diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
index 034c3d4a7b27b31cf2b345cde676328081596d74..64b44e81c7715a1c38df8e0309bde80b7d24bf86 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "util/build-id.h"
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/symbol.h"
+#include "util/time-utils.h"
 
 static int build_id_cache__kcore_buildid(const char *proc_dir, char *sbuildid)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index 2b1732cfc0beb0b8f4d3a99865f16a7d8a3212fe..d86ac0ac2c99f05e116a3bdbfb3d9a0625e79176 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_TIMERFD_SUPPORT
 #include <sys/timerfd.h>
 #endif
+#include <sys/time.h>
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/time64.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 99156b4363a5005acf846a8f62a388074524e0e7..32a9a68d38a24e680ed8de92457ae0fd3879c339 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "util/bpf-loader.h"
 #include "util/trigger.h"
 #include "util/perf-hooks.h"
+#include "util/time-utils.h"
 #include "util/units.h"
 #include "asm/bug.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/time-utils.c b/tools/perf/util/time-utils.c
index d1b21c72206d8b1a6a52697adb3091ff09e81ec2..5b5d0214debdcb99c563c84abe4d98746ff6a518 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/time-utils.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/time-utils.c
@@ -117,3 +117,28 @@ bool perf_time__skip_sample(struct perf_time_interval *ptime, u64 timestamp)
 
 	return false;
 }
+
+int timestamp__scnprintf_usec(u64 timestamp, char *buf, size_t sz)
+{
+	u64  sec = timestamp / NSEC_PER_SEC;
+	u64 usec = (timestamp % NSEC_PER_SEC) / NSEC_PER_USEC;
+
+	return scnprintf(buf, sz, "%"PRIu64".%06"PRIu64, sec, usec);
+}
+
+int fetch_current_timestamp(char *buf, size_t sz)
+{
+	struct timeval tv;
+	struct tm tm;
+	char dt[32];
+
+	if (gettimeofday(&tv, NULL) || !localtime_r(&tv.tv_sec, &tm))
+		return -1;
+
+	if (!strftime(dt, sizeof(dt), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S", &tm))
+		return -1;
+
+	scnprintf(buf, sz, "%s%02u", dt, (unsigned)tv.tv_usec / 10000);
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h b/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h
index c1f197c4af6c9aa019cdebc9625b07020f30ad4e..8656be08513b178ab64e4c716ca2d4f0a9378900 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef _TIME_UTILS_H_
 #define _TIME_UTILS_H_
 
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
 struct perf_time_interval {
 	u64 start, end;
 };
@@ -11,4 +14,8 @@ int perf_time__parse_str(struct perf_time_interval *ptime, const char *ostr);
 
 bool perf_time__skip_sample(struct perf_time_interval *ptime, u64 timestamp);
 
+int timestamp__scnprintf_usec(u64 timestamp, char *buf, size_t sz);
+
+int fetch_current_timestamp(char *buf, size_t sz);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index 7741d5f6022b2106ccad925c56eebcf928882c1a..e86dba2f791a3574c97fc322f7b255cfd04e98a6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -381,14 +381,6 @@ void sighandler_dump_stack(int sig)
 	raise(sig);
 }
 
-int timestamp__scnprintf_usec(u64 timestamp, char *buf, size_t sz)
-{
-	u64  sec = timestamp / NSEC_PER_SEC;
-	u64 usec = (timestamp % NSEC_PER_SEC) / NSEC_PER_USEC;
-
-	return scnprintf(buf, sz, "%"PRIu64".%06"PRIu64, sec, usec);
-}
-
 unsigned long parse_tag_value(const char *str, struct parse_tag *tags)
 {
 	struct parse_tag *i = tags;
@@ -692,20 +684,3 @@ const char *perf_tip(const char *dirpath)
 
 	return tip;
 }
-
-int fetch_current_timestamp(char *buf, size_t sz)
-{
-	struct timeval tv;
-	struct tm tm;
-	char dt[32];
-
-	if (gettimeofday(&tv, NULL) || !localtime_r(&tv.tv_sec, &tm))
-		return -1;
-
-	if (!strftime(dt, sizeof(dt), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S", &tm))
-		return -1;
-
-	scnprintf(buf, sz, "%s%02u", dt, (unsigned)tv.tv_usec / 10000);
-
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index add9e77369a28d8e754a374ab5fad27d6fe1c087..dc8eb942f92ba5ff8d8eda5d62bf9af94c140c92 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/time.h>
-#include <time.h>
 #include <assert.h>
-#include <utime.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <poll.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
@@ -125,12 +122,9 @@ int fetch_kernel_version(unsigned int *puint,
 #define KVER_PARAM(x)	KVER_VERSION(x), KVER_PATCHLEVEL(x), KVER_SUBLEVEL(x)
 
 const char *perf_tip(const char *dirpath);
-int fetch_current_timestamp(char *buf, size_t sz);
 
 #ifndef HAVE_SCHED_GETCPU_SUPPORT
 int sched_getcpu(void);
 #endif
 
-int timestamp__scnprintf_usec(u64 timestamp, char *buf, size_t sz);
-
 #endif /* GIT_COMPAT_UTIL_H */