diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 03059e75665a267b39baa45b5f7e107557b96542..9bf3fc759344031d05cb915c97d770cddef5a756 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ endif
 
 export PERL_PATH
 
-FLEX = $(CROSS_COMPILE)flex
-BISON= $(CROSS_COMPILE)bison
+FLEX = flex
+BISON= bison
 
 $(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-flex.c: util/parse-events.l
 	$(QUIET_FLEX)$(FLEX) --header-file=$(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-flex.h -t util/parse-events.l > $(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-flex.c