diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index d12d79cf8d32d3f3999536180d36ab431c4f46ec..88626678bfc4c08bf1a415d129eefbf9acf0fb74 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -2334,16 +2334,6 @@ int perf_session__write_header(struct perf_session *session,
 		}
 	}
 
-	header->event_offset = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
-	header->event_size = trace_event_count * sizeof(struct perf_trace_event_type);
-	if (trace_events) {
-		err = do_write(fd, trace_events, header->event_size);
-		if (err < 0) {
-			pr_debug("failed to write perf header events\n");
-			return err;
-		}
-	}
-
 	header->data_offset = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
 
 	if (at_exit) {
@@ -2364,10 +2354,7 @@ int perf_session__write_header(struct perf_session *session,
 			.offset = header->data_offset,
 			.size	= header->data_size,
 		},
-		.event_types = {
-			.offset = header->event_offset,
-			.size	= header->event_size,
-		},
+		/* event_types is ignored, store zeros */
 	};
 
 	memcpy(&f_header.adds_features, &header->adds_features, sizeof(header->adds_features));
@@ -2614,8 +2601,6 @@ int perf_file_header__read(struct perf_file_header *header,
 	memcpy(&ph->adds_features, &header->adds_features,
 	       sizeof(ph->adds_features));
 
-	ph->event_offset = header->event_types.offset;
-	ph->event_size   = header->event_types.size;
 	ph->data_offset  = header->data.offset;
 	ph->data_size	 = header->data.size;
 	return 0;
@@ -2839,17 +2824,6 @@ int perf_session__read_header(struct perf_session *session, int fd)
 
 	symbol_conf.nr_events = nr_attrs;
 
-	if (f_header.event_types.size) {
-		lseek(fd, f_header.event_types.offset, SEEK_SET);
-		trace_events = malloc(f_header.event_types.size);
-		if (trace_events == NULL)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		if (perf_header__getbuffer64(header, fd, trace_events,
-					     f_header.event_types.size))
-			goto out_errno;
-		trace_event_count =  f_header.event_types.size / sizeof(struct perf_trace_event_type);
-	}
-
 	perf_header__process_sections(header, fd, &session->pevent,
 				      perf_file_section__process);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.h b/tools/perf/util/header.h
index 2d1ca7d3ca9c60a25a2a002e268ee7c560870f9c..298982fb195bd91695c5454ef91772e14f4bbb7a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ struct perf_file_header {
 	u64				attr_size;
 	struct perf_file_section	attrs;
 	struct perf_file_section	data;
+	/* event_types is ignored */
 	struct perf_file_section	event_types;
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(adds_features, HEADER_FEAT_BITS);
 };
@@ -88,8 +89,6 @@ struct perf_header {
 	s64			attr_offset;
 	u64			data_offset;
 	u64			data_size;
-	u64			event_offset;
-	u64			event_size;
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(adds_features, HEADER_FEAT_BITS);
 	struct perf_session_env env;
 };