diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/numa.c b/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
index 62b8ef4bcb1f..5797253b9700 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 /* For the CLR_() macros */
 #include <pthread.h>
 
-#include "../builtin.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../util/cloexec.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c b/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c
index c63eb9a46346..6e499b32bf00 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 #include "../util/util.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
-#include "../builtin.h"
 #include "bench.h"
 
 /* Test groups of 20 processes spraying to 20 receivers */
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/sched-pipe.c b/tools/perf/bench/sched-pipe.c
index 35b07f197d48..edd40aafa318 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/sched-pipe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/sched-pipe.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
  */
 #include "../util/util.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
-#include "../builtin.h"
 #include "bench.h"
 
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c b/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
index b80f29bfc7bb..00db9957fdb0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "jit.h"
 #include "jitdump.h"
 #include "genelf.h"
-#include "../builtin.h"
 
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>