diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 92d4658f56fb55a93415dbccb441c552724b0402..3de8979fe87d328b4f75d08633477d91390b3e49 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ static u64			last_timestamp;
 static u64			nr_unordered;
 extern const struct option	record_options[];
 static bool			no_callchain;
+static bool			latency_format;
 static bool			system_wide;
 static const char		*cpu_list;
 static DECLARE_BITMAP(cpu_bitmap, MAX_NR_CPUS);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
index 0deae885c7ba9269126a84f265ecbdfd464f9328..fe7a27d67d2b7af23a596683509769a4f1bd6e38 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "trace-event.h"
 
-bool latency_format;
-
 struct pevent *read_trace_init(int file_bigendian, int host_bigendian)
 {
 	struct pevent *pevent = pevent_alloc();
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
index 761c4846e0c74d5136953f2df8f680b85d006085..ed30c9c09cd0796f203f5707e7f7db4130085f27 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ struct perf_sample;
 union perf_event;
 struct perf_tool;
 
-extern bool latency_format;
 extern struct pevent *perf_pevent;
 
 enum {