diff --git a/src/cycle.h b/src/cycle.h
index 16f57e7e1ef942d2736f4328be9117b2deab6d6e..846e7dc3f5168e931c58768ea463ddda4332837f 100644
--- a/src/cycle.h
+++ b/src/cycle.h
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ typedef unsigned long long ticks;
 #  define INLINE inline
 # endif
 #endif
-INLINE static ticks getticks(void)
+INLINE ticks getticks(void)
 {
      unsigned a, d; 
      asm volatile("rdtsc" : "=a" (a), "=d" (d));