diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 1d423548862f87cc6ed4a27f2f2d271a9e481659..66cae50b5c4c7ad7630d385effd0fa0c117171b9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -813,22 +813,6 @@ int perf_session__deliver_event(struct perf_session *session,
 	dump_event(session, event, file_offset, sample);
 
 	evsel = perf_evlist__id2evsel(session->evlist, sample->id);
-	if (evsel != NULL && event->header.type != PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE) {
-		/*
-		 * XXX We're leaving PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE unnacounted here
-		 * because the tools right now may apply filters, discarding
-		 * some of the samples. For consistency, in the future we
-		 * should have something like nr_filtered_samples and remove
-		 * the sample->period from total_sample_period, etc, KISS for
-		 * now tho.
-		 *
-		 * Also testing against NULL allows us to handle files without
-		 * attr.sample_id_all and/or without PERF_SAMPLE_ID. In the
-		 * future probably it'll be a good idea to restrict event
-		 * processing via perf_session to files with both set.
-		 */
-		hists__inc_nr_events(evsel__hists(evsel), event->header.type);
-	}
 
 	machine = perf_session__find_machine_for_cpumode(session, event,
 							 sample);