diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 2e0a4e064f44c48a34707ace191644d6118af658..2936b308072200b79f54820a4bf63b0895704bbf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -939,22 +939,6 @@ void perf_counts_values__scale(struct perf_counts_values *count,
 		*pscaled = scaled;
 }
 
-int perf_evsel__read_cb(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu, int thread,
-			perf_evsel__read_cb_t cb)
-{
-	struct perf_counts_values count;
-
-	memset(&count, 0, sizeof(count));
-
-	if (FD(evsel, cpu, thread) < 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (readn(FD(evsel, cpu, thread), &count, sizeof(count)) < 0)
-		return -errno;
-
-	return cb(evsel, cpu, thread, &count);
-}
-
 int perf_evsel__read(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu, int thread,
 		     struct perf_counts_values *count)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index a79944a21e8feda9698d02ee5503fcf32f806b5d..4a7ed5656cf0165ffcdd52a1dba063aff6051c8e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -229,13 +229,6 @@ static inline bool perf_evsel__match2(struct perf_evsel *e1,
 	 (a)->attr.type == (b)->attr.type &&	\
 	 (a)->attr.config == (b)->attr.config)
 
-typedef int (perf_evsel__read_cb_t)(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
-				    int cpu, int thread,
-				    struct perf_counts_values *count);
-
-int perf_evsel__read_cb(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu, int thread,
-			perf_evsel__read_cb_t cb);
-
 int perf_evsel__read(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu, int thread,
 		     struct perf_counts_values *count);