diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index 0fc49dda85a3fff9c2c4a673183ba17547f9f3f4..35dd1714ad51ac70f36bc78849c0b80dc476fd9e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -1823,9 +1823,6 @@ static int __init init_hw_perf_events(void)
 			x86_pmu_caps_group.attrs = tmp;
 	}
 
-	if (x86_pmu.event_attrs)
-		x86_pmu_events_group.attrs = x86_pmu.event_attrs;
-
 	if (!x86_pmu.events_sysfs_show)
 		x86_pmu_events_group.attrs = &empty_attrs;
 	else
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
index bfd6f58d3a357951db3099fc61fd5cf3f5f2994d..a32630defbbcdc79de435d6cd58e9f2403dd3115 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
@@ -616,7 +616,6 @@ struct x86_pmu {
 	int		attr_rdpmc_broken;
 	int		attr_rdpmc;
 	struct attribute **format_attrs;
-	struct attribute **event_attrs;
 	struct attribute **caps_attrs;
 
 	ssize_t		(*events_sysfs_show)(char *page, u64 config);