Check that it is not needed and remove, fixing up some fallout for
places where it was only serving to get something else.

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-9h6dg6lsqe2usyqjh5rrues4@git.kernel.orgSigned-off-by: NArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>