diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 5db687fc13de..b8153db5a9eb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -608,7 +608,6 @@ int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 			return -1;
 		}
 
-		perf_header__read(&session->header, input);
 		err = scripting_ops->generate_script("perf-trace");
 		goto out;
 	}