diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index bd097187724b..b799649ab0e7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ CORE_FEATURE_TESTS =			\
 	stackprotector-all		\
 	timerfd				\
 	libdw-dwarf-unwind		\
-	libbabeltrace			\
 	zlib
 
 LIB_FEATURE_TESTS =			\
@@ -243,7 +242,6 @@ LIB_FEATURE_TESTS =			\
 	libslang			\
 	libunwind			\
 	libdw-dwarf-unwind		\
-	libbabeltrace			\
 	zlib
 
 VF_FEATURE_TESTS =			\
@@ -705,14 +703,15 @@ else
 endif
 
 ifndef NO_LIBBABELTRACE
-  ifeq ($(feature-libbabeltrace), 0)
-    msg := $(warning No libbabeltrace found, disables 'perf data' CTF format support, please install libbabeltrace-dev[el]/libbabeltrace-ctf-dev);
-    NO_LIBBABELTRACE := 1
-  else
+  $(call feature_check,libbabeltrace)
+  ifeq ($(feature-libbabeltrace), 1)
     CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT $(LIBBABELTRACE_CFLAGS)
     LDFLAGS += $(LIBBABELTRACE_LDFLAGS)
     EXTLIBS += -lbabeltrace-ctf
     $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBBABELTRACE)
+  else
+    msg := $(warning No libbabeltrace found, disables 'perf data' CTF format support, please install libbabeltrace-dev[el]/libbabeltrace-ctf-dev);
+    NO_LIBBABELTRACE := 1
   endif
 endif
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
index 8fe067864957..b6e2e312ba54 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ BUILD = $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -Wall -Werror -o $(OUTPUT)$@ $(patsubst %.bin,%.c,$@) $(
 ###############################
 
 test-all.bin:
-	$(BUILD) -fstack-protector-all -O2 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -ldw -lelf -lnuma -lelf -laudit -I/usr/include/slang -lslang $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null) $(FLAGS_PERL_EMBED) $(FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED) -DPACKAGE='"perf"' -lbfd -ldl -lz -lbabeltrace
+	$(BUILD) -fstack-protector-all -O2 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -ldw -lelf -lnuma -lelf -laudit -I/usr/include/slang -lslang $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null) $(FLAGS_PERL_EMBED) $(FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED) -DPACKAGE='"perf"' -lbfd -ldl -lz
 
 test-hello.bin:
 	$(BUILD)
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-all.c b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-all.c
index 1ffc3da5ca10..06f5c8a67cb2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-all.c
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-all.c
@@ -101,9 +101,17 @@
 # include "test-pthread_attr_setaffinity_np.c"
 #undef main
 
+# if 0
+/*
+ * Disable libbabeltrace check for test-all, because the requested
+ * library version is not released yet in most distributions. Will
+ * reenable later.
+ */
+
 #define main main_test_libbabeltrace
 # include "test-libbabeltrace.c"
 #undef main
+#endif
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
@@ -130,7 +138,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	main_test_sync_compare_and_swap(argc, argv);
 	main_test_zlib();
 	main_test_pthread_attr_setaffinity_np();
-	main_test_libbabeltrace();
 
 	return 0;
 }