diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
index 97aa02c4491d1a2d99a02654b7352fcbe3ab4315..607499b41bea2782b1050990db2c1f11e4c3ed0b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static int cs_etm_set_sink_attr(struct perf_pmu *pmu,
 				struct evsel *evsel)
 {
 	char msg[BUFSIZ], path[PATH_MAX], *sink;
-	struct perf_evsel_config_term *term;
+	struct evsel_config_term *term;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 	u32 hash;
 
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static int cs_etm_set_sink_attr(struct perf_pmu *pmu,
 		return 0;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(term, &evsel->config_terms, list) {
-		if (term->type != PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_DRV_CFG)
+		if (term->type != EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_DRV_CFG)
 			continue;
 
 		sink = term->val.str;
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
index 3f7c20cc7b798429fcb56742c87e2d569185a969..fd9e22d1e366ef70228913718dba36d3f78e71f7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -556,10 +556,9 @@ static int intel_pt_validate_config(struct perf_pmu *intel_pt_pmu,
 static void intel_pt_config_sample_mode(struct perf_pmu *intel_pt_pmu,
 					struct evsel *evsel)
 {
-	struct perf_evsel_config_term *term;
 	u64 user_bits = 0, bits;
+	struct evsel_config_term *term = evsel__get_config_term(evsel, CFG_CHG);
 
-	term = perf_evsel__get_config_term(evsel, CFG_CHG);
 	if (term)
 		user_bits = term->val.cfg_chg;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index d65ce34de3bdf6ba0927ed6416c39a0cbb486b09..d991e1c6c9fb77cf263d640b995bada477c7f3d0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ static int perf_top__overwrite_check(struct perf_top *top)
 {
 	struct record_opts *opts = &top->record_opts;
 	struct evlist *evlist = top->evlist;
-	struct perf_evsel_config_term *term;
+	struct evsel_config_term *term;
 	struct list_head *config_terms;
 	struct evsel *evsel;
 	int set, overwrite = -1;
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ static int perf_top__overwrite_check(struct perf_top *top)
 		set = -1;
 		config_terms = &evsel->config_terms;
 		list_for_each_entry(term, config_terms, list) {
-			if (term->type == PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_OVERWRITE)
+			if (term->type == EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_OVERWRITE)
 				set = term->val.overwrite ? 1 : 0;
 		}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
index 749487a41cc789c9128e34ec2324678b7c65af6f..8cf7d405ee677e8692658cc22b170a15dfba5161 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ int auxtrace_parse_sample_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
 				  struct evlist *evlist,
 				  struct record_opts *opts, const char *str)
 {
-	struct perf_evsel_config_term *term;
+	struct evsel_config_term *term;
 	struct evsel *aux_evsel;
 	bool has_aux_sample_size = false;
 	bool has_aux_leader = false;
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ no_opt:
 	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
 		if (evsel__is_aux_event(evsel))
 			aux_evsel = evsel;
-		term = perf_evsel__get_config_term(evsel, AUX_SAMPLE_SIZE);
+		term = evsel__get_config_term(evsel, AUX_SAMPLE_SIZE);
 		if (term) {
 			has_aux_sample_size = true;
 			evsel->core.attr.aux_sample_size = term->val.aux_sample_size;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index e8ccf90c3ab02886763ba88e64d76a926c33df60..e389030932ab7efdd46d04f98c98239c3389556c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -767,10 +767,10 @@ perf_evsel__reset_callgraph(struct evsel *evsel,
 	}
 }
 
-static void apply_config_terms(struct evsel *evsel,
-			       struct record_opts *opts, bool track)
+static void evsel__apply_config_terms(struct evsel *evsel,
+				      struct record_opts *opts, bool track)
 {
-	struct perf_evsel_config_term *term;
+	struct evsel_config_term *term;
 	struct list_head *config_terms = &evsel->config_terms;
 	struct perf_event_attr *attr = &evsel->core.attr;
 	/* callgraph default */
@@ -783,30 +783,30 @@ static void apply_config_terms(struct evsel *evsel,
 
