diff --git a/benchmarks/Benchmark_dwf_fp32.cc b/benchmarks/Benchmark_dwf_fp32.cc
index 9695cf5a..5ee764c4 100644
--- a/benchmarks/Benchmark_dwf_fp32.cc
+++ b/benchmarks/Benchmark_dwf_fp32.cc
@@ -262,9 +262,7 @@ void Benchmark(int Ls, Coordinate Dirichlet)
     std::cout<<GridLogMessage<<"Called warmup"<<std::endl;
     double t0=usecond();
     for(int i=0;i<ncall;i++){
-      __SSC_START;
       Dw.Dhop(src,result,0);
-      __SSC_STOP;
     }
     double t1=usecond();
     FGrid->Barrier();