diff --git a/src/execution.jl b/src/execution.jl
index a9c3e25b..93a29099 100644
--- a/src/execution.jl
+++ b/src/execution.jl
@@ -701,9 +701,6 @@ information.
 """
 macro bprofile(args...)
     _, params = prunekwargs(args...)
-    if !haskw(args, :gctrial)
-        args = (args..., Expr(:kw, :gctrial, false))
-    end
     if !haskw(args, :gcsample)
         args = (args..., Expr(:kw, :gcsample, false))
     end
@@ -721,8 +718,11 @@ macro bprofile(args...)
                 end
             )
             $BenchmarkTools.Profile.clear()
+            $tmp.params.gctrial && $BenchmarkTools.gcscrub()
             #TODO: improve @bprofile to only measure the running code and none of the setup
-            $BenchmarkTools.@profile $BenchmarkTools.run($tmp, $tmp.params; warmup=false)
+            $BenchmarkTools.@profile $BenchmarkTools.run(
+                $tmp, $tmp.params; warmup=false, gctrial=false
+            )
         end,
     )
 end
diff --git a/test/ExecutionTests.jl b/test/ExecutionTests.jl
index 57666815..b348daa9 100644
--- a/test/ExecutionTests.jl
+++ b/test/ExecutionTests.jl
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ str = String(take!(io))
 b = @bprofile 1 + 1 gctrial = true
 Profile.print(IOContext(io, :displaysize => (24, 200)))
 str = String(take!(io))
-@test occursin("gcscrub", str)
+@test !occursin("gcscrub", str)
 
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 # misc #