
+lto = true
diff --git a/etherlink/kernel_evm/evm_execution/src/fa_bridge/mod.rs b/etherlink/kernel_evm/evm_execution/src/fa_bridge/mod.rs
index cab05b2685355629b0a679662db0ae3772bfff49..112097a75c908f469a365ed0c0d670652c8fc516 100644
--- a/etherlink/kernel_evm/evm_execution/src/fa_bridge/mod.rs
+++ b/etherlink/kernel_evm/evm_execution/src/fa_bridge/mod.rs
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ macro_rules! create_outcome_error {
 /// other contract. Therefore we assume there is no open
 /// account storage transaction, and we can open one.
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "benchmark", inline(never))]
 pub fn execute_fa_deposit<'a, Host: Runtime>(
     host: &'a mut Host,
     block: &'a BlockConstants,
diff --git a/etherlink/kernel_evm/kernel/src/bridge.rs b/etherlink/kernel_evm/kernel/src/bridge.rs
index 5f1bf96da0f3e0ec73f67c6ec48ead24dd2acee1..0e89614407d92a0bc1c688316bc698544edcf2a6 100644
--- a/etherlink/kernel_evm/kernel/src/bridge.rs
+++ b/etherlink/kernel_evm/kernel/src/bridge.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ pub struct Deposit {
 impl Deposit {
     /// Parses a deposit from a ticket transfer (internal inbox message).
     /// The "entrypoint" type is pair of ticket (FA2.1) and bytes (receiver address).
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "benchmark", inline(never))]
     pub fn try_parse(
         ticket: FA2_1Ticket,
         receiver: MichelsonBytes,
diff --git a/etherlink/kernel_evm/kernel/src/inbox.rs b/etherlink/kernel_evm/kernel/src/inbox.rs
index ab2fb1be982f911829451a8c8aad68e38220948a..e1a6369b971ab5af0dc6eb01f3cec01a0a7ce90e 100644
--- a/etherlink/kernel_evm/kernel/src/inbox.rs
+++ b/etherlink/kernel_evm/kernel/src/inbox.rs
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ impl InputHandler for ProxyInput {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "benchmark", inline(never))]
     fn handle_fa_deposit<Host: Runtime>(
         host: &mut Host,
         fa_deposit: FaDeposit,
@@ -379,6 +380,7 @@ impl InputHandler for SequencerInput {
         delayed_inbox.save_transaction(host, tx, previous_timestamp, level)
     }
 
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "benchmark", inline(never))]
     fn handle_fa_deposit<Host: Runtime>(
         host: &mut Host,
         fa_deposit: FaDeposit,
@@ -456,6 +458,7 @@ fn handle_deposit<Host: Runtime>(
     })
 }
 
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "benchmark", inline(never))]
 fn handle_fa_deposit<Host: Runtime>(
     host: &mut Host,
     fa_deposit: FaDeposit,