diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 7a3c4c47ceda3f0ba3d4414c8d5f7f8d689b9fc2..d1ecde0fd56c456a8b3abcb56ff08a97690e090e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ void perf_evsel__config(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct record_opts *opts)
 	}
 }
 
-int perf_evsel__alloc_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads)
+static int perf_evsel__alloc_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads)
 {
 	int cpu, thread;
 
@@ -813,13 +813,13 @@ int perf_evsel__alloc_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus)
 	return evsel->counts != NULL ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-void perf_evsel__free_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
+static void perf_evsel__free_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
 	xyarray__delete(evsel->fd);
 	evsel->fd = NULL;
 }
 
-void perf_evsel__free_id(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
+static void perf_evsel__free_id(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
 	xyarray__delete(evsel->sample_id);
 	evsel->sample_id = NULL;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 5c80cf037e502968ef1722725c879c1fdae5e29e..1d5c754aebc4dfd38f823c2d74d5482ac2770454 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -154,12 +154,9 @@ const char *perf_evsel__name(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
 const char *perf_evsel__group_name(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
 int perf_evsel__group_desc(struct perf_evsel *evsel, char *buf, size_t size);
 
-int perf_evsel__alloc_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads);
 int perf_evsel__alloc_id(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads);
 int perf_evsel__alloc_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus);
 void perf_evsel__reset_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus);
-void perf_evsel__free_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
-void perf_evsel__free_id(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
 void perf_evsel__free_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
 void perf_evsel__close_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads);