diff --git a/tools/perf/perf-sys.h b/tools/perf/perf-sys.h
index 7ed72a475c57b217ff88504fd2903496f2daf25c..e4b717e9eb6cf532c2d9c823c1b8f71e8da4256b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf-sys.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf-sys.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __powerpc__
-#include "../../arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h"
 #define CPUINFO_PROC	{"cpu"}
 #endif