diff --git a/tools/perf/util/branch.h b/tools/perf/util/branch.h
index f838b23db18046256d35db5c826cca793b4b5b78..94f36a187fe737d2b96afde36804ef89912066f3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/branch.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/branch.h
@@ -7,11 +7,9 @@
  * detected in at least musl libc, used in Alpine Linux. -acme
  */
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <linux/compiler.h>
-#include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include "util/map_symbol.h"
 #include "event.h"
 
 struct branch_flags {