diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/perf_regs.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/perf_regs.c
index f14102b855098..e9c436eeffc9d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/perf_regs.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/perf_regs.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <regex.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
 
-#include "../../perf.h"
 #include "../../util/perf_regs.h"
 #include "../../util/debug.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/intel-cqm.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/intel-cqm.c
index 2a105e3b2ad17..3b5cc33738213 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/intel-cqm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/intel-cqm.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "tests/tests.h"
-#include "perf.h"
 #include "cloexec.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/archinsn.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/archinsn.c
index 4237bb2e7fa29..62e8e18201327 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/archinsn.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/archinsn.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-#include "perf.h"
 #include "archinsn.h"
 #include "util/intel-pt-decoder/insn.h"
 #include "machine.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/tsc.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/tsc.c
index a6ba45d0db6ea..c5197a15119b0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/tsc.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/tsc.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 
-#include "../../../perf.h"
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <asm/barrier.h>
 #include "../../../util/debug.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/numa.c b/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
index 513cb2f2fa32e..62b8ef4bcb1f1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 /* For the CLR_() macros */
 #include <pthread.h>
 
-#include "../perf.h"
 #include "../builtin.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../util/cloexec.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c b/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c
index f9d7641ae8338..c63eb9a46346a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include "../perf.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../builtin.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/sched-pipe.c b/tools/perf/bench/sched-pipe.c
index 0591be008f2ae..35b07f197d485 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/sched-pipe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/sched-pipe.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
  *  http://people.redhat.com/mingo/cfs-scheduler/tools/pipe-test-1m.c
  * Ported to perf by Hitoshi Mitake <mitake@dcl.info.waseda.ac.jp>
  */
-#include "../perf.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../builtin.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c b/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c
index b8e7c38ef2218..c06fe21c86134 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
  *  futex ... Futex performance
  *  epoll ... Event poll performance
  */
-#include "perf.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "bench/bench.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
index 7dde3ef0398f0..9e756004ef28d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include "builtin.h"
-#include "perf.h"
 #include "namespaces.h"
 #include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
index f403e19488b5e..72bdc0eba9904 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * builtin-buildid-list.c
  *
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-config.c b/tools/perf/builtin-config.c
index 6c1284c87aaa3..edfc8f76f1bd1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-config.c
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
  */
 #include "builtin.h"
 
-#include "perf.h"
-
 #include "util/cache.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/util.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
index 565db782c1b92..7374f86833fd4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "builtin.h"
-#include "perf.h"
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-help.c b/tools/perf/builtin-help.c
index a83af92fb0d1a..641d4a3f93c39 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-help.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-help.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  *
  * Builtin help command
  */
-#include "perf.h"
 #include "util/config.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
index 040142581d204..ae46de46e826e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  */
 #include "builtin.h"
 
-#include "perf.h"
 #include "util/color.h"
 #include "util/evlist.h"
 #include "util/evsel.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
index e0312a1c4792a..dca0d33c1343c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
  */
 #include "builtin.h"
 
-#include "perf.h"
-
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 #include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/pmu.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
index 3d0ffd41fb557..f45fd7e9723e3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-#include "perf.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "namespaces.h"
 #include "util/strlist.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.c b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.c
index ead521dd8d79f..25c47d23a130c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.c
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "EXTERN.h"
 #include "perl.h"
 #include "XSUB.h"
-#include "../../../perf.h"
 #include "../../../util/trace-event.h"
 
 #ifndef PERL_UNUSED_VAR
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.c b/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.c
index 217568bc29ced..0b70968479918 100644
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.c
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <Python.h>
-#include "../../../perf.h"
 #include "../../../util/trace-event.h"
 
