diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
index bc34b28373f499d960260c0bd1d58c9e0479ba88..eac45ccd5c322ac287de624124a392587b1269e4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
@@ -1420,16 +1420,19 @@ static int dso__disassemble_filename(struct dso *dso, char *filename, size_t fil
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const char *annotate__norm_arch(const char *arch_name)
+static const char *perf_env__arch(struct perf_env *env)
 {
 	struct utsname uts;
+	char *arch_name;
 
-	if (!arch_name) { /* Assume we are annotating locally. */
+	if (!env) { /* Assume local operation */
 		if (uname(&uts) < 0)
 			return NULL;
 		arch_name = uts.machine;
-	}
-	return normalize_arch((char *)arch_name);
+	} else
+		arch_name = env->arch;
+
+	return normalize_arch(arch_name);
 }
 
 static int symbol__disassemble(struct symbol *sym, struct annotate_args *args)
@@ -1630,14 +1633,10 @@ int symbol__annotate(struct symbol *sym, struct map *map,
 		.evsel		= evsel,
 	};
 	struct perf_env *env = perf_evsel__env(evsel);
-	const char *arch_name = NULL;
+	const char *arch_name = perf_env__arch(env);
 	struct arch *arch;
 	int err;
 
-	if (evsel)
-		arch_name = perf_evsel__env_arch(evsel);
-
-	arch_name = annotate__norm_arch(arch_name);
 	if (!arch_name)
 		return -1;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 541897049c6cdfec7ed106eed38accb89fe8ae93..4718f0a460df18231f4f35999b162174495a4c62 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -2835,13 +2835,6 @@ int perf_evsel__open_strerror(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct target *target,
 			 perf_evsel__name(evsel));
 }
 
-char *perf_evsel__env_arch(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
-{
-	if (evsel && evsel->evlist && evsel->evlist->env)
-		return evsel->evlist->env->arch;
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 struct perf_env *perf_evsel__env(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
 	if (evsel && evsel->evlist)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 0e961ce60a9ccdb2ff8fd92b9d163acc2c8a8e56..846e416445254f6090a1280305106a6c581b715a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -446,7 +446,6 @@ typedef int (*attr__fprintf_f)(FILE *, const char *, const char *, void *);
 int perf_event_attr__fprintf(FILE *fp, struct perf_event_attr *attr,
 			     attr__fprintf_f attr__fprintf, void *priv);
 
-char *perf_evsel__env_arch(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
 struct perf_env *perf_evsel__env(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
 
 #endif /* __PERF_EVSEL_H */