diff --git a/contrib/bind9/lib/isc/ia64/include/isc/atomic.h b/contrib/bind9/lib/isc/ia64/include/isc/atomic.h
index 4c467977204..847c65d1ab1 100644
--- a/contrib/bind9/lib/isc/ia64/include/isc/atomic.h
+++ b/contrib/bind9/lib/isc/ia64/include/isc/atomic.h
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
  */
 static inline isc_int32_t
 isc_atomic_xadd(isc_int32_t *p, isc_int32_t val)
-#ifdef __GNUC__
-__attribute__ ((unused))
-#endif
 {
 	isc_int32_t prev, swapped;
 
@@ -58,9 +55,6 @@ __attribute__ ((unused))
  */
 static inline void
 isc_atomic_store(isc_int32_t *p, isc_int32_t val)
-#ifdef __GNUC__
-__attribute__ ((unused))
-#endif
 {
 	__asm__ volatile(
 		"st4.rel %0=%1"
@@ -77,9 +71,6 @@ __attribute__ ((unused))
  */
 static inline isc_int32_t
 isc_atomic_cmpxchg(isc_int32_t *p, isc_int32_t cmpval, isc_int32_t val)
-#ifdef __GNUC__
-__attribute__ ((unused))
-#endif
 {
 	isc_int32_t ret;