diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index 679a1d75090c..7b6eaf5e0bda 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@ int hists__collapse_resort(struct hists *hists, struct ui_progress *prog)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int hist_entry__sort(struct hist_entry *a, struct hist_entry *b)
+static int64_t hist_entry__sort(struct hist_entry *a, struct hist_entry *b)
 {
 	struct hists *hists = a->hists;
 	struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
index 15961854ba67..741f040648b5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
@@ -539,10 +539,11 @@ static int perl_stop_script(void)
 
 static int perl_generate_script(struct tep_handle *pevent, const char *outfile)
 {
+	int i, not_first, count, nr_events;
+	struct tep_event **all_events;
 	struct tep_event *event = NULL;
 	struct tep_format_field *f;
 	char fname[PATH_MAX];
-	int not_first, count;
 	FILE *ofp;
 
 	sprintf(fname, "%s.pl", outfile);
@@ -603,8 +604,11 @@ sub print_backtrace\n\
 }\n\n\
 ");
 
+	nr_events = tep_get_events_count(pevent);
+	all_events = tep_list_events(pevent, TEP_EVENT_SORT_ID);
 
-	while ((event = trace_find_next_event(pevent, event))) {
+	for (i = 0; all_events && i < nr_events; i++) {
+		event = all_events[i];
 		fprintf(ofp, "sub %s::%s\n{\n", event->system, event->name);
 		fprintf(ofp, "\tmy (");
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index 5d341efc3237..93c03b39cd9c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -1687,10 +1687,11 @@ static int python_stop_script(void)
 
 static int python_generate_script(struct tep_handle *pevent, const char *outfile)
 {
+	int i, not_first, count, nr_events;
+	struct tep_event **all_events;
 	struct tep_event *event = NULL;
 	struct tep_format_field *f;
 	char fname[PATH_MAX];
-	int not_first, count;
 	FILE *ofp;
 
 	sprintf(fname, "%s.py", outfile);
@@ -1735,7 +1736,11 @@ static int python_generate_script(struct tep_handle *pevent, const char *outfile
 	fprintf(ofp, "def trace_end():\n");
 	fprintf(ofp, "\tprint(\"in trace_end\")\n\n");
 
-	while ((event = trace_find_next_event(pevent, event))) {
+	nr_events = tep_get_events_count(pevent);
+	all_events = tep_list_events(pevent, TEP_EVENT_SORT_ID);
+
+	for (i = 0; all_events && i < nr_events; i++) {
+		event = all_events[i];
 		fprintf(ofp, "def %s__%s(", event->system, event->name);
 		fprintf(ofp, "event_name, ");
 		fprintf(ofp, "context, ");
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
index 5d6bfc70b210..9634f0ae57be 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
@@ -173,37 +173,6 @@ int parse_event_file(struct tep_handle *pevent,
 	return tep_parse_event(pevent, buf, size, sys);
 }
 
-struct tep_event *trace_find_next_event(struct tep_handle *pevent,
-					struct tep_event *event)
-{
-	static int idx;
-	int events_count;
-	struct tep_event *all_events;
-
-	all_events = tep_get_first_event(pevent);
-	events_count = tep_get_events_count(pevent);
-	if (!pevent || !all_events || events_count < 1)
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (!event) {
-		idx = 0;
-		return all_events;
-	}
-
-	if (idx < events_count && event == (all_events + idx)) {
-		idx++;
-		if (idx == events_count)
-			return NULL;
-		return (all_events + idx);
-	}
-
-	for (idx = 1; idx < events_count; idx++) {
-		if (event == (all_events + (idx - 1)))
-			return (all_events + idx);
-	}
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 struct flag {
 	const char *name;
 	unsigned long long value;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
index 2e158387b3d7..72fdf2a3577c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ void parse_saved_cmdline(struct tep_handle *pevent, char *file, unsigned int siz
 
 ssize_t trace_report(int fd, struct trace_event *tevent, bool repipe);
 
-struct tep_event *trace_find_next_event(struct tep_handle *pevent,
-					struct tep_event *event);
 unsigned long long read_size(struct tep_event *event, void *ptr, int size);
 unsigned long long eval_flag(const char *flag);