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_common.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_common.c
index 469958cd7fe0f..96ad95d3f3386 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_common.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_common.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <inttypes.h>
-#include "perf.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include "util/map.h"
 #include "util/symbol.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c
index 1f3de85ae18b5..93af420ad2e4e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-#include "perf.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include "util/event.h"
 #include "util/map.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c
index a274716fc4384..41dede2f40d8b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-#include "perf.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include "util/map.h"
 #include "util/symbol.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c
index b25383aa2e6e7..012fe8ac0b249 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-#include "perf.h"
 #include "tests.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c
index 009888adf4b38..07f4ca0704fbc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-#include "perf.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include "util/event.h"
 #include "util/map.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browser.c b/tools/perf/ui/browser.c
index c797a853d3a08..f93d40b1c203a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browser.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browser.c
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include "../util/util.h"
 #include "../util/string2.h"
 #include "../util/config.h"
-#include "../perf.h"
 #include "libslang.h"
 #include "ui.h"
 #include "util.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
index 80a828e75cf6e..c1a57323e25da 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include "perf.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "bpf-loader.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.c
index 77e4891e17b0a..09e6c76e1c3b5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <bpf/libbpf.h>
-#include "perf.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "bpf-loader.h"
 #include "bpf-prologue.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/branch.c b/tools/perf/util/branch.c
index a4fce2729e505..02d6d839ff248 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/branch.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/branch.c
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#include "perf.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include "util/branch.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cacheline.c b/tools/perf/util/cacheline.c
index 9361d3f61f750..e98b5250a517d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cacheline.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cacheline.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "cacheline.h"
-#include "../perf.h"
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #ifdef _SC_LEVEL1_DCACHE_LINESIZE
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
index f73599f271ff4..96a931c6f7280 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-#include "../perf.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "cgroup.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
index b9301e7e9c76b..a22c1114e880d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <api/fs/fs.h>
-#include "../perf.h"
 #include "cpumap.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "event.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.c b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
index 3780fe42453b7..c822c59433407 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /* For general debugging purposes */
 
-#include "../perf.h"
-
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index ef7fc574f7015..54169ad335c75 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/genelf.c b/tools/perf/util/genelf.c
index bc32f405b26e3..f9f18b8b1df9a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/genelf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/genelf.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <dwarf.h>
 #endif
 
-#include "perf.h"
 #include "genelf.h"
 #include "../util/jitdump.h"
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/genelf_debug.c b/tools/perf/util/genelf_debug.c
index 995e490c17fa6..30e9f618f6cdf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/genelf_debug.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/genelf_debug.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include <err.h>
 #include <dwarf.h>
 
-#include "perf.h"
 #include "genelf.h"
 #include "../util/jitdump.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index d252124f926d3..20fb06162fd43 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "header.h"
 #include "memswap.h"
-#include "../perf.h"
 #include "trace-event.h"
 #include "session.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
index 825a6a3b03a16..825e3690940df 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
 
-#include "../perf.h"
 #include "session.h"
 #include "machine.h"
 #include "memswap.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
index 4ed20c833d448..1430437b9d517 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-#include "perf.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/parse-branch-options.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 9101568946d25..5f1ba6820cddd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include "term.h"
-#include "../perf.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
index 01ebf10b8bf46..800e82d352303 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <EXTERN.h>
 #include <perl.h>
 
-#include "../../perf.h"
 #include "../callchain.h"
 #include "../machine.h"
 #include "../map.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index 78c8bc9380bd1..abfde356be183 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/time64.h>
 
-#include "../../perf.h"
 #include "../counts.h"
 #include "../debug.h"
 #include "../callchain.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/svghelper.c b/tools/perf/util/svghelper.c
index fef0f8a40e2f6..582f4a69cd48d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/svghelper.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/svghelper.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <perf/cpumap.h>
 
 #include "env.h"
-#include "perf.h"
 #include "svghelper.h"
 #include "cpumap.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.c b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
index dbcb9cfb0f2f5..5ba1601e88609 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-#include "../perf.h"
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/time-utils.c b/tools/perf/util/time-utils.c
index c2abc259b51dc..9796a2e43f676 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/time-utils.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/time-utils.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include <math.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 
-#include "perf.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "time-utils.h"
 #include "session.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
index 2f8a0601a546e..d63d542b2cdea 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
 
-#include "../perf.h"
 #include "trace-event.h"
 #include <api/fs/tracing_path.h>
 #include "evsel.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
index b3982e1bb4c55..8e31a63045c3d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-#include "../perf.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "trace-event.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
index 13c1cf60d1bc4..b6c0db068be0f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-#include "../perf.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "trace-event.h"
 #include "debug.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c
index dfd2640c763a6..714581b0de657 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-#include "../perf.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "trace-event.h"
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index 44211e483fbf2..607daec229432 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-#include "../perf.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "namespaces.h"