diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index da8f8eb383a0bea2b7ddefe923836969acbd65fe..0aac5f3e594d87674af00d9a5ef6172d05c16baf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -607,7 +607,6 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		input_new = "perf.data.guest";
 	}
 
-	symbol_conf.exclude_other = false;
 	if (symbol__init() < 0)
 		return -1;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index ca98d34cd58b533491a255c8349795f581afce17..3662047cc6b1bcd881c8ca833988b2007cc66869 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -939,8 +939,7 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		 */
 		if (!strstr(sort_order, "parent"))
 			sort_parent.elide = 1;
-	} else
-		symbol_conf.exclude_other = false;
+	}
 
 	if (argc) {
 		/*
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index f036af9b6f09f00e52debecafe09a1c930d3ad12..e06c4f8693306827df06134a765d615ce27ae1cc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1130,8 +1130,6 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	if (top.evlist == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	symbol_conf.exclude_other = false;
-
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, top_usage, 0);
 	if (argc)
 		usage_with_options(top_usage, options);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 8cf3b5426a9aa9ddab8021bbdda944dec3c5e136..d5528e1cc03a0d72a3676597897bdfd6bb6a811e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ int vmlinux_path__nr_entries;
 char **vmlinux_path;
 
 struct symbol_conf symbol_conf = {
-	.exclude_other	  = true,
 	.use_modules	  = true,
 	.try_vmlinux_path = true,
 	.annotate_src	  = true,