diff --git a/dune/perftool/common/timer.hh b/dune/perftool/common/timer.hh
index 159d9c5ce4296a130897fac2ebd5d2008252ce8c..c6d3198f30ada8fa9f079c722791e5b86f0d4c46 100644
--- a/dune/perftool/common/timer.hh
+++ b/dune/perftool/common/timer.hh
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #define HP_TIMER_OPCOUNTERS(name) __hp_timer_##name##_counters
 #define HP_TIMER_ELAPSED(name) std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::duration<double> >( HP_TIMER_DURATION(name) ).count()
 
+
+
 #ifdef ENABLE_HP_TIMERS
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_COUNTER
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@
 
 #define HP_TIMER_RESET(name) \
   do { \
-    HP_TIMER_DURATION(name) = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::duration::zero(); \
+  HP_TIMER_DURATION(name) = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::duration::zero(); \
   HP_TIMER_OPCOUNTERS(name).reset(); \
   } while (false)
 
@@ -69,6 +71,8 @@
 #endif // ENABLE_HP_TIMERS
 
 
+
+
 #ifdef ENABLE_COUNTER
 
 #define DUMP_TIMER(name,os,reset)\
diff --git a/python/dune/perftool/generation/cpp.py b/python/dune/perftool/generation/cpp.py
index 5bb21bb092fb30ea8fc108cc00b4fb3e5f79e5ba..f3dba1d4aa907ff52e934372476889f5397d9ba1 100644
--- a/python/dune/perftool/generation/cpp.py
+++ b/python/dune/perftool/generation/cpp.py
@@ -44,13 +44,10 @@ def constructor_parameter(_type, name):
 def dump_accumulate_timer(name):
     from dune.perftool.pdelab.localoperator import (name_time_dumper_os,
                                                     name_time_dumper_reset,
-                                                    name_time_dumper_t,
-                                                    name_time_dumper_counter,
                                                     name_time_dumper_exec,)
     os = name_time_dumper_os()
-    reset = name_time_dumper_reset()
-    t = name_time_dumper_t()
-    counter = name_time_dumper_counter()
+    # reset = name_time_dumper_reset()
+    reset = 'false'
 
-    code = "DUMP_AND_ACCUMULATE_TIMER({},{},{},{},{});".format(name, os, reset, t, counter)
+    code = "DUMP_TIMER({},{},{});".format(name, os, reset)
     return code
diff --git a/python/dune/perftool/pdelab/localoperator.py b/python/dune/perftool/pdelab/localoperator.py
index 3e389c5a9913ab6d88ca5be00c1732195c88294b..50f4b2a00ca3c7818bca9619cb58808ed2855a92 100644
--- a/python/dune/perftool/pdelab/localoperator.py
+++ b/python/dune/perftool/pdelab/localoperator.py
@@ -530,14 +530,6 @@ def name_time_dumper_reset():
     return "reset"
 
 
-def name_time_dumper_t():
-    return "t"
-
-
-def name_time_dumper_counter():
-    return "counter"
-
-
 def name_time_dumper_exec():
     return "exec"
 
@@ -551,25 +543,15 @@ class TimerMethod(ClassMember):
     def __init__(self):
         os = name_time_dumper_os()
         reset = name_time_dumper_reset()
-        t = name_time_dumper_t()
         ex = name_time_dumper_exec()
         knl = name_example_kernel()
         assert(knl is not None)
 
         content = ["template <typename Stream>",
                    "void dump_timers(Stream& {}, char* {}, bool {})".format(os, ex, reset),
-                   "{",
-                   "  double {} = 0.0;".format(t),
-                   "#ifdef ENABLE_COUNTER",
-                   "  auto counter = HP_TIMER_OPCOUNTERS({});".format(knl),
-                   "  counter.reset();",
-                   "#endif",
-                   ""]
+                   "{"]
         dump_timers = [i for i in retrieve_cache_items(condition='dump_timers')]
         content.extend(map(lambda x: '  ' + x, dump_timers))
-        content.extend(["#ifdef ENABLE_COUNTERS",
-                        "  counter.reportOperations({});".format(os),
-                        "#endif"])
         content.append("}")
         ClassMember.__init__(self, content)