diff --git a/INSTALL/superlu_timer.c b/INSTALL/superlu_timer.c
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--- a/INSTALL/superlu_timer.c
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@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/* 
- * Purpose
- * ======= 
- *	Returns the time in seconds used by the process.
- *
- * Note: the timer function call is machine dependent. Use conditional
- *       compilation to choose the appropriate function.
- *
- */
-
-
-#ifdef SUN 
-/*
- * 	It uses the system call gethrtime(3C), which is accurate to 
- *	nanoseconds. 
-*/
-#include <sys/time.h>
- 
-double SuperLU_timer_() {
-    return ( (double)gethrtime() / 1e9 );
-}
-
-#elif defined ( UNIX_TIMER )
-
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/times.h>
-#include <time.h>
-#include <sys/time.h>
-
-#ifndef CLK_TCK
-#define CLK_TCK 60
-#endif
-
-double SuperLU_timer_()
-{
-    struct tms use;
-    double tmp;
-    times(&use);
-    tmp = use.tms_utime;
-    tmp += use.tms_stime;
-    return (double)(tmp) / (double) CLK_TCK;
-}
-
-#else
-
-#include <mpi.h>
-
-double SuperLU_timer_()
-{
-    return MPI_Wtime();
-}
-
-#endif
-