diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 66b62570c855a08956f889695939a2237e3779fc..3e87486c28fe9dfd2abbcc0d53d85138730f19bd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -2870,8 +2870,7 @@ int perf_evsel__open_strerror(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct target *target,
 #if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
 		if (evsel->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE)
 			return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s",
-	"No hardware sampling interrupt available.\n"
-	"No APIC? If so then you can boot the kernel with the \"lapic\" boot parameter to force-enable it.");
+	"No hardware sampling interrupt available.\n");
 #endif
 		break;
 	case EBUSY: