diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 496871ae4590..77b153fa23a5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ LIB_H += util/include/linux/kernel.h
 LIB_H += util/include/linux/list.h
 LIB_H += util/include/linux/export.h
 LIB_H += util/include/linux/poison.h
-LIB_H += util/include/linux/prefetch.h
 LIB_H += util/include/linux/rbtree.h
 LIB_H += util/include/linux/rbtree_augmented.h
 LIB_H += util/include/linux/string.h
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/list.h b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/list.h
index 1d928a0ce997..bfe0a2afd0d2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/list.h
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/prefetch.h>
 
 #include "../../../../include/linux/list.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/prefetch.h b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/prefetch.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 7841e485d8c3..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/prefetch.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef PERF_LINUX_PREFETCH_H
-#define PERF_LINUX_PREFETCH_H
-
-static inline void prefetch(void *a __attribute__((unused))) { }
-
-#endif