diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index f63557b59c06c4e77dae1047030e515ac95b1ed3..54efcb5659ac2bf2f6061a5c64e496f1b408d54c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-#include <libelf.h>
-#include <gelf.h>
-#include <elf.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <errno.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c
index 259f8f2ea9c96468b84100c511ea0878f9d53f0c..a7390cde63bc74f8dae01422dd92bbc2e1a09d3c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include "symbol.h"
 
-#include <elf.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <string.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index ec7b2405c37769ba35733910268f65de1bcd435f..d97377ac2f163312af4b536aa6ba67913b7dfc26 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 #ifdef LIBELF_SUPPORT
 #include <libelf.h>
 #include <gelf.h>
-#include <elf.h>
 #endif
+#include <elf.h>
 
 #include "dso.h"