diff --git a/src/mevent_test.c b/src/mevent_test.c
index 9ab3089..89269b8 100644
--- a/src/mevent_test.c
+++ b/src/mevent_test.c
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ uint64_t tevbuf[TEVSZ];
 static __inline uint64_t rdtsc(void)
 {
 	unsigned a, d;
-	__asm__ __volatile__ ("cpuid");
 	__asm__ __volatile__ ("rdtsc" : "=a" (a), "=d" (d));
 
 	return (((uint64_t) a) | (((uint64_t) d) << 32));