diff --git a/vllm/benchmarks/datasets.py b/vllm/benchmarks/datasets.py
index 807e543dc0cd..62e5194504d7 100644
--- a/vllm/benchmarks/datasets.py
+++ b/vllm/benchmarks/datasets.py
@@ -1151,6 +1151,12 @@ def add_dataset_parser(parser: FlexibleArgumentParser):
         help="Do not oversample if the dataset has " \
         "fewer samples than num-prompts.",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--skip-chat-template",
+        action="store_true",
+        help=
+        "Skip applying chat template to prompt for datasets that support it.",
+    )
 
     # group for dataset specific arguments
     custom_group = parser.add_argument_group("custom dataset options")
@@ -1161,12 +1167,6 @@ def add_dataset_parser(parser: FlexibleArgumentParser):
         help=
         "Number of output tokens per request, used only for custom dataset.",
     )
-    custom_group.add_argument(
-        "--custom-skip-chat-template",
-        action="store_true",
-        help=
-        "Skip applying chat template to prompt, used only for custom dataset.",
-    )
 
     spec_bench_group = parser.add_argument_group("spec bench dataset options")
     spec_bench_group.add_argument(
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ def get_samples(args, tokenizer) -> list[SampleRequest]:
             num_requests=args.num_prompts,
             tokenizer=tokenizer,
             output_len=args.custom_output_len,
-            skip_chat_template=args.custom_skip_chat_template,
+            skip_chat_template=args.skip_chat_template,
             request_id_prefix=args.request_id_prefix,
             no_oversample=args.no_oversample,
         )
@@ -1576,6 +1576,7 @@ def get_samples(args, tokenizer) -> list[SampleRequest]:
             output_len=args.hf_output_len,
             request_id_prefix=args.request_id_prefix,
             no_oversample=args.no_oversample,
+            skip_chat_template=args.skip_chat_template,
             **hf_kwargs
         )
 
@@ -1815,7 +1816,6 @@ def load_data(self) -> None:
 
     def sample(self, **kwargs) -> list:
         # leverage CustomDataset sample
-        kwargs["skip_chat_template"] = False
         return super().sample(**kwargs)
 
 
@@ -2221,6 +2221,7 @@ def sample(self,
                num_requests: int,
                output_len: Optional[int] = None,
                enable_multimodal_chat: bool = False,
+               skip_chat_template: bool = False,
                request_id_prefix: str = "",
                no_oversample: bool = False,
                **kwargs) -> list:
@@ -2236,14 +2237,15 @@ def sample(self,
             )
 
             # apply template
-            prompt = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
-                [{
-                    "role": "user",
-                    "content": prompt
-                }],
-                add_generation_prompt=True,
-                tokenize=False,
-            )
+            if not skip_chat_template:
+                prompt = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
+                    [{
+                        "role": "user",
+                        "content": prompt
+                    }],
+                    add_generation_prompt=True,
+                    tokenize=False,
+                )
 
             prompt_len = len(tokenizer(prompt).input_ids)
             sampled_requests.append(
@@ -2284,6 +2286,7 @@ def sample(
         num_requests: int,
         output_len: Optional[int] = None,
         enable_multimodal_chat: bool = False,
+        skip_chat_template: bool = False,
         request_id_prefix: str = "",
         no_oversample: bool = False,
         **kwargs,
@@ -2298,14 +2301,15 @@ def sample(
             prompt = item["turns"][0]
 
             # apply template
-            prompt = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
-                [{
-                    "role": "user",
-                    "content": prompt
-                }],
-                add_generation_prompt=True,
-                tokenize=False,
-            )
+            if not skip_chat_template:
+                prompt = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
+                    [{
+                        "role": "user",
+                        "content": prompt
+                    }],
+                    add_generation_prompt=True,
+                    tokenize=False,
+                )
 
             prompt_len = len(tokenizer(prompt).input_ids)
             sampled_requests.append(
@@ -2349,6 +2353,7 @@ def sample(
         tokenizer: PreTrainedTokenizerBase,
         num_requests: int,
         output_len: Optional[int] = None,
+        skip_chat_template: bool = False,
         request_id_prefix: str = "",
         no_oversample: bool = False,
         min_distance: float = 0.0,
@@ -2372,7 +2377,7 @@ def sample(
 
             # template copied from
             # https://github.com/ise-uiuc/blazedit/blob/7765137e656fd62de877422d2e4cf8de51228054/dataset/create_refined_dataset.py#L94-L105 # noqa: E501
-            instruction = f"""Given a code file, please apply the change requests and generate the new file.
+            prompt = f"""Given a code file, please apply the change requests and generate the new file.
 
 Original file:
 ```python
@@ -2385,14 +2390,15 @@ def sample(
 Please generate the new code file in the "New file" section below.""" # noqa: E501
 
             # apply template
-            prompt = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
-                [{
-                    "role": "user",
-                    "content": instruction
-                }],
-                add_generation_prompt=True,
-                tokenize=False,
-            )
+            if not skip_chat_template:
+                prompt = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
+                    [{
+                        "role": "user",
+                        "content": prompt
+                    }],
+                    add_generation_prompt=True,
+                    tokenize=False,
+                )
 
             prompt_len = len(tokenizer(prompt).input_ids)