diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
index 027bb2b89d7ff8f0f3c755e9253efa3c4cf73d86..8c6c8a0ca642133af03e837c768703a0ec0266a0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ libperf-y += strlist.o
 libperf-y += strfilter.o
 libperf-y += top.o
 libperf-y += usage.o
-libperf-y += wrapper.o
 libperf-y += dso.o
 libperf-y += symbol.o
 libperf-y += symbol_fprintf.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cache.h b/tools/perf/util/cache.h
index 1f5a93c2c9a28038afc3b401b2a1939fe6db2c4d..0d814bb746617965895c6fb7e1f3a58b5a0ce9b9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cache.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cache.h
@@ -40,25 +40,6 @@ int split_cmdline(char *cmdline, const char ***argv);
 
 #define alloc_nr(x) (((x)+16)*3/2)
 
-/*
- * Realloc the buffer pointed at by variable 'x' so that it can hold
- * at least 'nr' entries; the number of entries currently allocated
- * is 'alloc', using the standard growing factor alloc_nr() macro.
- *
- * DO NOT USE any expression with side-effect for 'x' or 'alloc'.
- */
-#define ALLOC_GROW(x, nr, alloc) \
-	do { \
-		if ((nr) > alloc) { \
-			if (alloc_nr(alloc) < (nr)) \
-				alloc = (nr); \
-			else \
-				alloc = alloc_nr(alloc); \
-			x = xrealloc((x), alloc * sizeof(*(x))); \
-		} \
-	} while(0)
-
-
 static inline int is_absolute_path(const char *path)
 {
 	return path[0] == '/';
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 88f607af1f47036842f6ff77ad2c203b68dcb7c3..7651633a8dc7a2eda51f30750ca1a142ed72fbe8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -160,12 +160,6 @@ static inline char *gitstrchrnul(const char *s, int c)
 }
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Wrappers:
- */
-void *xrealloc(void *ptr, size_t size) __attribute__((weak));
-
-
 static inline void *zalloc(size_t size)
 {
 	return calloc(1, size);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/wrapper.c b/tools/perf/util/wrapper.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f1a07c4b87ba81a3e1ed278b0a21b3673ada8cb..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/util/wrapper.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Various trivial helper wrappers around standard functions
- */
-#include "cache.h"
-
-/*
- * There's no pack memory to release - but stay close to the Git
- * version so wrap this away:
- */
-static inline void release_pack_memory(size_t size __maybe_unused,
-				       int flag __maybe_unused)
-{
-}
-
-void *xrealloc(void *ptr, size_t size)
-{
-	void *ret = realloc(ptr, size);
-	if (!ret && !size)
-		ret = realloc(ptr, 1);
-	if (!ret) {
-		release_pack_memory(size, -1);
-		ret = realloc(ptr, size);
-		if (!ret && !size)
-			ret = realloc(ptr, 1);
-		if (!ret)
-			die("Out of memory, realloc failed");
-	}
-	return ret;
-}