diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index 1ff81a790931..1a74499f3311 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
 
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "util/color.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 13486bcf74a0..9eb843e5e6f0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
 #include <api/fs/fs.h>
 
 #include <byteswap.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
index 258d79071d81..2e158387b3d7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #define _PERF_UTIL_TRACE_EVENT_H
 
 #include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
-#include <traceevent/trace-seq.h>
 #include "parse-events.h"
 
 struct machine;