Index: /trunk/src/kmk/kmkbuiltin/append.c
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--- /trunk/src/kmk/kmkbuiltin/append.c	(revision 2756)
+++ /trunk/src/kmk/kmkbuiltin/append.c	(revision 2757)
@@ -221,7 +221,5 @@
                 &&  memchr(pVar->value, '$', pVar->value_length))
             {
-                unsigned __int64 tsc_start = __rdtsc();
                 char *pszExpanded = allocated_variable_expand(pVar->value);
-                tsc_ref_var += __rdtsc() - tsc_start;
                 fwrite(pszExpanded, 1, strlen(pszExpanded), pFile);
                 free(pszExpanded);