diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 61c87a3ba..339483948 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -175,15 +175,14 @@ jobs:
       - checkout
       - attach_workspace:
           at: "."
-      - restore_cache:
-          keys:
-            - cargo-v13-{{ checksum "rust-toolchain" }}-{{ checksum "Cargo.toml" }}-{{ checksum "Cargo.lock" }}-{{ arch }}
-      - restore_cache:
-          keys:
-            - parameter-cache-{{ .Revision }}
       - run:
           name: Install jq
           command: apt-get install time jq -yqq
+      - run:
+          name: Ensure existence of Groth parameters and keys on remote host
+          command: |
+            ./fil-proofs-tooling/scripts/paramcache-remote.sh "${CIRCLE_BRANCH}" "${BENCHMARK_SERVER_SSH_USERNAME}@${BENCHMARK_SERVER_IP_ADDR}" "-z=$((1024*1024*1024))"
+          no_output_timeout: 60m
       - run:
           name: Run hash-constraints benchmarks on remote host
           command: |
diff --git a/fil-proofs-tooling/scripts/paramcache-remote.sh b/fil-proofs-tooling/scripts/paramcache-remote.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b1f942e02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fil-proofs-tooling/scripts/paramcache-remote.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+CMDS=$(cat <<EOF
+cd \$(mktemp -d)
+git clone https://github.com/filecoin-project/rust-fil-proofs.git
+cd rust-fil-proofs
+git checkout -q $1
+export RUST_LOG=info
+./fil-proofs-tooling/scripts/retry.sh 42 10 60000 \
+    ./fil-proofs-tooling/scripts/with-lock.sh 42 /tmp/benchmark \
+    ./fil-proofs-tooling/scripts/with-dots.sh \
+    cargo run --release --package filecoin-proofs --bin=paramcache -- ${@:3}
+EOF
+)
+
+ssh -q $2 "$CMDS"