diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
index f8a2b7fa7741d42317814cebf0956e4ddb09e5f1..50e04cc5dddd82e888a22621eb3959098dad6444 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
@@ -50,7 +50,13 @@ static __u64 ptr_to_u64(const void *ptr)
 static int sys_bpf(enum bpf_cmd cmd, union bpf_attr *attr,
 		   unsigned int size)
 {
+#ifdef __NR_bpf
 	return syscall(__NR_bpf, cmd, attr, size);
+#else
+	fprintf(stderr, "No bpf syscall, kernel headers too old?\n");
+	errno = ENOSYS;
+	return -1;
+#endif
 }
 
 int bpf_create_map(enum bpf_map_type map_type, int key_size,
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_sys.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_sys.h
deleted file mode 100644
index aa076a8a07f77eae3ba5b61f9d34a465822ca50f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_sys.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __BPF_SYS__
-#define __BPF_SYS__
-
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-#include <sys/syscall.h>
-
-#include <linux/bpf.h>
-
-static inline __u64 bpf_ptr_to_u64(const void *ptr)
-{
-	return (__u64)(unsigned long) ptr;
-}
-
-static inline int bpf(int cmd, union bpf_attr *attr, unsigned int size)
-{
-#ifdef __NR_bpf
-	return syscall(__NR_bpf, cmd, attr, size);
-#else
-	fprintf(stderr, "No bpf syscall, kernel headers too old?\n");
-	errno = ENOSYS;
-	return -1;
-#endif
-}
-
-#endif /* __BPF_SYS__ */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lpm_map.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lpm_map.c
index 3cc812cac2d7d2d807d2ea446d9e6c4642462fb8..e97565243d59c014272c12025e2cb74bf04244d6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lpm_map.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lpm_map.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 
 #include <bpf/bpf.h>
-#include "bpf_sys.h"
 #include "bpf_util.h"
 
 struct tlpm_node {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lru_map.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lru_map.c
index 48973ded1c962cc5b1c84a4381b8b3a067e88000..00b0aff56e2e7256de150815e0da2eb0fb20d7b6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lru_map.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lru_map.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 
 #include <bpf/bpf.h>
-#include "bpf_sys.h"
 #include "bpf_util.h"
 
 #define LOCAL_FREE_TARGET	(128)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c
index 39168499f43fb076fe396289c67a7465347cbc2a..cada17ac00b8e6b5af37554ea8489be6ffc873a2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
 
 #include <bpf/bpf.h>
-#include "bpf_sys.h"
 #include "bpf_util.h"
 
 static int map_flags;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tag.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tag.c
index ae4263638cd5032138175acd5ca5f953174d51a3..de409fc50c35b3f5cc07956162be280ff16229e5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tag.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tag.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -20,8 +21,6 @@
 
 #include "../../../include/linux/filter.h"
 
-#include "bpf_sys.h"
-
 static struct bpf_insn prog[BPF_MAXINSNS];
 
 static void bpf_gen_imm_prog(unsigned int insns, int fd_map)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
index 63818cbb9fb1e3faccb0ed3b10c1c75c184604b8..e1f5b9eea1e874ab7f4698a1e20abc5588fe00bb 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
 
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -28,8 +30,6 @@
 
 #include "../../../include/linux/filter.h"
 
-#include "bpf_sys.h"
-
 #ifndef ARRAY_SIZE
 # define ARRAY_SIZE(x) (sizeof(x) / sizeof((x)[0]))
 #endif