diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index e18163bb32d79f19eefce26f6e047d20e143b823..6aef6d00e3c2eb911a7ddd0b9eff4f746ebb3b51 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -534,9 +534,6 @@ ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),tags)
 # because maintaining the nesting to match is a pain.  If
 # we had "elif" things would have been much nicer...
 
--include config.mak.autogen
--include config.mak
-
 ifdef NO_LIBELF
 	NO_DWARF := 1
 	NO_DEMANGLE := 1