diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
index 45a9a59828c3c09d420e8e149930363cec9668c2..ae61f464043a11fbe78d7fcebb5f2266a1b291a7 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ FEATURE_TESTS_BASIC :=                  \
         numa_num_possible_cpus          \
         libperl                         \
         libpython                       \
-        libpython-version               \
         libslang                        \
         libslang-include-subdir         \
         libtraceevent                   \
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
index 0a3244ad967307cef0793d4f8df46eae96e48bd0..1480910c792e2cb3fc6f63f858cf089e18222d70 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ FILES=                                          \
          test-numa_num_possible_cpus.bin        \
          test-libperl.bin                       \
          test-libpython.bin                     \
-         test-libpython-version.bin             \
          test-libslang.bin                      \
          test-libslang-include-subdir.bin       \
          test-libtraceevent.bin                 \
@@ -227,9 +226,6 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-libperl.bin:
 $(OUTPUT)test-libpython.bin:
 	$(BUILD) $(FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED)
 
-$(OUTPUT)test-libpython-version.bin:
-	$(BUILD)
-
 $(OUTPUT)test-libbfd.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -DPACKAGE='"perf"' -lbfd -ldl
 
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-all.c b/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
index 0b243ce842be3383413fb6604d93fd7849dd7b94..5ffafb967b6e4952d4b4b3b023d9207291abb167 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
 # include "test-libpython.c"
 #undef main
 
-#define main main_test_libpython_version
-# include "test-libpython-version.c"
-#undef main
-
 #define main main_test_libperl
 # include "test-libperl.c"
 #undef main
@@ -177,7 +173,6 @@
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	main_test_libpython();
-	main_test_libpython_version();
 	main_test_libperl();
 	main_test_hello();
 	main_test_libelf();
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-libpython-version.c b/tools/build/feature/test-libpython-version.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 47714b942d4d35bf61d4646d797d474e836a8ba9..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tools/build/feature/test-libpython-version.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-#include <Python.h>
-
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03000000
-	#error
-#endif
-
-int main(void)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index afd144725a0bf766e79c3f3b2aef73e1037ce242..3df74cf5651af9dda46f214bc860a76c30a0c98d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -271,8 +271,6 @@ endif
 
 FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-libpython := $(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS)
 FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-libpython := $(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS)
-FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-libpython-version := $(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS)
-FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-libpython-version := $(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS)
 
 FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-libaio = -lrt