diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bench.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bench.c
index bbb42e2cee0c5dab3d3ff218fd4568cf187070c5..f973320e6dbf59ce47f0a1df52feba48cb4bff8f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bench.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bench.c
@@ -29,26 +29,10 @@ static int libbpf_print_fn(enum libbpf_print_level level,
 	return vfprintf(stderr, format, args);
 }
 
-static int bump_memlock_rlimit(void)
-{
-	struct rlimit rlim_new = {
-		.rlim_cur	= RLIM_INFINITY,
-		.rlim_max	= RLIM_INFINITY,
-	};
-
-	return setrlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, &rlim_new);
-}
-
 void setup_libbpf(void)
 {
-	int err;
-
 	libbpf_set_strict_mode(LIBBPF_STRICT_ALL);
 	libbpf_set_print(libbpf_print_fn);
-
-	err = bump_memlock_rlimit();
-	if (err)
-		fprintf(stderr, "failed to increase RLIMIT_MEMLOCK: %d", err);
 }
 
 void false_hits_report_progress(int iter, struct bench_res *res, long delta_ns)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf.c
index 01b776a7beeba22cff292ce03c4f3af1ca7da049..8ba53acf9eb47c99b2babeadea5201f6cba7b5a5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <bpf/libbpf.h>
 #include <bpf/btf.h>
 
-#include "bpf_rlimit.h"
 #include "bpf_util.h"
 #include "../test_btf.h"
 #include "test_progs.h"
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/select_reuseport.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/select_reuseport.c
index 980ac0f2c0bb480f956539b834d89e286e332301..1cbd8cd64044a0e026b2e75db087d4694ca3ea11 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/select_reuseport.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/select_reuseport.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <bpf/bpf.h>
 #include <bpf/libbpf.h>
-#include "bpf_rlimit.h"
 #include "bpf_util.h"
 
 #include "test_progs.h"
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sk_lookup.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sk_lookup.c
index 57846cc7ce360471251b5912924764c9b1eaee85..597d0467a92675007ffa951539f6475585dbcfe0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sk_lookup.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sk_lookup.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include <bpf/bpf.h>
 
 #include "test_progs.h"
-#include "bpf_rlimit.h"
 #include "bpf_util.h"
 #include "cgroup_helpers.h"
 #include "network_helpers.h"
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sock_fields.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sock_fields.c
index fae40db4d81f579a63b818b23d03a929a56ffd72..9fc040eaa482a67cfeec3124bbda751f75260256 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sock_fields.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sock_fields.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include "network_helpers.h"
 #include "cgroup_helpers.h"
 #include "test_progs.h"
-#include "bpf_rlimit.h"
 #include "test_sock_fields.skel.h"
 
 enum bpf_linum_array_idx {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c
index f4cd658bbe009b47d299fb10940fc1a0aa4ae430..50f7e74ca0b90f999ae00b93507f13495b6d1a5e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <bpf/libbpf.h>
 
 #include "bpf_util.h"
-#include "bpf_rlimit.h"
 #include "test_maps.h"
 #include "testing_helpers.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
index 296928948bb93adb7c35bb47d415329fecb5754d..2ecb73a65206d92e45493d997a9c0369dff03b47 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include "test_progs.h"
 #include "cgroup_helpers.h"
-#include "bpf_rlimit.h"
 #include <argp.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <sched.h>
@@ -1342,7 +1341,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	/* Use libbpf 1.0 API mode */
 	libbpf_set_strict_mode(LIBBPF_STRICT_ALL);
-
 	libbpf_set_print(libbpf_print_fn);
 
 	srand(time(NULL));
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
index ad5d30bafd9389d11778048587b9910cf274e6e0..b0bd2a1f6d52a67bae3b2e22e5c76cf1bf116545 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #  define CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS 1
 # endif
 #endif
-#include "bpf_rlimit.h"
 #include "bpf_rand.h"
 #include "bpf_util.h"
 #include "test_btf.h"
@@ -1395,6 +1394,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
+	/* Use libbpf 1.0 API mode */
+	libbpf_set_strict_mode(LIBBPF_STRICT_ALL);
+
 	bpf_semi_rand_init();
 	return do_test(unpriv, from, to);
 }