diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index b90528d42b039b58930313e5bbbb856f58c3ef08..a2108ca1cc17ad02e331aa02adf1870cc56a07ba 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -296,13 +296,13 @@ $(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-flex.c: util/parse-events.l $(OUTPUT)util/parse-event
 	$(QUIET_FLEX)$(FLEX) --header-file=$(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-flex.h $(PARSER_DEBUG_FLEX) -t util/parse-events.l > $(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-flex.c
 
 $(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-bison.c: util/parse-events.y
-	$(QUIET_BISON)$(BISON) -v util/parse-events.y -d $(PARSER_DEBUG_BISON) -o $(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-bison.c
+	$(QUIET_BISON)$(BISON) -v util/parse-events.y -d $(PARSER_DEBUG_BISON) -o $(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-bison.c -p parse_events_
 
 $(OUTPUT)util/pmu-flex.c: util/pmu.l $(OUTPUT)util/pmu-bison.c
 	$(QUIET_FLEX)$(FLEX) --header-file=$(OUTPUT)util/pmu-flex.h -t util/pmu.l > $(OUTPUT)util/pmu-flex.c
 
 $(OUTPUT)util/pmu-bison.c: util/pmu.y
-	$(QUIET_BISON)$(BISON) -v util/pmu.y -d -o $(OUTPUT)util/pmu-bison.c
+	$(QUIET_BISON)$(BISON) -v util/pmu.y -d -o $(OUTPUT)util/pmu-bison.c -p perf_pmu_
 
 $(OUTPUT)util/parse-events.o: $(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-flex.c $(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-bison.c
 $(OUTPUT)util/pmu.o: $(OUTPUT)util/pmu-flex.c $(OUTPUT)util/pmu-bison.c
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
index 4de2fdca98c8481d6c254151acd5cf5aa2de0600..afc44c18dfe17b054fe01e10c779dbe747373558 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 %pure-parser
-%name-prefix "parse_events_"
 %parse-param {void *_data}
 %parse-param {void *scanner}
 %lex-param {void* scanner}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.y b/tools/perf/util/pmu.y
index ec898047ebb92869a6487405ec0de525b0d4acde..bfd7e8509869b64b53fbcbcddafe89a4a73b93b3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.y
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.y
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 
-%name-prefix "perf_pmu_"
 %parse-param {struct list_head *format}
 %parse-param {char *name}