diff --git a/bench/locli/CHANGELOG.md b/bench/locli/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7b5339b4dba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/locli/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Revision history for locli
+
+## 1.36 -- Nov 2024
+
+* Add `CHANGELOG.md` for `locli`
+* Discern Plutus RIPEMD-160 workload in reports
+* Remove unused build-depends
+
diff --git a/bench/locli/locli.cabal b/bench/locli/locli.cabal
index e5f1bd3b52d..dc5afb96e08 100644
--- a/bench/locli/locli.cabal
+++ b/bench/locli/locli.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cabal-version: 3.0
 
 name:                   locli
-version:                1.35
+version:                1.36
 synopsis:               Cardano log analysis CLI
 description:            Cardano log analysis CLI.
 category:               Cardano,
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ maintainer:             operations@iohk.io
 license:                Apache-2.0
 license-files:          LICENSE
                         NOTICE
+extra-doc-files:        CHANGELOG.md
 build-type:             Simple
 
 common project-config
@@ -95,11 +96,8 @@ library
   autogen-modules:      Paths_locli
 
   build-depends:        aeson
-                      , Histogram
                       , aeson-pretty
                       , async
-                      , attoparsec
-                      , attoparsec-iso8601
                       , bytestring
                       , cardano-git-rev ^>= 0.2.2
                       , cardano-ledger-core
@@ -110,27 +108,17 @@ library
                       , directory
                       , ede
                       , extra
-                      , file-embed
                       , filepath
                       , fingertree
                       , hashable
-                      , gnuplot
-                      , iohk-monitoring
-                      , optparse-applicative-fork
-                      , optparse-generic
+                      -- , gnuplot
+                      , optparse-applicative-fork >= 0.18.1
                       , ouroboros-consensus
-                      -- for Data.SOP.Strict:
-                      , ouroboros-network ^>= 0.17
-                      , ouroboros-network-api
-                      , process
-                      , quiet
-                      , scientific
+                      , ouroboros-network-api ^>= 0.10
                       , sop-core
                       , split
                       , statistics
                       , strict-sop-core
-                      , system-filepath
-                      , template-haskell
                       , text
                       , text-short
                       , time
@@ -139,10 +127,8 @@ library
                       , transformers-except
                       , unix
                       , unordered-containers
-                      , utf8-string
                       , vector
                       , witherable
-                      , cardano-strict-containers ^>= 0.1
 
 executable locli
   import:               project-config
@@ -150,7 +136,6 @@ executable locli
   hs-source-dirs:       app
   main-is:              locli.hs
   ghc-options:          -threaded
-                        -Wall
                         -rtsopts
                         "-with-rtsopts=-T -N7 -A2m -qb -H64m"
 
diff --git a/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/API/Ground.hs b/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/API/Ground.hs
index d09abe5bf6d..005108b4946 100644
--- a/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/API/Ground.hs
+++ b/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Analysis/API/Ground.hs
@@ -10,14 +10,12 @@ module Cardano.Analysis.API.Ground
   )
 where
 
-import Prelude                          (show)
+import Prelude                          as P (show)
 import Cardano.Prelude                  hiding (head, toText)
 import Unsafe.Coerce                    qualified as Unsafe
 
 import Data.Aeson
 import Data.Aeson.Types                 (toJSONKeyText)
-import Data.Attoparsec.Text             qualified as Atto
-import Data.Attoparsec.Time             qualified as Iso8601
 import Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8       qualified as LBS
 import Data.Map.Strict                  qualified as Map
 import Data.Text                        qualified as T
@@ -26,7 +24,6 @@ import Data.Text.Short                  (ShortText, fromText, toText)
 import Data.Time.Clock                  (UTCTime, NominalDiffTime)
 import Options.Applicative
 import Options.Applicative              qualified as Opt
-import Quiet                            (Quiet (..))
 import System.FilePath                  qualified as F
 
