diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.h b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
index bcb376e1b3a7..9e425ecd82d9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
-#include <sys/wait.h>
 #include "rblist.h"
-#include "perf.h"
 #include "event.h"
 
+struct timespec;
+
 struct stats {
 	double n, mean, M2;
 	u64 max, min;