diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/numa.c b/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
index 62b8ef4bcb1f18ced6e6515ad678680bbe667a82..5797253b970056023cd69a7f37e474ceca89d312 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 /* For the CLR_() macros */
 #include <pthread.h>
 
-#include "../builtin.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../util/cloexec.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c b/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c
index c63eb9a46346a2204284155b64079bf7a70cdf12..6e499b32bf001b8b017b89a497b3a01e8559bc4e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 #include "../util/util.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
-#include "../builtin.h"
 #include "bench.h"
 
 /* Test groups of 20 processes spraying to 20 receivers */
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/sched-pipe.c b/tools/perf/bench/sched-pipe.c
index 35b07f197d485b49c6f025d958f6daa804f6f6a3..edd40aafa3182f2da501d8465e1096cda089e02e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/sched-pipe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/sched-pipe.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
  */
 #include "../util/util.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
-#include "../builtin.h"
 #include "bench.h"
 
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c b/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
index b80f29bfc7bb2b1070e85dc01ad0c7b4d386e79a..00db9957fdb090ae3b4aa1b948b8324bf6ccc2df 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "jit.h"
 #include "jitdump.h"
 #include "genelf.h"
-#include "../builtin.h"
 
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>