 import Cardano.Slotting.Slot            (EpochNo(..), SlotNo(..))
@@ -41,13 +38,17 @@ newtype FieldName = FieldName { unFieldName :: Text }
   deriving (Eq, Generic, Ord)
   deriving newtype (FromJSON, IsString, ToJSON)
   deriving anyclass NFData
-  deriving Show via Quiet FieldName
+
+instance Show FieldName where
+  show = ("FieldName " ++) . P.show . unFieldName
 
 newtype TId = TId { unTId :: ShortText }
   deriving (Eq, Generic, Ord)
   deriving newtype (FromJSON, ToJSON)
   deriving anyclass NFData
-  deriving Show via Quiet TId
+
+instance Show TId where
+  show = ("TId " ++) . P.show . unTId
 
 newtype Hash = Hash { unHash :: ShortText }
   deriving (Eq, Generic, Ord)
@@ -95,7 +96,9 @@ newtype Host = Host { unHost :: ShortText }
   deriving (Eq, Generic, Ord)
   deriving newtype (IsString, FromJSON, ToJSON)
   deriving anyclass NFData
-  deriving Show via Quiet Host
+
+instance Show Host where
+  show = ("Host " ++) . P.show . unHost
 
 newtype EpochSlot = EpochSlot { unEpochSlot :: Word64 }
   deriving stock (Eq, Generic, Ord, Show)
@@ -269,26 +272,6 @@ pSlotNo name desc =
      <> Opt.help desc
      )
 
-optUTCTime :: String -> String -> Parser UTCTime
-optUTCTime optname desc =
-  Opt.option (readerFromAttoParser Iso8601.utcTime)
-    $ long optname
-    <> metavar "ISO8601-TIME"
-    <> help desc
- where
-   -- Stolen from: cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Shelley/Parsers.hs
-   readerFromAttoParser :: Atto.Parser a -> Opt.ReadM a
-   readerFromAttoParser p =
-     Opt.eitherReader (Atto.parseOnly (p <* Atto.endOfInput) . T.pack)
-
-optDuration :: String -> String -> NominalDiffTime -> Parser NominalDiffTime
-optDuration optname desc def=
-  Opt.option ((realToFrac :: Double -> NominalDiffTime) <$> Opt.auto)
-    $ long optname
-    <> metavar "SEC"
-    <> help desc
-    <> value def
-
 optWord :: String -> String -> Word64 -> Parser Word64
 optWord optname desc def =
   Opt.option auto
diff --git a/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Report.hs b/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Report.hs
index 16fc89e3c5f..de03da69b25 100644
--- a/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Report.hs
+++ b/bench/locli/src/Cardano/Report.hs
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ data Workload
   | WPlutusLoopCountdown
   | WPlutusLoopSECP
   | WPlutusLoopBLST
+  | WPlutusLoopRipemd
   | WPlutusUnknown
 
 instance ToJSON Workload where
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ instance ToJSON Workload where
     WPlutusLoopCountdown -> "Plutus countdown loop"
     WPlutusLoopSECP      -> "Plutus SECP loop"
     WPlutusLoopBLST      -> "Plutus BLST loop"
+    WPlutusLoopRipemd    -> "Plutus RIPEMD-160 loop"
     WPlutusUnknown       -> "Plutus (other)"
 
 filenameInfix :: Workload -> Text
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ filenameInfix = \case
   WPlutusLoopCountdown  -> "plutus"
   WPlutusLoopSECP       -> "plutus-secp"
   WPlutusLoopBLST       -> "plutus-blst"
+  WPlutusLoopRipemd     -> "plutus-ripemd"
   WValue                -> "value-only"
   _                     -> "unknown"
 
@@ -150,6 +153,7 @@ liftTmplRun Summary{sumWorkload=generatorProfile
         | script == "EcdsaSecp256k1Loop"    -> WPlutusLoopSECP
         | script == "SchnorrSecp256k1Loop"  -> WPlutusLoopSECP
         | script == "HashOntoG2AndAdd"      -> WPlutusLoopBLST
+        | script == "Ripemd160"             -> WPlutusLoopRipemd
         | otherwise                         -> WPlutusUnknown
   }