diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index c1a513e567640518cc7f7ac8ec59e5424d427d6d..8379252e75c408f9eb99442867c3a75bb950ae2e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 
 #include "util.h"
 #include "event.h"
-#include "string.h"
 #include "strlist.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "cache.h"