diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/attr.c b/tools/perf/tests/attr.c
index 0dd77494bb58e62620b0ad21843c95add77e5bfa..0e77b2cf61ecc3453ecbf24646b1c0718b125ac5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/attr.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/attr.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  * permissions. All the event text files are stored there.
  */
 
+#include <debug.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -29,14 +30,11 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include "../perf.h"
-#include "util.h"
 #include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
 #include "tests.h"
 
 #define ENV "PERF_TEST_ATTR"
 
-extern int verbose;
-
 static char *dir;
 
 void test_attr__init(void)
@@ -138,8 +136,10 @@ void test_attr__open(struct perf_event_attr *attr, pid_t pid, int cpu,
 {
 	int errno_saved = errno;
 
-	if (store_event(attr, pid, cpu, fd, group_fd, flags))
-		die("test attr FAILED");
+	if (store_event(attr, pid, cpu, fd, group_fd, flags)) {
+		pr_err("test attr FAILED");
+		exit(128);
+	}
 
 	errno = errno_saved;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/usage.c b/tools/perf/util/usage.c
index bf185f28b19eafc2367b19598e81f89ba218d20b..6cc9d9888ce0fc346b6007ae3f07a0dc11932536 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/usage.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/usage.c
@@ -9,25 +9,12 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 
-static void report(const char *prefix, const char *err, va_list params)
-{
-	char msg[1024];
-	vsnprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), err, params);
-	fprintf(stderr, " %s%s\n", prefix, msg);
-}
-
 static __noreturn void usage_builtin(const char *err)
 {
 	fprintf(stderr, "\n Usage: %s\n", err);
 	exit(129);
 }
 
-static __noreturn void die_builtin(const char *err, va_list params)
-{
-	report(" Fatal: ", err, params);
-	exit(128);
-}
-
 /* If we are in a dlopen()ed .so write to a global variable would segfault
  * (ugh), so keep things static. */
 static void (*usage_routine)(const char *err) __noreturn = usage_builtin;
@@ -36,12 +23,3 @@ void usage(const char *err)
 {
 	usage_routine(err);
 }
-
-void die(const char *err, ...)
-{
-	va_list params;
-
-	va_start(params, err);
-	die_builtin(err, params);
-	va_end(params);
-}