diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 876f639d69ed89d7402b84398da648450e03c875..3d1f6968f1751e3f8d28d12a636a79d0793b0ea5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include "cpumap.h"
 #include "thread_map.h"
 #include "target.h"
-#include "../../include/linux/perf_event.h"
 
 #define FD(e, x, y) (*(int *)xyarray__entry(e->fd, x, y))
 #define GROUP_FD(group_fd, cpu) (*(int *)xyarray__entry(group_fd, cpu, 0))