diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 93029c09cd65226e127c0e8017b7a67ea4452998..9f5a47e5c07eb81fab38159524802b9a6ab20348 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -385,7 +385,6 @@ LIB_H += util/header.h
 LIB_H += util/help.h
 LIB_H += util/session.h
 LIB_H += util/strbuf.h
-LIB_H += util/string.h
 LIB_H += util/strlist.h
 LIB_H += util/svghelper.h
 LIB_H += util/run-command.h
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c
index 89773178e89408f9df1c235d355f5a4f3aebe27e..52e646e3e87378d949e3ebc8da2aea88a8b42dd1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
 #include "../util/parse-options.h"
-#include "../util/string.h"
 #include "../util/header.h"
 #include "bench.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index 887e8e04a6f9bf3e55a6479607209d065a309f49..ee0d917269914589264b9817bb1f835d099d93f4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include "util/cache.h"
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
 #include "util/symbol.h"
-#include "util/string.h"
 
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 80dc444031df97d066cb69820cf6e5d7a8ccbb54..dc61f1b68b40a745ce65dca57259e4277af74e63 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include "util/parse-options.h"
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
-#include "util/string.h"
 
 #include "util/header.h"
 #include "util/event.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index b13a7e2f839ef0e7bb00438ea06182f0339f8012..6615e09e336f296fcd6b906a27ce4e483827b2e3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include "util/cache.h"
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
 #include "util/symbol.h"
-#include "util/string.h"
 #include "util/callchain.h"
 #include "util/strlist.h"
 #include "util/values.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index 0d4d8ff7914b029423dba4e742c7343925519043..266e7aa996d3932ea22273d967302fd326c5724c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include "util/cache.h"
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
 #include "util/symbol.h"
-#include "util/string.h"
 #include "util/callchain.h"
 #include "util/strlist.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index 2826e702986e0da3c6fd4ce118a14454a9b2fe00..d4be55b6cd34d4e800da63ce61567e6601821ce3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "util/quote.h"
 #include "util/run-command.h"
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
-#include "util/string.h"
 #include "util/debugfs.h"
 
 bool use_browser;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/string.h b/tools/perf/util/string.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 70058241666466024e255c60cef1beb0b0f3ed9e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/util/string.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __PERF_STRING_H_
-#define __PERF_STRING_H_
-
-#include <stdbool.h>
-#include "types.h"
-
-s64 perf_atoll(const char *str);
-char **argv_split(const char *str, int *argcp);
-void argv_free(char **argv);
-bool strglobmatch(const char *str, const char *pat);
-bool strlazymatch(const char *str, const char *pat);
-
-#define _STR(x) #x
-#define STR(x) _STR(x)
-
-#endif /* __PERF_STRING_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 52701087ce044cde998d005cc273c560c8214530..fbf45d1b26f701a6f94f6ce561a166f346039cec 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -42,12 +42,14 @@
 #define _ALL_SOURCE 1
 #define _GNU_SOURCE 1
 #define _BSD_SOURCE 1
+#define HAS_BOOL
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/statfs.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include "../../../include/linux/magic.h"
+#include "types.h"
 
 
 #ifndef NO_ICONV
@@ -415,4 +418,13 @@ void git_qsort(void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
 int mkdir_p(char *path, mode_t mode);
 int copyfile(const char *from, const char *to);
 
+s64 perf_atoll(const char *str);
+char **argv_split(const char *str, int *argcp);
+void argv_free(char **argv);
+bool strglobmatch(const char *str, const char *pat);
+bool strlazymatch(const char *str, const char *pat);
+
+#define _STR(x) #x
+#define STR(x) _STR(x)
+
 #endif