diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
index 45ac2f9e0aa91ff9fa72e977e01958425a47628d..8ced1655fea695eda2d82ad7d9c81bab67ef836e 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ endif
 
 INSTALL ?= install
 RM ?= rm -f
-CLANG ?= clang
-LLVM_STRIP ?= llvm-strip
 
 FEATURE_USER = .bpftool
 FEATURE_TESTS = libbfd disassembler-four-args reallocarray zlib libcap \
diff --git a/tools/bpf/runqslower/Makefile b/tools/bpf/runqslower/Makefile
index 4d5ca54fcd4c83e8d876508c5fe178f9e7cedac9..9d9fb6209be1bf51f7a09a267eb86046a32c686a 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/runqslower/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bpf/runqslower/Makefile
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ include ../../scripts/Makefile.include
 
 OUTPUT ?= $(abspath .output)/
 
-CLANG ?= clang
-LLC ?= llc
-LLVM_STRIP ?= llvm-strip
 BPFTOOL_OUTPUT := $(OUTPUT)bpftool/
 DEFAULT_BPFTOOL := $(BPFTOOL_OUTPUT)bpftool
 BPFTOOL ?= $(DEFAULT_BPFTOOL)
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
index 89ba522e377dc7d815507ae5dbafb8eb589aaa64..3e55edb3ea549914d0248f89c919d9c430364c3f 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+include ../../scripts/Makefile.include
+
 FILES=                                          \
          test-all.bin                           \
          test-backtrace.bin                     \
@@ -76,8 +78,6 @@ FILES=                                          \
 FILES := $(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(FILES))
 
 PKG_CONFIG ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)pkg-config
-LLVM_CONFIG ?= llvm-config
-CLANG ?= clang
 
 all: $(FILES)
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 62f3deb1d3a8b7bcbef40d58ba01b10673a2c8a9..f4df7534026d14ed75d273f7ee077eb4f6857344 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ endef
 LD += $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
 
 PKG_CONFIG = $(CROSS_COMPILE)pkg-config
-LLVM_CONFIG ?= llvm-config
 
 RM      = rm -f
 LN      = ln -f
diff --git a/tools/scripts/Makefile.include b/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
index 1358e89cdf7d698951235b2b6ee61d098a74aee4..4255e71f72b7819e41c600d0c4cfbb7698492707 100644
--- a/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
+++ b/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ HOSTCC  ?= gcc
 HOSTLD  ?= ld
 endif
 
+# Some tools require Clang, LLC and/or LLVM utils
+CLANG		?= clang
+LLC		?= llc
+LLVM_CONFIG	?= llvm-config
+LLVM_OBJCOPY	?= llvm-objcopy
+LLVM_STRIP	?= llvm-strip
+
 ifeq ($(CC_NO_CLANG), 1)
 EXTRA_WARNINGS += -Wstrict-aliasing=3
 endif
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index 63d6288e419c7f6a8abf32307f6d407a49cd86b5..f0674d406f40957b42b6efc9e411156278b934bf 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ ifneq ($(wildcard $(GENHDR)),)
   GENFLAGS := -DHAVE_GENHDR
 endif
 
-CLANG		?= clang
-LLVM_OBJCOPY	?= llvm-objcopy
 BPF_GCC		?= $(shell command -v bpf-gcc;)
 SAN_CFLAGS	?=
 CFLAGS += -g -rdynamic -Wall -O2 $(GENFLAGS) $(SAN_CFLAGS)		\
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/Makefile
index 91fee5c43274568d17511e20f8a11038c1b13330..4d639279f41eca6465cf5fdbadfdedd904a1a213 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+include ../../../scripts/Makefile.include
 
 top_srcdir = $(abspath ../../../..)
 APIDIR := $(top_scrdir)/include/uapi
@@ -7,8 +8,6 @@ TEST_GEN_FILES = action.o
 KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL := 1
 include ../lib.mk
 
-CLANG ?= clang
-LLC   ?= llc
 PROBE := $(shell $(LLC) -march=bpf -mcpu=probe -filetype=null /dev/null 2>&1)
 
 ifeq ($(PROBE),)