 	list_for_each_entry(term, config_terms, list) {
 		switch (term->type) {
-		case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_PERIOD:
+		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_PERIOD:
 			if (!(term->weak && opts->user_interval != ULLONG_MAX)) {
 				attr->sample_period = term->val.period;
 				attr->freq = 0;
 				evsel__reset_sample_bit(evsel, PERIOD);
 			}
 			break;
-		case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_FREQ:
+		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_FREQ:
 			if (!(term->weak && opts->user_freq != UINT_MAX)) {
 				attr->sample_freq = term->val.freq;
 				attr->freq = 1;
 				evsel__set_sample_bit(evsel, PERIOD);
 			}
 			break;
-		case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_TIME:
+		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_TIME:
 			if (term->val.time)
 				evsel__set_sample_bit(evsel, TIME);
 			else
 				evsel__reset_sample_bit(evsel, TIME);
 			break;
-		case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_CALLGRAPH:
+		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_CALLGRAPH:
 			callgraph_buf = term->val.str;
 			break;
-		case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_BRANCH:
+		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_BRANCH:
 			if (term->val.str && strcmp(term->val.str, "no")) {
 				evsel__set_sample_bit(evsel, BRANCH_STACK);
 				parse_branch_str(term->val.str,
@@ -814,16 +814,16 @@ static void apply_config_terms(struct evsel *evsel,
 			} else
 				evsel__reset_sample_bit(evsel, BRANCH_STACK);
 			break;
-		case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_STACK_USER:
+		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_STACK_USER:
 			dump_size = term->val.stack_user;
 			break;
-		case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_MAX_STACK:
+		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_MAX_STACK:
 			max_stack = term->val.max_stack;
 			break;
-		case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_MAX_EVENTS:
+		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_MAX_EVENTS:
 			evsel->max_events = term->val.max_events;
 			break;
-		case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_INHERIT:
+		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_INHERIT:
 			/*
 			 * attr->inherit should has already been set by
 			 * evsel__config. If user explicitly set
@@ -832,20 +832,20 @@ static void apply_config_terms(struct evsel *evsel,
 			 */
 			attr->inherit = term->val.inherit ? 1 : 0;
 			break;
-		case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_OVERWRITE:
+		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_OVERWRITE:
 			attr->write_backward = term->val.overwrite ? 1 : 0;
 			break;
-		case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_DRV_CFG:
+		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_DRV_CFG:
 			break;
-		case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_PERCORE:
+		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_PERCORE:
 			break;
-		case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_AUX_OUTPUT:
+		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_AUX_OUTPUT:
 			attr->aux_output = term->val.aux_output ? 1 : 0;
 			break;
-		case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_AUX_SAMPLE_SIZE:
+		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_AUX_SAMPLE_SIZE:
 			/* Already applied by auxtrace */
 			break;
-		case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_CFG_CHG:
+		case EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_CFG_CHG:
 			break;
 		default:
 			break;
@@ -906,10 +906,9 @@ static bool is_dummy_event(struct evsel *evsel)
 	       (evsel->core.attr.config == PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY);
 }
 
-struct perf_evsel_config_term *__perf_evsel__get_config_term(struct evsel *evsel,
-							     enum evsel_term_type type)
+struct evsel_config_term *__evsel__get_config_term(struct evsel *evsel, enum evsel_term_type type)
 {
-	struct perf_evsel_config_term *term, *found_term = NULL;
+	struct evsel_config_term *term, *found_term = NULL;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(term, &evsel->config_terms, list) {
 		if (term->type == type)
@@ -1144,7 +1143,7 @@ void evsel__config(struct evsel *evsel, struct record_opts *opts,
 	 * Apply event specific term settings,
 	 * it overloads any global configuration.
 	 */
-	apply_config_terms(evsel, opts, track);
+	evsel__apply_config_terms(evsel, opts, track);
 
 	evsel->ignore_missing_thread = opts->ignore_missing_thread;
 
