diff -Naur gromacs-4.0.4-orig/include/gmx_cyclecounter.h gromacs-4.0.4/include/gmx_cyclecounter.h
--- gromacs-4.0.4-orig/include/gmx_cyclecounter.h	2009-05-08 16:32:05.000000000 +0200
+++ gromacs-4.0.4/include/gmx_cyclecounter.h	2009-05-08 16:38:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -102,11 +102,6 @@
 typedef unsigned long
 gmx_cycles_t;
 
-#elif defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__sparc_v9__)
-/* gcc inline assembly on sparc v9 */
-typedef unsigned long
-gmx_cycles_t;
-
 #elif defined(__DECC) && defined(__alpha) 
 /* Digital GEM C compiler on alpha */
 #include <c_asm.h>
@@ -241,12 +236,6 @@
     /* gcc inline assembly on alpha CPUs */
     return 1;
 }
-#elif defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__sparc_v9__)
-static __inline__ int gmx_cycles_have_counter(void)
-{ 
-    /* gcc inline assembly on sparc v9 */
-    return 1;
-}
 #elif defined(__DECC) && defined(__alpha) 
 static __inline int gmx_cycles_have_counter(void)
 { 
@@ -404,14 +393,6 @@
     __asm__ __volatile__ ("rpcc %0" : "=r"(cycle));
     return (cycle & 0xFFFFFFFF);
 }
-#elif defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__sparc_v9__)
-static __inline__ gmx_cycles_t gmx_cycles_read(void)
-{ 
-    /* gcc inline assembly on sparc v9 */
-    ticks ret;
-    __asm__("rd %%tick, %0" : "=r" (ret));
-    return ret;  
-}
 #elif defined(__DECC) && defined(__alpha) 
 static __inline gmx_cycles_t gmx_cycles_read(void)
 {