diff --git a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
index 168cc49654e7a4b18f69d177e29373f8a13e3471..e0148b081bdfbb7cead2c118a51ca81bd238e740 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
@@ -278,51 +278,6 @@ char *dso__build_id_filename(const struct dso *dso, char *bf, size_t size)
 	return bf;
 }
 
-bool dso__build_id_is_kmod(const struct dso *dso, char *bf, size_t size)
-{
-	char *id_name = NULL, *ch;
-	struct stat sb;
-	char sbuild_id[SBUILD_ID_SIZE];
-
-	if (!dso->has_build_id)
-		goto err;
-
-	build_id__sprintf(dso->build_id, sizeof(dso->build_id), sbuild_id);
-	id_name = build_id_cache__linkname(sbuild_id, NULL, 0);
-	if (!id_name)
-		goto err;
-	if (access(id_name, F_OK))
-		goto err;
-	if (lstat(id_name, &sb) == -1)
-		goto err;
-	if ((size_t)sb.st_size > size - 1)
-		goto err;
-	if (readlink(id_name, bf, size - 1) < 0)
-		goto err;
-
-	bf[sb.st_size] = '\0';
-
-	/*
-	 * link should be:
-	 * ../../lib/modules/4.4.0-rc4/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_ipv4.ko/a09fe3eb3147dafa4e3b31dbd6257e4d696bdc92
-	 */
-	ch = strrchr(bf, '/');
-	if (!ch)
-		goto err;
-	if (ch - 3 < bf)
-		goto err;
-
-	free(id_name);
-	return strncmp(".ko", ch - 3, 3) == 0;
-err:
-	pr_err("Invalid build id: %s\n", id_name ? :
-					 dso->long_name ? :
-					 dso->short_name ? :
-					 "[unknown]");
-	free(id_name);
-	return false;
-}
-
 #define dsos__for_each_with_build_id(pos, head)	\
 	list_for_each_entry(pos, head, node)	\
 		if (!pos->has_build_id)		\
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/build-id.h b/tools/perf/util/build-id.h
index 8a89b195c1fc3a5c36d7ca260dafe9c6b3fa8262..96690a55c62c40394444a8f23df1cd03b840acfe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/build-id.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/build-id.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ char *build_id_cache__kallsyms_path(const char *sbuild_id, char *bf,
 				    size_t size);
 
 char *dso__build_id_filename(const struct dso *dso, char *bf, size_t size);
-bool dso__build_id_is_kmod(const struct dso *dso, char *bf, size_t size);
 
 int build_id__mark_dso_hit(struct perf_tool *tool, union perf_event *event,
 			   struct perf_sample *sample, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 8f2b068ff7564900c989d1cdec96757c1b3ab45b..e7a98dbd2aed9133d99f38b71b3cac9fb297e0d6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1562,10 +1562,6 @@ int dso__load(struct dso *dso, struct map *map)
 	if (!runtime_ss && syms_ss)
 		runtime_ss = syms_ss;
 
-	if (syms_ss && syms_ss->type == DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BUILD_ID_CACHE)
-		if (dso__build_id_is_kmod(dso, name, PATH_MAX))
-			kmod = true;
-
 	if (syms_ss)
 		ret = dso__load_sym(dso, map, syms_ss, runtime_ss, kmod);
 	else