@@ -1240,9 +1239,9 @@ int evsel__disable(struct evsel *evsel)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static void perf_evsel__free_config_terms(struct evsel *evsel)
+static void evsel__free_config_terms(struct evsel *evsel)
 {
-	struct perf_evsel_config_term *term, *h;
+	struct evsel_config_term *term, *h;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(term, h, &evsel->config_terms, list) {
 		list_del_init(&term->list);
@@ -1259,7 +1258,7 @@ void evsel__exit(struct evsel *evsel)
 	perf_evsel__free_counts(evsel);
 	perf_evsel__free_fd(&evsel->core);
 	perf_evsel__free_id(&evsel->core);
-	perf_evsel__free_config_terms(evsel);
+	evsel__free_config_terms(evsel);
 	cgroup__put(evsel->cgrp);
 	perf_cpu_map__put(evsel->core.cpus);
 	perf_cpu_map__put(evsel->core.own_cpus);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel_config.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel_config.h
index f8938916577c028ae44ceab49eaa6ed04f01b52b..aee6f808b512c73309f101e91712d3c0a8dfca9e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel_config.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel_config.h
@@ -6,30 +6,30 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
 /*
- * The 'struct perf_evsel_config_term' is used to pass event
+ * The 'struct evsel_config_term' is used to pass event
  * specific configuration data to evsel__config routine.
  * It is allocated within event parsing and attached to
- * perf_evsel::config_terms list head.
+ * evsel::config_terms list head.
 */
 enum evsel_term_type {
-	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_PERIOD,
-	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_FREQ,
-	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_TIME,
-	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_CALLGRAPH,
-	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_STACK_USER,
-	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_INHERIT,
-	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_MAX_STACK,
-	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_MAX_EVENTS,
-	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_OVERWRITE,
-	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_DRV_CFG,
-	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_BRANCH,
-	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_PERCORE,
-	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_AUX_OUTPUT,
-	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_AUX_SAMPLE_SIZE,
-	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_CFG_CHG,
+	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_PERIOD,
+	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_FREQ,
+	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_TIME,
+	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_CALLGRAPH,
+	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_STACK_USER,
+	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_INHERIT,
+	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_MAX_STACK,
+	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_MAX_EVENTS,
+	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_OVERWRITE,
+	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_DRV_CFG,
+	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_BRANCH,
+	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_PERCORE,
+	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_AUX_OUTPUT,
+	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_AUX_SAMPLE_SIZE,
+	EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_CFG_CHG,
 };
 
-struct perf_evsel_config_term {
+struct evsel_config_term {
 	struct list_head      list;
 	enum evsel_term_type  type;
 	bool		      free_str;
@@ -53,10 +53,9 @@ struct perf_evsel_config_term {
 
 struct evsel;
 
-struct perf_evsel_config_term *__perf_evsel__get_config_term(struct evsel *evsel,
-							     enum evsel_term_type type);
+struct evsel_config_term *__evsel__get_config_term(struct evsel *evsel, enum evsel_term_type type);
 
-#define perf_evsel__get_config_term(evsel, type) \
-	__perf_evsel__get_config_term(evsel, PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_ ## type)
+#define evsel__get_config_term(evsel, type) \
+	__evsel__get_config_term(evsel, EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_ ## type)
 
 #endif // __PERF_EVSEL_CONFIG_H
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index b7a0518d607d8970ce4f4fcc3e21b020a9aaafca..373a0beb812b6b1370d0b8035a9cad02fcebd0c0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1214,14 +1214,14 @@ static int get_config_terms(struct list_head *head_config,
 			    struct list_head *head_terms __maybe_unused)
 {
 #define ADD_CONFIG_TERM(__type, __weak)				\
-	struct perf_evsel_config_term *__t;			\
+	struct evsel_config_term *__t;			\
 								\
 	__t = zalloc(sizeof(*__t));				\
 	if (!__t)						\
 		return -ENOMEM;					\
 								\
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&__t->list);				\
-	__t->type       = PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_ ## __type;	\
+	__t->type       = EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_ ## __type;	\
 	__t->weak	= __weak;				\
 	list_add_tail(&__t->list, head_terms)
 
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ do {								\
 }
 
 /*
- * Add PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_CFG_CHG where cfg_chg will have a bit set for
+ * Add EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_CFG_CHG where cfg_chg will have a bit set for
  * each bit of attr->config that the user has changed.
  */
 static int get_config_chgs(struct perf_pmu *pmu, struct list_head *head_config,
@@ -1400,10 +1400,10 @@ int parse_events_add_tool(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 
 static bool config_term_percore(struct list_head *config_terms)
 {
-	struct perf_evsel_config_term *term;
+	struct evsel_config_term *term;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(term, config_terms, list) {
-		if (term->type == PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_PERCORE)
+		if (term->type == EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_PERCORE)
 			return term->val.percore;
 	}
 
@@ -1478,7 +1478,7 @@ int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (perf_pmu__config(pmu, &attr, head_config, parse_state->error)) {
-		struct perf_evsel_config_term *pos, *tmp;
+		struct evsel_config_term *pos, *tmp;
 
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(pos, tmp, &config_terms, list) {
 			list_del_init(&pos->list);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index cb6fbec50313326af5c718b8e42701d842b3bbf6..e119333e93ba1282229f5cdd997162f2bcd51af5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "parse-events.h"
 #include "pmu-events/pmu-events.h"
 
-struct perf_evsel_config_term;
+struct evsel_config_term;
 
 enum {
 	PERF_PMU_FORMAT_VALUE_CONFIG,