diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 235afc9305db7a5c475fcb1c309a491583164e9a..b63b3fb2de7012698dd0f68ab1535791df8e00f8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 #include "util/time-utils.h"
 #include "util/auxtrace.h"
 #include "util/units.h"
-#include "util/branch.h"
 #include "util/util.h" // perf_tip()
 #include "ui/ui.h"
 #include "ui/progress.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
index d828c2d2edeead9747a6b19ffa5f205e4cf98d99..76bfb4a9d94e95e250c015a78a975e96964d0866 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
-#include <bpf/libbpf.h>
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include <subcmd/run-command.h>
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
index fe76a056a1796d48c6debe1d41fb2a9a24a90184..25c639ac4ad4383a050ac4118edfaa85aa590de0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
 #include "util/mmap.h"
 
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include "symbol/kallsyms.h"
 #include <internal/lib.h>
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
index 8e65f1fa421fea23a09a59084c484e5e346f2aab..20be0504fb9512ed05309be8533f405761607f54 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include "build-id.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "config.h"
-#include "debug.h"
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index d53cf06364ec6f091e88e3021eb7e6fc4489d191..1a157e84a04a56d246b12334594e9cb5cf127fd5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "arch/common.h"
 #include <internal/lib.h>
-#include <linux/err.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_ZSTD_SUPPORT
 static int perf_session__process_compressed_event(struct perf_session *session,